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The Art of Architecture

From pyramids to cathedrals to sykscrapers, architecture reflects the societies and cultural values it originates from. As the built environment expands, the role of architects and architecture in realizing goals of sustainabilty, along with human aspiration, only increases in importance. Visit the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design museum for more on the role of architecture in our lives.


I. M. Pei

I.M. Pei

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

20c Gropius House single

Design for a Professional School, Hagen, Westphalia, Germany

Pair of Door Handles

Eero Saarinen

Model of Smithsonian Gallery of Art

Marcel Lajos Breuer

A New Wave of Austrian Architecture

Marcel Breuer, Architect A.I.A.

Marcel Lajos Breuer

Architecture

Daniel Libeskind

Patent Office Building Model

Minoru Yamasaki

William J. Levitt

Architectural element

Architectural Fantasy

Architecture seen from below, design for plate 55 in Andrea Pozzo's "Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum"

Architectural Interior

Design for an architectural structure

Fountains; architectural details

Architectural Design of Egyptian Columns

Architectural project for the house of P.J. Hetzel

Design for Garden Architecture with Colonna Arms

Architectural working drawings of the San Francisco City Hall

Architectural Fantasy: Temple of Athena Interior

Positions in Architecture

Progressive Architecture

Architecture is Everywhere

Project for an Elevation of Garden Architecture (Entrance to a Villa or Garden)


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