World War II Architecture Main Menu Scholarly Source Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright Scholarly Article 2 The Guggenheim Museum - Frank Lloyd Wright Article 1 This article is a discussion about how Architects tried to bring European reference to modernism in America. The speakers then continue to evaluate the success and or failure of the modernist style. artifact 2 A visual guide to Frank Lloyd Wright artifact 3 Frank Lloyd Wrights Thinking Artifact 4 Analyzing Frank Lloyd Wrights Work Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright Highsmith, Carol M. Fallingwater, Also Known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr., Residence, Pennsylvania. 2007. Bear Run, Pennsylvania. Stairs of Fallingwater - shows how the home literally brings a person to nature "12. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST OF STEPS SUSPENDED OVER THE STREAM WITH PLUNGE POOL AND 'MOTHER AND CHILD' BRONZE SCULPTURE BY JACQUES LIPCHITZ IN BACKGROUND. - Fallingwater, State Route 381 (Stewart Township), Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA." The Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. . Construction of the Guggenheim Museum "Guggenheim Museum, 88th St. & 5th Ave., New York City. Under Construction I." The Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. . Finalized Guggenheim Museum Facade "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York, New York." The Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016. .

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            During times of major war, nations aren’t living through golden ages of societal inventions or technology. They focus their efforts on establishing the strongest weaponry, the toughest soldiers, and supporting their military every way possible on the home front. This often times means cutting back at home and living off the least. So if all efforts are focused on the soldiers fighting then how are people living at home? What kinds of homes are being built for new families and what architectural typology is being established? In the 1920’s a new architectural typology called Modernism emerged. Modernism can be defined as a style that scrapes away all the eccentricities that European palaces, cathedrals and regional dwellings had. This new style can be described with the mantra “form follows function”. It used space efficiently and responded to regional climates with natural materials. This style becomes prominent during and after World War II because it didn’t waste.
            Its arguable that a nations economy is the biggest factor in its probability of winning a war. This is due to the nations ability to produce soldiers, create proper wartime technology and maintain this ability for a long time. In the beginning of World War II America was able to maintain a neutral stance. The United States prospered by putting people to work making weapons and selling them to the Allied forces. But, when Pearl Harbor occurred the United States was forced into the war.
            One way The United States started supporting their soldiers is through war bonds. War Bonds were slips of paper the Roosevelt administration encouraged American civilians to buy in support of the troops over seas. President Roosevelt encouraged either saving your money or spending on war bonds because after The New Deal helped the United States out of the Great Depression the government wanted to keep inflation at a minimum. This new type of architecture helped support this idea of saving because there weren’t any unnecessary embellishments onto the buildings that designed. People didn’t waste money on extravagance but couldn’t build a home and live on the basics while still saving money. This style of architecture came to be prominent in what would be the new form of suburbia created after World War II. This new type of community consisted of very similar homes on same sized plots of lands on a grid like neighborhood system.
            The style of Modernism had variance. Because the idea of it was to blend into the environment using regional materials there buildings themselves didn’t always look the same. In the Midwest a type of Prairie style home was created. This house was meant to blend into the Midwestern landscape. Brick was often used because it was cheap and kept a home cooler during the hotter seasons. This style of home became popular to famous architects like Frank Lloyd Wright. As the economy increased from women at work and America winning the war, minor increases in quality emerged in these homes. These homes took more of a craftsman style shape but still held that modernist perspective of basics. Many architects tried to push America into the future with this new modernist style.
            The modernist architecture during the World War II period gained popularity because it was a quality response to the societal values of the time period. People didn’t value eccentric details or ornate structures. United States civilians were leaving The Great Depression and were focused on improving the economy and supporting the nations soldiers. On a regular basis societal values depict what architects will be doing. Before modernism rose to prominence we can see homes walking away from traditional home structures. Small, walled rooms with doors were becoming more open because it was more efficient for space. After World War II modernism will be seceded by post modernism, which starts to head back toward more European styles. The rise of modernism as an architectural style was the solution to the United States’ need to save money and support their soldiers at war.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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