MINIMALISM
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Minimalism | Trend in various forms of art and design where the work is reduced / condensed to a few features / elements. |
| Key features of minimalism | • Pure forms/shapes, purged of complex edges, surfaces, transitions, & additions• Restrained palette of materials, accentuated by light/shadow•Neutral, unbroken surfaces / elimination of lines, detail, joints• When there are multiple parts, there is equality and repetition without differentiation (more field, less figure) |
| Christo | Wrapped |
| Richard Serra | Most known for large sculptures made of curved plates of Cor-ten steel |
| Tilted Arc | Richard Serra |
| Kanye West Apartment | Claudio Silvestrin two main materials are French limestone and pear wood |
| Walsh House | John Pawson |
| Glass House | Philip Johnson |
| Elektra House | David Adjaye clad with phenolic resin faced ply |
| Tubac House | Rick Joy |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Maya Lin 247 foot long walls of black polished granite |
| Maya Lin | water table as a new genre |
| Tadao Ando | refined use of poured-in-place concrete, in perfect formwork. |
| Church of the Light | Tadao Ando Cantilevered upper panels so no interruptions in cross |
| Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art | Tadao Ando Only six materials are visible: concrete, oak, glass, granite, painted steel, and drywall. The only colors are white and two shades of gray. |
| Naked House | Shigeru Ban The external walls made of two sheets of corrugated fiber-reinforced plastics and the inner walls made of a nylon fabric are both mounted on wooden stud frames and sit in parallel. In between are attached clear plastic bags, carefully stuffed with strings of foamed polyethylene for insulation purpose. Through these bags a soft diffused light fills in the interior of the house. Mobil box bedrooms. |
| Murcia Town Hall | Rafael Moneo |
| Baeza De Blas House | Alberto Campo |
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