(art nouveau style buildings)Heavily influenced by the Art Nouveau period, Antonio Gaudi appreciated and encapsulated the natural world, with gothic and medieval influences, to create masterpieces of architectural design. His style became one which replaced rigidity and straight lines, with an organic feel and sinuous, flowing form of design. "he studied natures angles and curves, and incorporated them into his designs and mosaics. Instead of relying on geometric shapes, he mimicked the way men stand upright"
(Gaudi's Buildings)
His fascination with shapes, colours and the structure of plants and rocks became part of his distinctive style as he developed an 'organic construction'. Clearly influenced by the art nouveau period, he uses and re used materials, and his buildings became representations of their structures and materials.
His mottos and examples of his works are evident through the work of Frank Gehry, who similarly goes beyond current modalities of structural definitions. He took common, unlovely elements of American homebuilding, such as chain link fencing, corrugated aluminum and unfinished plywood, and used them as expressive elements, while stripping the interior walls of the house to reveal the structural elements.
(examples of Gehry's work)
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