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The 80s the decade that made us80s American ArchitectureTeam 1: Carlos Beltran, Maria Beltran, Alex Cano, Josselyn Medina, Jesus Loaiza.

80s World Events1980The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The first tanks entered during December 1979 with about 40,000 personnel, by 1985 this had grown to 118,000 [In October 2001, a US-lead coalition invaded Afghanistan as part of the search for suspects in the 2001 World Trade Center bombing on September 11].Ronald Reagan was elected US President with George (no W.) Bush as vice president. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. RR and GB took office January 20, 1981.President Carter attempted to free US hostages held in Iran and it backfires. After becoming president, Ronald Reagan had another attempt and took credit for ultimately freeing the hostages.John Lennon was shot and killed in New York on Monday, 8 December 1980. The gunman, Mark Chapman, apparently shouted 'I am the Catcher in the Rye' just before dropping to the ground and firing the weapon.The Supreme Court in the US allowed corporations to patent living organisms.WHO (World Health Organization) announced that small pox had been eradicated [In the 2000's they were still debating whether to destroy the last known cultures of the disease, and the disease was subsequently flagged as a likely bioterrorism weapon].The Rubik's Cubecraze began.Worldwide, 'The Empire Strikes Back'was the highest grossing film of 1980. Followed by 'Superman II' and '9 to 5'. 'Ordinary People' took out the best picture Academy award.A world event that would leave its influence decades later, Pacman was released - and went on to be the most successful arcade game of all time.Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a at Ayers Rock (Uluru), parents say that a dingo took the baby. Thus sparking a drawn out court case and an even more drawn out film - A Cry in the Dark (released 1988).In November half the world finally finds out who shot JR in TV's Dallas. The other half is heard saying who gives a shit?

Styles go onArchitectRobert GatjeLocationFort Lauderdale, Florida mapDate1980 to 1984 timelineBuilding Typepublic libraryConstruction Systemprecast & site cast concrete, curtain wallClimatetropicalContexturbanStyleModernNotesinteresting circulation, facade materials, and transparency differentiation, one side planar and more opaque, the other eroded into terraces.

Garden Grove ChurchArchitectJohnson/BurgeeLocationGarden Grove, Los Angeles, California mapDate1978 to 1980 timelineBuilding Typechurch Construction Systemglazed space frame walls and roofClimatemild desertContextsuburbanStyleModernNotesthe "Crystal Cathedral". Entirely glazed envelope. symmetrical plan, asymmetrical section.

PA Technology CenterArchitect Richard RogersLocation Princeton, New Jersey mapDate1982 timelineBuilding Typecommercial laboratory, R & D center Construction Systemsuspended steel-framed roofClimatetemperateContextindustrial parkStyleHigh Tech Modern

Team Disney BuildingArchitectArata IsozakiLocationnear Orlando, Florida mapDate1989 to 1990 timelineBuilding Typecreative commercial offices Construction SystemconcreteClimatehot, humidContextamusement parkStylePost-ModernNotesOrnamental sundial is built into central cylinder.

Portland Museum of ArtArchitectHenry N. CobbLocationPortland, Maine mapDate1978 to 1982 timelineBuilding Typeart museum Construction Systembrick over ?ClimatetemperateContexturban, fronting squareStyleModernNotesfirm of I. M. Pei & Partners. Semicircular openings in planar brick facade, enfronting public square.

80s Architecture StyleDeconstruction is an architectural movement that began in the 80s Its bases are abandoning the straight line and the plane and start working deformations , stretching, smooth surfaces, breaks , bends , hyperbole , parables, deny and coating structure.

Deconstructivist architecture is manifested not only in the aesthetics of the exterior, but it alters , distorts and incorporated into the internal structure. The basic features of this movement consist of the use of apparently complex geometries , which result but , usually , the deformation or displacement of base areas that make up the geometry. 1988 MoMA exhibitionMark WigleyandPhillip Johnsoncurated the 1988Museum of Modern ArtexhibitionDeconstructivist architecture, which crystallized the movement, and brought fame and notoriety to its key practitioners. The architects presented at the exhibition werePeter Eisenman 1,Frank Gehry 2,Zaha Hadid 3,Coop Himmelblau 4,Rem Koolhaas 5,Daniel Libeskind 6, and Bernard Tschumi 7. Mark Wigley wrote the accompanying essay and tried to show a common thread among the various architects whose work was usually more noted for their differences.

1657432 Wexner CenterArchitectPeter EisenmanLocationOhio State University, Columbus, Ohio mapDate1983 to 1989 timelineBuilding TypeUniversity arts centerConstruction Systemsteel, concrete, glassClimatetemperateContextuniversity campusStyleDeconstructivist ModernNotesPurposeful collision of shifted grids. Peter Eisenman with Richard Trott et al.

Gehry HouseArchitectFrank GehryLocationSanta Monica, California mapDate1978 timelineBuilding Typearchitect's house Construction Systemlight wood frame, corrugated metal, chain linkClimatemild temperateContextsuburbanStyleDeconstructivist Post-ModernNotes"Gehry Residence". Deconstructivist re-working of conventional suburban California house. Further remodeled in several phases, over the decades, since the original seminal reworking in 1978.

IBA - Hochhaus (Wohnhof)ArchitectZaha HadidLocationBerlin-Kreuzberg, Germany.Date 1987 to 1994 timelineBuilding Type Office Building Construction Systemsteel, brick, glassClimatetemperateContextSuburbanStyleDeconstructivist ModernNotes-.

Office Extension in ViennaArchitectCoop HimmelblauLocationVienna, Austria mapDate1988 to 1989 timelineBuilding Typelaw offices Construction Systemmetal and glassClimatetemperateContexturbanStyleDeconstructivistNotesRadical crash of framework draping over edge of older building.

Netherlands Dance TheatreArchitectRem KoolhaasLocationThe Hague, Netherlands mapDate1988 timelineBuilding Typetheater, performing artsClimatetemperateContexturbanStyleDeconstructivist Modern