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Villa Savoye and Seagram Building
Villa Savoye and Seagram Building
2/23/17
Period 7
The Seagram Building was designed by a famous European architect who immigrated to
the United States at the beginning of World War II, this building embodies the meaning of
modernist ideals from Europe to the United States. In its monumental simplicity, expressed
structural frame and rational use of repeated building elements, the building embodies Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe's often repeated saying that "structure is spiritual" and "less is more." He
believed that the more a building was pared to its essential structural and functional elements,
and the less superfluous imagery is used, the more a building expresses its structure and form.
the Seagram Building is meant to confirm Mies' assertion that when modern industrialized
luxurious materials used and the carefully controlled customized details that pervade the building
remind the viewer that this building is far from being the simple result of rationalized industrial
production and construction techniques. Additionally, Mies' selective exposure of the function or
One of the most famous houses of the modern movement in architecture, the Villa Savoye
goal to create a house which would be a "machine a habiter," a machine for living (in). Located
LeCorbusier's later architecture. It is a complex and visually stimulating structure and looks
different from every angle. After falling into disrepair after the war, the house has been restored