For two decades, experimentation in architecture and design led to a stylistic lexicon where structures defied gravity, cars flew, and buildings resembled lunar landers. It was pure push-button Americana...an Eames chair in a vinyl slipcover.
At our Atomic Architecture lunch and learn, you'll learn about architects and designers such as James Langenheim, William Pereira, John Lautner, Albert Frey, Matti Suuronen, Craig Ellwood, Buckmaster Fuller, and many others as we explore the atomic age and it's influence on creativity.
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Explain how social and technological shifts are reflected in the creative decisions designers make. Differentiate between the works of several important architects who contributed to this unique chapter in American architectural history. Recognize how scientific breakthroughs impact visionary thinking and sometimes lead to solutions that are impossible to fulfill. Discuss how mid-century designers assimilated technology and social expectations into a distinctive brand that still influences architects today.

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Architects are people, too, with personal lives, public ambitions, and plans that sometimes go awry. When we think about history’s greatest architects and designers, it’s easy to reflect solely on their iconic accomplishments, but the struggles, pressures, and uncertainties that influence their creative processes are quickly forgotten as the present becomes the past. Everything from a person’s upbringing and social environment to the technological developments of their time period profoundly affects how they view and interact with the world, and there are no better examples of this than architect Walter Gropius and designers Charles and Ray Eames.&nbsp:In this episode of Art in Architecture, viewers will explore the lives of these pivotal designers to gain a deeper understanding of the powerful effect that individuals and their life stories can have on the history of architecture.
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Discover how historical events influenced the work of iconic designers Walter Gropius and the spousal team of Charles and Ray Eames. Examine the impact of a designer’s upbringing and social standing on their creativity and later projects. Identify the similarities between the life experiences and manifested works of&nbsp:renowned&nbsp:designers Gropius and Charles and Ray Eames. Investigate the importance of expressing individual experience on the evolution of contemporary design. Register

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