A major question in modern architecture is how construction technology plays into architectural form. Does construction technology validate a building as modern architecture? Can modern architecture exist without construction technology? My answer to both questions is no. This paper will analyze modern architecture and the role technology plays in creating it. Examining the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe will help support my claim.

Architecture exists as a fingerprint of the society from which it grows. It is a physical, spatial, experiential interpretation of realities we've created around us. Technology is what our present world revolves around so of course it plays a prime role in modern architecture. But the presence of construction technology does not render as architecture until the form it creates has evol

ved past a mere physical entity into an experiential existence. I have chosen the Farnsworth House because it is one of the purest forms of modern architecture I know today. The energy behind Mies van der Rohe's work is free from restraints of a specific order, lead only by structural clarity and simplicity. One of his most famous statements, 'less is more', is backed up in full by the Farnsworth house.

A perfect balance of symmetry and asymmetry is created through these pieces. Ornamentation does not exist, as his goal is to emphasize architectonic qualities without the 'fluff' - no distractions. Every element of the structure is constructed to craftsman quality. Everything from the manufactured beams to the method of connecting the pieces is absolutely modern. The application of these simple modern construction methods allowed this architectural creation to exist.

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