Modern Architecture

The New Iconic Homes

2012-04-23-cahomedesign.jpg | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Home Architecture, Falling Water, Architecture, Iconic Homes, New Iconic Architecture, Modern Architecture, Nakahouse, Slideexpand, Caterpillar House, Modern Residences, Residential Architecture, Culture News

By Kristina Shevory This article comes to us courtesy of California Home + Design. Progressive, innovative and stunning, these are the homes which...

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Happy Birthday, Mies van der Rohe!

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Seagram Building, Mies Van Der Rohe, Modernism, Less Is More, Architecture, Crown Hall, Modern Architecture, New York Herald Tribune, International Style, Farnsworth House, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Arts News

Happy birthday to one of the principal shapers of our modern world, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Along with other post-World War I architects, such a...

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A Dog House by Frank Lloyd Wright

J. Michael Welton | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Architecture, Modern Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dog House, San Anselmo Doghouse, Michael Miner, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

Jim Berger was 12 years old in 1956 when he put pencil to paper, wrote to Frank Lloyd Wright and asked a favor. He was earning extra money with a p...

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Furniture Of The Future

Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Furniture Design, Video, Furniture, Modern Furniture, Modern Aesthetics, Design, Architecture, Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular, Modern Architecture, Modern Design, Arts News

We've all experienced those never-ending debates when trying to rearrange furniture. You move the bed around because the dressers didn't feel Feng Shu...

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HOW ARCHITECTS LIVE #1: Thomas Warnke of Space4A (PHOTOS)

Jade Doskow | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Architecture, Carriage House, Modern Architecture, Red Hook, Brooklyn, Thomas Warnke, space4a, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Culture News
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Famous Architect Designs Grammy Poster

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Recording Academy, Grammy Awards 2011, Architecture, Modern Architecture, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Grammy Awards, Arts News

The innovative architect Frank Gehry has turned his propensity for out-of-left-field lines on the new poster for the 54th Grammy awards. The Recording...

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Dwell Magazine's Top 10 Best Homes In America

Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: American-Homes, Modernism, Eero Saarinen, American Homeowners, Architecture, Le Corbusier, Homeowners, Modern Architecture, American Architecture, Functionality, Real Estate, Arts News

The editors at Dwell sifted through the hundreds of homes featured over the past ten years to create their new special issue, Best Homes in America. ...

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Architect Designs Museum Dedicated To Himself

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Japanese Architecture, Japanese Culture, Contemporary Architecture, Toyo-Ito, Architecture, Modern Architecture, Japan, U House, Toyo Ito Museum, Arts News

Conceptual architect Toyo Ito is known for his combination of reality and fantasy, attempting to create a "simulated city." Taking this concept to hea...

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VIDEO: Architecture Firm Takes Skyscrapers Underground

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Video, Earthscraper, Mexico City, Mexico City Architecture, BNKR Arquitectura, Futuristic Architecture, Bnkr, Architecture, Mexico, Modern Architecture, Future, Mexican Architecture, Arts News

Ambitious architecture and Mexico City seldom appear in the same sentence due to the government's strict building code, but BNKR Arquitectura has foun...

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Landmark Modernist Building In Court Battle Over Redesign

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Architecture, Modern Architecture, Landmarks, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, International Style, New York City, New York, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank, Arts News

New York City became the proving grounds for the international style of architecture in the 1950s, with many buildings remaining today as a testament ...

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On the Waterfront

J. Michael Welton | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Fallingwater, Mies Van Der Rohe, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Architecture, Tod Williams, Dwell, Modern Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Meier, Farnsworth House, Harbor Springs MI, Frank Harmon, Slideadbigshot, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

It took nine months before Michael McCarthy and Marcia Myers fully realized what they'd actually purchased in Harbor Springs, Michigan. "We saw this w...

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In Cuba, Architectural Vindication

J. Michael Welton | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: John Loomia, Antoni Gaudi, Fidel Castro, Unfinished Spaces," "Revolution of Forms, Architecture, Modern Architecture, Cuba, Che Guevara, Princeton Architectural Press, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

It traces its roots to an inspired conversation between victorious revolutionaries Che Guevara and Fidel Castro on an abandoned, suburban Havana golf course in January 1961. Those were heady days.

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PHOTOS: 10 Icons Of Modern Architecture

Tom Mallory | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Modernism, Unesco, Heritage, Architecture, Le Corbusier, Unesco World Heritage, Oscar Niemeyer, Bauhaus, Seagram Building, Frank Lloyd Wright, Icomos, Modern Architecture, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, World Heritage, Guggenheim Museum, Hiroshima, Bikini-Atoll, Preservation, Mies Van Der Rohe, Kenzo Tange, Walter Gropius, UK Arts, Arts News
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A few weeks ago ICOMOS' recommendation against the registering of 19 buildings designed by Le Corbusier in the World Heritage List provoked heated dis...

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Architectural Masterpiece In Holmby Hills For $5.45 Million

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via Curbed LA: The four bedroom, six bathroom house, sometimes referred to as the Luis Barragán Fountain Home, is on the market for $5.45 million. D...

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Modernism for the Right: Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasilia

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Modern Architecture, Urban Design, Modernism, Brazil, Brasilia, Urbanism, Books News
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The book is a stimulating collection of articles by Brazilian planners and architects concerning not only contemporary urbanism in their country, but also the history that resulted in the urbanism that is now "contemporary."

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Adler, Sullivan and Nickel

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Architecture, Adler & Sullivan, Louis Sullivan, Dankmar Adler, Chicago, Modern-Architecture, Playboy Club, University of Chicago Press, Central Music Hall Block, Books News
J. Michael Welton

A new book from the University of Chicago Press chronicles the work of three artists from that city whose courageous work intertwined from the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th.

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PHOTOS: Exhibition Spotlight: Ezra Stoller's Photographs Of Iconic Modern Architecture

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Ezra Stoller WHAT: An exhibition of architectural gelatin silver prints by Ezra Stoller WHEN: January 6 - February 12, 2011 WHERE: Yossi Milo ...

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PHOTOS: 13 Buildings That Tell LA's Architectural Story

2010-12-10-overhead_Trazzler.jpg | Posted 05.25.2011

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While LA's downtown lacks the kind of in-your-face skyscraping architectural monuments you'll find in towns like Chicago or NYC, a bit of urban spelun...

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PHOTOS: 21 Modern Marvels Of Architecture

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Architecture, Modern Marvels, Modern-Architecture, Travel News

The Taj Mahal, the Pyramids of Giza, the Leaning Tower of Pisa...we are all familiar with the old architectural wonders of the world. But though our...

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PHOTOS: BLOG WATCH> Chic Playhouse Architecture By Aboday On Dezeen

Dezeen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Slides, Indonesia, Children, Architecture, Starchitects, Modern Architecture, Asia, Tangerang, Interior Design, Playhouse, Arts News

A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and ph...

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