Michael Graves
Michael Graves, born the summer or 1934 in Indianapolis, knew he wanted to be an artist by the age of six. Encouraged by his mother to seek a more practical career, Graves choose architecture. After studying at the University of Connecticut, he got his master's degree at Harvard University. After finishing school in 1959, he moved to New York City where he worked at the office of George Nelson. While working in New York, Graves received a fellowship to study at American Academy in Rome, Italy. Graves studied the classical architecture, which inspires much of his work. It was his time in Rome that allowed him to make the connection between ancient and modern architecture. In 1962, Graves started teaching architecture at Princeton University. He designed buildings upon commission, but not until 1977 did his work become nationally know. Graves received a commission for a cultural center spanning the Red River on the Minnesota/North Dakota border. Although lack of funding never allowed his design to be built, he gained a lot of attention. Graves' next project, the Portland Building, is a fifteen story postmodernist skyscraper. It can be defined this way because of its unusual use of color. There is also a refere
The scaffolding contains 37 miles of aluminum that drape over the obelisk. There are the interior and architectural designers in one building and the industrial designers in a separate studio. The colors used for most of Graves' designs are gray, soft blues, green stucco, and terra cotta. The typical modernist based their designs on structure and technology and used plain surfaces such as glass and steel. The blue glow gives the linear building a softer quality. The bubble-like design references the Braun products of the 1950's. Graves recently made a deal with Target to sell his designs at reasonable prices to the public. This work is a perfect example of architectural reaction to society. As a privileged member of the designers at this studio, I can witness the process of Graves' design. This line could be referencing Russian Constructivism because it looks like the steel beams of an architectural structure. "Is Graves a modern architect, a post-modern, a late modern, an eclectic, or a classicist? He would answer: I am just an architect. Bibliography BibliographyAlessi, Alberto. Kudalis, Eric Michael Graves, Minneapolis: Capstone Press, 1996.
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