Impressions of Modern Architecture

THEME: Impressions of Modern Architecture

“For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It’s a means of making different life forms possible.”       Bjarke Ingel

Read, write and learn the following words and word combinations:

to think (thought, thought) of думати про

modern сучасний

style стиль

opportunity можливість

huge величезний

square квадратний

oblong прямокутний, довгастий

to line with тянутися вздовж

to save економити

to employ наймати на роботу

to hope for надіятися на

to be blamed for звинувачувати за

prefabricated збірний

possible можливий

similar  подібний

alike  схожий

to remind  нагадувати

to use використовувати

to take (took, taken) брати

to attend відвідувати

outside зовні

inside всередині

purpose ціль

to prove доводити

to resist протистояти, чинити опір

to begin (began, begun) починати

to fall (fell, fallen) падати

building site будівельний майданчик

Read and translate the text.

You ask what I think of modern architecture. I don’t know very much about modern architecture in Europe, but styles are probably similar in most countries today. This is because now architects have no opportunities they had in the past.

They are seldom asked to design buildings like wonderful churches and cathedrals of the Middle Ages. Architects today have to design schools, hospitals and huge blocks of flats and offices. If they are asked to make plans for houses, they are usually all alike or nearly alike.

Boxes - that’s what a good deal of modern architecture reminds me of. The blocks of flats in our big towns are huge boxes, whether the fronts and sides are square or oblong. A man who lives in one of these boxes works in another big box, high up in the air.

Architects have done some very good work in designing new schools. Many of them are prefabricated, which means that as much of the building work as possible is done not on the building site, but in factories where mass production methods can be used. The parts are taken to the site and put together there.Modern buildings look like boxes from the outside, but when we go inside, we find them very well planned for their purposes. An architect today has to be an engineer too. A lot of interesting architectural work has been done in Scandinavia, and, of course, we’ve read about the work of Le Corbusier in France and it’s interesting to see what American architects are doing now. You may know the work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. It was designed to resist earthquakes and it proved so strong that it did. It was one of the few buildings in Tokyo that did not fall in the terrible earthquake of 1923.

Choose the correct answer.

1. Architectural styles are probably similar now because …

a) architects have no more natural building materials

b) architects have no opportunities they had in the past

c) architects are all alike or nearly alike

2. If architects are asked to make plans for houses …

a) they design wonderful churches and cathedrals

b) they have done some very good work

c) they have to design huge blocks of flats, offices and so on

3. The blocks of flats in our towns are … whether the fronts and sides are …

a) huge boxes - square or oblong

b) another big boxes - found or oval

c) prefabricated- rectangular or triangular

4. Many of new schools are prefabricated, which means that ...

a) much of the building work is done on the building site

b) much of the building work is done in factories

c) much of the building work is done in the outside

5. Modern buildings look like … but they are …

a) occupants inside - alike outside

b) proportionally from top view - simply planned inside

c) boxes from the outside - well planned inside

6. The Imperial Hotel in  … was designed by  …  architect  …

a) Tokyo - Japanese - Panasonic

b) New York - American - Frank Lloyd Wright

c) Tokyo - American - Frank Lloyd Wright

7. It was designed to …

a) to resist earthquakes

b) to suit the landscape

c) to tie the walls

 Fill in the gaps using the words below.  There is one choice you don’t need to use.

privacy architect including prefabricated designing science

Architecture is the art and 1)____ of designing buildings and structures. Architecture is a multidisciplinary field, 2)____ mathematics, science, art, technology, social sciences, politics, history, philosophy, and so on. An 3) ____ should be an expert in music, astronomy and philosophy. Architecture is also the art of 4)____ the human built environment. Landscaping may be used to create 5)____ and block direct views from or to a site and add to buildings colourful plants and trees.

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