ABSTRACT
The basic human need for protection from natural forces has been the main driver of the development of faade design. Since ancient times, the interrelationships between architecture and nature have always been debatable. As much as it was technologically feasible, early architecture did not develop physical barriers between man-made structures and their immediate contexts unless it was essential. Neo-modernists are still following this path but with more concern for environmental impact than their predecessors. There are, however, some contemporary voices that still claim the superiority of architecture over nature. Industrial Revolution and the extensive use of glass faades in exhibitions and other building types of the nineteenth century highlight the discussion among environmentalists on the role of aesthetics in architecture and whether beauty. It was in this era of scientific discoveries and technological innovation that the erection of the three-dimensional impression seemed to entirely vanish, to be substituted by the interest in two-dimensional design.
