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Kirghiz Yurt
Artist / Origin: Kirghiz maker(s)
Region: Russia, Central and North Asia
Date: 20th century
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Felted-wool with appliqué, animal hair, wooden reed supports
Medium: Textiles and Fiber Arts
Location: The Pamirs, Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Northwest China
Credit: © Galen Rowell/CORBIS.
Fallingwater (exterior)
Artist / Origin: Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959)
Region: North America
Date: 1936–38
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Concrete, steel, stone, and glass
Medium: Architecture and Planning
Dimensions: 5,330 sq. ft. (1,625 sq. m.)
Location: Bear Run, PA
Credit: ©Robert P. Ruschak, Courtesy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
That which is necessary varies from culture to culture. Rural nomadic peoples have very different needs and economic and social concerns than sedentary urban communities, for instance. Both, however, require shelter. Moreover, as the two examples here demonstrate, that shelter becomes a vehicle for the expression of identity conveyed through not only functional solutions, but also aesthetic choices.