Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...
The history of modern architecture has been well covered in classical surveys that traced the developments of this major movement that dominated the architectural landscape of the 20th century until ...
Asplund, Entrance Pavilion, Stockholm Exhibition 1930: “A composition of houses, flags, floodlights, flowers, fireworks, happy people and clean table cloths...” (Aalto) (Drawing by Max Söderholm.
Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate ...
A century ago, a strange edifice arose at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, on Kings Road. It was a single-story structure of gray concrete walls and redwood ceilings, shorn of ornament. Before ...
You’ve seen them. Perhaps they’ve taken over your neighborhood, packing in cheek-by-jowl, straddling hillsides and squeezing out every square inch of space that zoning laws allow. They are modern box ...
The Getty Foundation announced $3.1 million for the preservation of Black modern architecture. The funds will go toward a new initiative from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a ...
Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II.