HIGH TECH Design was first founded in the mid 1960's. This movement was mainly influenced by a previous movement of the Anti/Radical design from the geometric forms of
Buckminster Fuller.
"In that era, High Tech design influenced more the interiors by using raw industrial materials in their design including also the exterior."
As was said above, in the high tech design era designers used to make a lot of use out of raw material products such as rocks and wood ex. doing the outdoor of a house using either wood strips or rock as you can see in this image.
Michael Hopkins was another British architect who worked on High-Tech designs. He made use of trolleys, clip-on lights, rubber flooring and also galvanised zinc shelving in his interior design. His designs remind me of De stijl's movement which i guess Hopkins was inspired from the colours red, yellow, and blue of Rietveld's chair, 1917. Like Gerrit Rietveld, Hopkins made use of straight steel lines in his design and also included this style to his own house with open plans and large windows.
Michael Hopkin's house, 1979 Schroder house, 1920
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