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Metropolis and Gesamtkunstwerk
Metropolis was directed by Fritz Lang and screen-written in collaboration with his then wife Thea Von Harbou in 1927. It remains a truly...

Sean McGadden
Jan 16, 20226 min read


De Stijl / Mies Van Der Rohe
Left: Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht Netherlands, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, 1924 Right: Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona Spain,...

Sean McGadden
Nov 25, 20212 min read


The Bauhaus
Original Bauhaus School Building, Dessau Germany, designed by Walter Gropius The advancement in technology and insatiable interest in...

Sean McGadden
Nov 25, 20212 min read


Modernism and the Post War Period
can you separate the person from their work? What are the ethical issues of a great architect who has bad politics, racism, etc?...

Sean McGadden
Nov 25, 202114 min read


Ten Books
Vitruvius wrote the Ten books De Architectura in 37 bce in the roman empire serving as a militant engineer and architect. Vitruvius...

Sean McGadden
Nov 19, 20215 min read


External Perspectives: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Architecture is like no other in time or place, at present. It occupies no real space in the ephemeral understanding of what architecture...

Sean McGadden
Nov 17, 20212 min read
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