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Modernism in architecture Definition and illustration for the term MODERNISM in architecture
Modern Architecture (1918-the present day) No stylistic revivals here - only design stemming from 20th century needs, economics and technology.
Modernist Ideas A new breed of designers, the Modernists, rebelled against the concept of furniture that was merely decorative. Striving for functionality and universality, they worked to build a better chair.
20th Century Architecture and Modernism These resources define the most important ideas that influenced architectural design in the twentieth century. They explore Art Moderne and the Bauhaus school coined by Walter Gropius, and move through Deconstructivism, Formalism, Modernism, Structur
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Modern Architect Your starting place for exploring the life and works of modern architect Mies van der Rohe, famous for his statement that "Less is more."
The Jewish contribution to modern architecture, 1830-1930
THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE, 1830-1930 By Fredric Bedoire. Jersey City: KTAV Publishing House, in collaboration with Paideia--the ......(Continue Reading) Becoming Corbusier: a recent exhibition traced the development of this seminal 20th-century figure from provincial designer to modern architectural master
"He lives in the extraordinary world of the acrobat" was how Le Corbusier referred to himself, describing his profession of architecture in My Work (published in 1960, five years before his death)....(Continue Reading)Was there a George VI style? Now that the story of British architecture and design in the twentieth century is less often distorted by over-emphasis on
Writing under his pseudonym, Peter F. Donner, in the Architectural Review in November 1941, Nikolaus Pevsner opened by stating that 'Every phase in history has its style permeating all its producti...(Continue Reading)The Modern Movement In Architecture: Selections From The Docomomo Registers. - Review - book review
Edited by Dennis Sharp & Catherine Cooke. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. 2001. [pounds]25 DOGOMOMO was founded in 1988, at the School of Architecture ......(Continue Reading)What's modern now? Does the emphasis on the purity of site, program, and client impede the progress of new architecture? - from the editor - Editorial
I've been having this conversation with a number of architects lately: What should we call modern--lowercase "m"--residential architecture now? I mean ......(Continue Reading)
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