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Hôtel De Ville, Créteil
The (, ''City hall (administration), City Hall'') is a municipal building in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, in the southeast suburbs of Paris, France, standing on Place Salvador-Allende. History The first town hall in Créteil was commissioned by the Poncet family as a private house in the mid-18th century. It was designed by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1760. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto what is now Rue du Général Leclerc. The central section of three bays originally featured a forestair leading up to a central doorway flanked by two tall casement windows with window shutters. The other bays on the ground floor and the bays on the first floor were fenestrated in a similar style. At roof level, there were originally three dormer windows, with the central window encased in a larger surround. Behind the central dormer window there was a dome wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Architecture
Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the principle functionalism (i.e. that form should follow function); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. According to Le Corbusier, the roots of the movement were to be found in the works of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, while Mies van der Rohe was heavily inspired by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The movement emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture. Origins Modern architecture emerged at the end of the 19th century from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
