A common feature of modernist architecture is the external expression of the underlying structure. Architects like Mies van der Rohe achieved this with protruding mullions. In the Celebrezze Building, Peter van Dijk used only contrasting materials – stainless steel and glass – to emphasize the grid of columns and floor plates. According to van Dijk, the solid of the stainless steel and the void of the glass created a solid and void effect that clearly emphasized the building’s skeletal structure. The idea of an exterior skin with no protruding mullions was a concept van Dijk learned in the office of Eero Saarinen. | Creator: GSA | Date: ca. 2011 | Source: GSADownload Original File
