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Achyut Kanvinde-The Functionalist Architect

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  Achyut P. Kanvinde (1916 –2002), the Indian architect with functionalist approaches with elements of Brutalist architecture. He was born in Achra, in Konkan region of Maharashtra in 1916. He believed that a grid of columns forming a matrix giving structural and spatial aspect would turn a design more sophisticated and faceted. ·        1935: Studied architecture under Claude Batley in Sir J. J School of Arts ·        1945: Completed Masters from Harvard, student of Walter Gropius (Thesis on Science Laboratories) ·        1947: Chief Architect of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) ·        1955: Formed Kanvinde and Rai LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS ·         1976: Received the Padma Shree ·         1974-75: Became the president of IIA (Indian Institute of Architects) ·         1985: Winner of IIA “Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal” ·         1993: Awarded the Great Masters Award from JK Industries Ltd ·         Part of the jury on the competition for Indira
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MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MoMA)

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Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest and most influential art museums in the world, located in Midtown Manhattan, New York, which develops and collects modern art. Set amidst the chaos of the city, MoMA is surrounded by other buildings with various characters. MoMA was the rise of modern art, it fearlessly exhibited the modern era  even through all the discouragement, and changed the perspective of people towards a better vision. HISTORY ·        1929-39 The idea of the museum was formulated by Abby Aldrich Rockfeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Marry Quinn Sullivan, later known as the “The Ladies”. They rented quarters for the Museum and opened it on 7 November 1929. ·        1930s-1940s Philip Johnson was hired to redesign the Museum’s garden. Throughout time, MoMA has changed its location several times before finding its pe rmanent home. It was renovated into International Style by modernist architects, Philip L. Goodwin and Edward Durell Stone . ·        1980-1999
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Louvre Pyramid - The Introduction for Modern French Architecture

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Louvre Pyramid completed in1989, designed by I. M. Pei, is a large glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard of Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris, France. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum and is surrounded by three smaller pyramids. Amid the controversies that surrounded the structure, Louvre Pyramid stands in front of the world’s most visited museum and despite its relative youth, it has become a vital part of Paris’ renowned skyline. The structure is entirely made up of glass segments and metal poles, and has a height of 21.6 meters (71 feet) and a base surface area of 1000 square meters (11,000 square feet). It has a total of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangle-shaped glass segments, which was an effort to make the pyramid as transparent as possible. The main reason the Pyramid and the underground lobbies were created was the series of problems with Louvre’s original main entrance which could no longer handle the
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