Styles and Movements

Modernist Architecture

Also Known As The Modern Movement
Early Modern Movement Architecture

The broad twentieth century movement that rejected historical styles and applied ornament in favor of forms derived from function, structure and the new materials of steel, glass and reinforced concrete. Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright are its central figures; its ideas reshaped cities on every continent and provoked every major movement that followed it.

Facts
Disputed
Period
to 1980 2
The replacement by postmodern architecture as the leading style for institutional and corporate buildings was gradual rather than a single sharp date; modernist design continued in narrower forms afterward.
Period
from 1920 1
Circa; the movement consolidated in the 1920s, with roots in the industrial building and theory of the two decades before.
Origin Region
Europe and the United States 1
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747 Wing House

Modernist Architecture

Alcoa Care-free Home

Modernist Architecture

Aubrey R. Watzek House

Modernist Architecture

Casa Malaparte

Modernist Architecture

Curutchet House

Modernist Architecture

David Rayfiel House

Modernist Architecture

E-1027

Modernist Architecture

Edificio Copan

Modernist Architecture

Fallingwater

Modernist Architecture

Florida Tropical House

Modernist Architecture

Gropius House

Modernist Architecture

Isokon Building

Modernist Architecture

Ponte City Apartments

Modernist Architecture

Schindler House

Modernist Architecture

Steiner House

Modernist Architecture

The Cove (Harrisburg, Virginia)

Modernist Architecture

Tugendhat House

Modernist Architecture

Underhill, Holme

Modernist Architecture

Unite d'Habitation, Marseille

Modernist Architecture

Villa Baizeau

Modernist Architecture

Villa La Mauresque

Modernist Architecture

Villa La Reine Jeanne

Modernist Architecture

Villa Le Lac

Modernist Architecture

Villa Le Trident

Modernist Architecture

Villa Mairea

Modernist Architecture

Villa Müller

Modernist Architecture

Villa Romée

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Villa Savoye

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Villa Schwob

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Villa Tugendhat

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Weissenhof Estate

Modernist Architecture
Connections

Associated With

Adolf Loos, Architects and Designers

Loos's rejection of ornament prefigured modernist architecture

Alvar Aalto, Architects and Designers

Aalto is a leading figure of Nordic modernism

Completion of the Seagram Building, Milestones
Concrete, Architectural Materials
Source Modern architecture (Wikipedia)
Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), Institutions and Organizations

Founded in 1928 as the principal international organization promoting and coordinating the Modern Movement in architecture and urban planning, until its dissolution in 1959.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Demolition of Pruitt-Igoe, Milestones
Docomomo International, Institutions and Organizations

Docomomo International, founded in Eindhoven in 1988, documents and advocates for the conservation of Modern Movement buildings and sites worldwide.

Source Docomomo International (Wikipedia)
Form Follows Function, Concepts

Editorial link from the concept to a related style, element, milestone or figure; no citation attached

Founding of CIAM, Milestones
Founding of the Deutscher Werkbund, Milestones
Glass, Architectural Materials
Source Modern architecture (Wikipedia)
Le Corbusier, Architects and Designers

Le Corbusier is a central figure of modernist architecture

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architects and Designers

Mies is a central figure of modernist architecture

Modular Coordination, Concepts

Editorial link from the concept to a related style, element, milestone or figure; no citation attached

Open Plan, Concepts

Editorial link from the concept to a related style, element, milestone or figure; no citation attached

Ornament and Crime, Concepts

The polemic against applied ornament underlies the modern movement's plain surfaces, though Loos himself never joined the modernist mainstream he anticipated.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Publication of Towards a New Architecture, Milestones
Steel, Architectural Materials
Source Modern architecture (Wikipedia)
The 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, Milestones
The Five Points of Architecture, Concepts

Editorial link from the concept to a related style, element, milestone or figure; no citation attached

The International Style Named, Milestones
Walter Gropius, Architects and Designers

Gropius founded the Bauhaus and is a central figure of modernism

Opposes

New Classical Architecture, Styles and Movements

New Classicism positions itself explicitly in opposition to modernist architectural doctrine.

Influenced

Brutalism, Styles and Movements

A late development within the modern movement, from Le Corbusier's raw concrete manner.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
High-Tech Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
International Style, Styles and Movements

The 1932 exhibition's name for the shared language of the European modern movement.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Parametricism, Concepts
Source Parametric architecture (Wikipedia)

Critiqued Here

Postmodern Architecture, Styles and Movements

Influence by reaction: the movement defined itself against modernist austerity.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

Notable Examples

747 Wing House, Buildings and Structures
Source 747 Wing House (Wikipedia)
Adolf Loos, Architects and Designers
Alcoa Care-free Home, Buildings and Structures
Source Alcoa Care-free Home (Wikipedia)
Alden B. Dow, Architects and Designers
Source Alden B. Dow (Wikipedia)
Almas Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Almas Tower, Wikipedia
Alvar Aalto, Architects and Designers
Aubrey R. Watzek House, Buildings and Structures
Source Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikipedia)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Buildings and Structures
Source Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Wikipedia)
Berliner Philharmonie, Buildings and Structures
Source Berliner Philharmonie, Wikipedia
Bertrand Goldberg, Architects and Designers
Source Bertrand Goldberg (Wikipedia)
Calgary Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Calgary Tower - Wikipedia
Casa Malaparte, Buildings and Structures
Source Casa Malaparte - Wikipedia
Additional Source Casa Malaparte (Wikidata)Wikidata P149
Cathedral of Brasilia, Buildings and Structures

A landmark of Brazilian modernist architecture.

CBS Building, Buildings and Structures
Source CBS Building, Wikipedia
Central Park Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Central Park Tower
Central Radio and TV Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Central Radio and TV Tower - Wikipedia
Cesar Pelli, Architects and Designers
Source Carnegie Hall Tower (Wikipedia)
Chandigarh Capitol Complex, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Chandigarh Capitol Complex
Château de l'Horizon, Buildings and Structures
Source Chateau de l'Horizon (Wikipedia)
China Zun, Buildings and Structures
Source China Zun, Wikipedia
Church of the Light, Buildings and Structures
Source Church of the Light (Wikipedia)
CN Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: CN Tower
Comcast Technology Center, Buildings and Structures
Source Comcast Technology Center - Wikipedia
Curutchet House, Buildings and Structures
Source Curutchet House (Wikipedia)
David Rayfiel House, Buildings and Structures
Source David Rayfiel House (Wikipedia)
E-1027, Buildings and Structures
Source E-1027 (Wikipedia)
Edificio Copan, Buildings and Structures
Source Edificio Copan - Wikipedia
Eero Saarinen, Architects and Designers
Source Eero Saarinen (Wikipedia)
Eureka Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Eureka Tower, Wikipedia
Euromast, Buildings and Structures
Source Euromast, Wikipedia
Fagus Factory, Buildings and Structures

A pioneering early work of modernist functionalism, widely cited as a forerunner of the Bauhaus.

Fallingwater, Buildings and Structures

Wright's organic strain of modernism, not the International Style he disdained.

Source Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Official Site
Florida Tropical House, Buildings and Structures
Source Florida Tropical House (Wikipedia)
Ford Foundation Building, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
Fumihiko Maki, Architects and Designers
Source Fumihiko Maki (Pritzker Architecture Prize)
Fundacio Joan Miro, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikidata: Fundacio Joan Miro
Additional Source Fundacio Joan Miro, WikipediaWikipedia category: Modernist architecture in Barcelona
Futuna Chapel, Buildings and Structures
Source Futuna Chapel (Wikipedia)
Getty Center, Buildings and Structures
Source Getty Center, Wikipedia
Gropius House, Buildings and Structures
Source Gropius House (Wikipedia)
Guangzhou International Finance Center, Buildings and Structures
Source Guangzhou International Finance Center (Wikipedia)
Hallidie Building, Buildings and Structures
Source Hallidie Building, Wikipedia
Heron Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source Heron Tower (Wikidata)
I. M. Pei, Architects and Designers

Pei is widely categorized a leading Late Modernist architect, working in glass, steel and geometric abstraction.

Isokon Building, Buildings and Structures
Source Isokon Building (Wikipedia)
John Hancock Tower, Buildings and Structures
Source John Hancock Tower (Wikipedia)
Kimbell Art Museum, Buildings and Structures
Source Wikipedia: Kimbell Art Museum
Kingdom Centre, Buildings and Structures
Source Kingdom Centre (Wikipedia)
Kyiv Television Center, Buildings and Structures
Source Kyiv Television Center (Wikipedia)
Lilly Reich, Architects and Designers
Source Lilly Reich (Wikipedia)
Louis Kahn, Architects and Designers
Source EBSCO Research Starters: Louis I. Kahn

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United States

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Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
  • britannica.com/art/Modernism-art, lead definition
    Modernism, in the fine arts, a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression.
  • Notable Examples: Villa Savoye
  • Influenced: Postmodern Architecture
  • Influenced: Brutalism
  • Influenced: International Style
  • Associated With: Ornament and Crime
  • Influenced: High-Tech Architecture
  • Associated With: Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_architecture, lead paragraph
Quote, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_architecture, lead paragraph
The movement emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Official Site
Frank Lloyd Wright FoundationNotable Examples: FallingwaterView the Source
Docomomo International (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Docomomo International
Quote, Associated With: Docomomo International
Docomomo was founded to take up the challenge of the protection and conservation of Modern Architecture and Urbanism.
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Wikipedia: Chandigarh Capitol Complex
WikipediaNotable Examples: Chandigarh Capitol Complex, Architecture and design
Quote, Notable Examples: Chandigarh Capitol Complex, Architecture and design
The Capitol Complex is a landmark of modernist architecture, employing béton brut (exposed concrete) and pioneering construction techniques.
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Wikipedia: National Congress of Brazil
WikipediaNotable Examples: National Congress of Brazil, History section, third paragraph
Quote, Notable Examples: National Congress of Brazil, History section, third paragraph
As with most of the city's government buildings, the National Congress building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in the Modernist style.
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Parametric architecture (Wikipedia)
Influenced: Parametricism, Origin section (redirect target Parametric architecture)
Quote, Influenced: Parametricism, Origin section (redirect target Parametric architecture)
The term was coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher, who described it as a successor to modernism and postmodernism and proposed it as a new global architectural style for the 21st century.
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Pirelli Tower, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Pirelli Tower, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Palacio do Planalto - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Palacio do Planalto, infobox architectural_style field: ModernistView the Source
CBS Building, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: CBS Building, infobox architectural_style field: ModernistView the Source
Central Radio and TV Tower - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Central Radio and TV Tower, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Euromast, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Euromast, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Almas Tower, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Almas Tower, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Tour First, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Tour First, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Isokon Building (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Isokon Building, infobox architectural_style field: Art Deco, Bauhaus, modernistView the Source
Ponte City Apartments (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Ponte City Apartments, infobox architectural_style field: Brutalist, modernistView the Source
Kingdom Centre (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Kingdom Centre, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Villa Muller (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Müller, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
E-1027 (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: E-1027, infobox architectural_style field: ModernismView the Source
Villa Stenersen (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Stenersen, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism, FunctionalismView the Source
Roma Termini railway station, Wikipedia
  • Notable Examples: Roma Termini, Article body
    The result is a gravity-defying modernist structure
  • Notable Examples: Roma Termini railway station, Article body
    The result is a gravity-defying modernist structure
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Villa Baizeau (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Baizeau, Article body
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Baizeau, Article body
designed by Swiss modernist architect Le Corbusier in 1928
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Fumihiko Maki (Pritzker Architecture Prize)
Notable Examples: Fumihiko Maki, Laureate page, opening paragraph
Quote, Notable Examples: Fumihiko Maki, Laureate page, opening paragraph
calls himself a modernist, unequivocally
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EBSCO Research Starters: Louis I. Kahn
EBSCO Research StartersNotable Examples: Louis Kahn, Biography, overview
Quote, Notable Examples: Louis Kahn, Biography, overview
Kahn was a renowned architect in the school of international modernism
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Jewish Virtual Library: Phyllis Lambert
Jewish Virtual LibraryNotable Examples: Phyllis Lambert, Biography paragraph two
Quote, Notable Examples: Phyllis Lambert, Biography paragraph two
Phyllis Lambert has been recognized for her tireless advocacy of modern architecture
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Futuna Chapel (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Futuna Chapel, Significance
Quote, Notable Examples: Futuna Chapel, Significance
it is a modernist building that uses geometrical forms and influences of the Modern Movement
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Wikipedia: William Van Alen
Notable Examples: William Van Alen, Life, return to New York
Quote, Notable Examples: William Van Alen, Life, return to New York
he had become interested in new architectural styles, including the modernism for which he later became known
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Eero Saarinen (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Eero Saarinen, Career, General Motors Technical Center
Quote, Notable Examples: Eero Saarinen, Career, General Motors Technical Center
follows the rationalist design Miesian style, incorporating steel and glass
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Carnegie Hall Tower (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Cesar Pelli, Carnegie Hall Tower article, critical reception, Douglas Davis in Newsweek
Quote, Notable Examples: Cesar Pelli, Carnegie Hall Tower article, critical reception, Douglas Davis in Newsweek
Unlike the postmoderns, Pelli pushed the new technology of glass, plastic and wafer-thin stone to its limit-part of what he called 'extreme modernism
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Alden B. Dow (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Alden B. Dow, Lead [in-style]
Quote, Notable Examples: Alden B. Dow, Lead [in-style]
Dow is known for his prolific and striking Modernist architectural designs
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Bertrand Goldberg (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bertrand Goldberg, Life and career
Quote, Notable Examples: Bertrand Goldberg, Life and career
R. Buckminster Fuller, as well as other modernists
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Modernist Architecture (Wikipedia)
In Group: Early Modern Styles with an International Reach, Article text
Quote, In Group: Early Modern Styles with an International Reach, Article text
Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, or the modern movement, is an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.
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Modern architecture (Wikipedia)
  • Associated With: Glass, Lead section
    Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the principle of functionalism (i.e.
  • Associated With: Steel, Lead section
    Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the principle of functionalism (i.e.
  • Associated With: Concrete, Lead section
    Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, and concrete); the principle of functionalism (i.e.
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Wikipedia: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
Notable Examples: Ford Foundation Building, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Ford Foundation Building, Infobox: architectural_style
Late Modernism
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Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Weyerhaeuser Headquarters, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Weyerhaeuser Headquarters, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Wikipedia: Central Park Tower
WikipediaNotable Examples: Central Park Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Central Park Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Wuhan Greenland Center (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Wuhan Greenland Center, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Wuhan Greenland Center, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Guangzhou International Finance Center (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Guangzhou International Finance Center, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Guangzhou International Finance Center, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Trump International Hotel and Tower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Trump International Hotel and Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Trump International Hotel and Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Schindler House - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Schindler House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Schindler House, Infobox: architecture
Modern
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Gropius House (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Gropius House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Gropius House, Infobox: architecture
Modern
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Yale Center for British Art, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Yale Center for British Art, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Yale Center for British Art, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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China Zun, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: China Zun, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: China Zun, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Eureka Tower, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Eureka Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Eureka Tower, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Sejm and Senate Complex, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Sejm and Senate Complex, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Sejm and Senate Complex, Infobox: architectural_style
Stripped Classicism Modern
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Unity Temple (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Unity Temple, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Unity Temple, Infobox: architecture
Prairie style; Modern
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Marin County Civic Center (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Marin County Civic Center, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Marin County Civic Center, Infobox: architecture
Modern Movement
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One57 (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: One57, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: One57, Infobox: architectural_style
Modern
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Florida Tropical House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Florida Tropical House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Florida Tropical House, Infobox: architecture
Modernism
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Alcoa Care-free Home (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Alcoa Care-free Home, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Alcoa Care-free Home, Infobox: architecture
Modern
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Aubrey R. Watzek House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Aubrey R. Watzek House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: Aubrey R. Watzek House, Infobox: architecture
Modern, Northwest Regional
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David Rayfiel House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: David Rayfiel House, Infobox: architecture
Quote, Notable Examples: David Rayfiel House, Infobox: architecture
Modern Movement
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Toronto City Hall (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Toronto City Hall, Infobox: architectural_style
Quote, Notable Examples: Toronto City Hall, Infobox: architectural_style
Neo-Expressionist Modern
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Weissenhof Estate, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Weissenhof Estate, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Weissenhof Estate, Introduction
It was an international showcase of modern architecture's aspiration to provide inexpensive, simple, efficient, and good-quality housing.
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Villa Tugendhat - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Tugendhat House, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Tugendhat House, Introduction
It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.
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Villa Tugendhat (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Tugendhat, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Tugendhat, Introduction
It is one of the pioneering prototypes of modern architecture in Europe, and was designed by the German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich.
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Villa Le Lac (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Le Lac, Introduction
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Le Lac, Introduction
It is an example of residential Modern architecture and showcases three of Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Japan
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Edificio Copan - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Edificio Copan, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Edificio Copan, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Brazil
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Hallidie Building, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Hallidie Building, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Hallidie Building, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in California
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Curutchet House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Curutchet House, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Curutchet House, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Wikipedia
  • Notable Examples: Salk Institute, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Modernist architecture in California
  • Notable Examples: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Modernist architecture in California
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Villa Mairea (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Mairea, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Mairea, Lead section
Villa Mairea is a villa, guest-house, and rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architects Aino Aalto and Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Pori, Finland.
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John Hancock Tower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: John Hancock Tower, Development and engineering flaws
Quote, Notable Examples: John Hancock Tower, Development and engineering flaws
It was an embarrassment for the firm, for modernist architects, and for the architecture industry.
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Church of the Light (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Church of the Light, Ando and his walls
Quote, Notable Examples: Church of the Light, Ando and his walls
The importance given to walls is a distinct departure from Modernist architecture.
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Kyiv Television Center (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Kyiv Television Center, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Kyiv Television Center, Lead section
The Kyiv Television Center, or The Pencil, is a modernist skyscraper in Kyiv, and the current symbolic headquarters of Ukrainian public television broadcasting (it has been empty since the invasion).
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Berliner Philharmonie, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Berliner Philharmonie, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Berliner Philharmonie, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Germany
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Museum of Modern Art, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Museum of Modern Art, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Museum of Modern Art, Lead section
Under Barr's leadership, the museum's collection rapidly expanded, beginning with an inaugural exhibition of works by European modernists.
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Steiner House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Steiner House, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Steiner House, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture
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Torre Latinoamericana (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Torre Latinoamericana, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Torre Latinoamericana, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Mexico
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Sydney Opera House (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Sydney Opera House, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Sydney Opera House, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Australia
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Villa La Mauresque (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa La Mauresque, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa La Mauresque, History
In 1927, the author Somerset Maugham purchased the property and commissioned Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot, and the young American architect Barry Dierks to eliminate the villa's original neo-oriental elements, to classicize the façades and patio, and to modernize the layout by creating a staircase.
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Torre Agbar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Torre Agbar, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Torre Agbar, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Barcelona
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Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in New Hampshire
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Price Tower (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Price Tower, Original New York plans
Quote, Notable Examples: Price Tower, Original New York plans
Wright called his design "modern-not modernistic".
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Wikipedia: Kimbell Art Museum
WikipediaNotable Examples: Kimbell Art Museum, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Kimbell Art Museum, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Texas
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Connecticut
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Milwaukee Art Museum, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Milwaukee Art Museum, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Wisconsin
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Wikipedia: The Shard
WikipediaNotable Examples: The Shard, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: The Shard, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modern architecture in the United Kingdom
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Villa "Gorica" (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa "Gorica", Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa "Gorica", Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture
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Neue Nationalgalerie (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Neue Nationalgalerie, David Chipperfield renovation
Quote, Notable Examples: Neue Nationalgalerie, David Chipperfield renovation
Having had no thorough modernization since its inauguration, the Neue Nationalgalerie required upgrades to its air-conditioning, lighting, security, accessibility, electricity, visitor facilities and the behind-the-scenes infrastructure for moving art.
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Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Oslo Airport, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Oslo Airport, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Norway
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Villa Le Trident (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa Le Trident, Lead section
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa Le Trident, Lead section
The villa Le Trident is a Modernist villa built by the American architect Barry Dierks (1899-1960) for himself and his partner, Colonel Eric Sawyer on the pointe de l'Esquillon in Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes on the French Riviera.
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747 Wing House (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: 747 Wing House, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: 747 Wing House, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in California
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Villa La Reine Jeanne (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa La Reine Jeanne, History
Quote, Notable Examples: Villa La Reine Jeanne, History
In 1928, Weiller commissioned Barry Dierks to build on the site a Modernist villa capable of accommodating 30 guests.
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Menil Collection (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Menil Collection, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Menil Collection, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Texas
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Comcast Technology Center - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Comcast Technology Center, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Comcast Technology Center, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Pennsylvania
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Wikipedia: CN Tower
WikipediaNotable Examples: CN Tower, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: CN Tower, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Canada
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Padrao dos Descobrimentos (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Padrao dos Descobrimentos, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Portugal
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Stockholm Public Library (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Stockholm Public Library, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Stockholm Public Library, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Sweden
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Calgary Tower - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Calgary Tower, Wikipedia categories
Quote, Notable Examples: Calgary Tower, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Canada
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One Canada Square (Wikipedia)
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Category:Modern architecture in the United Kingdom
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Vitra Design Museum, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Vitra Design Museum, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Modernist architecture in Germany
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Transamerica Pyramid, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: TransAmerica Pyramid, Lead section
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The Transamerica Pyramid (locally known in some communities as "Big Pointy") is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline.
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Underhill, Holme (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Underhill, Holme, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Modernist architecture in England
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Yale University Art Gallery, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Yale University Art Gallery, 20th century
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It was ultimately known as the "Old Yale Art Gallery" to contrast it with the modernist expansion added a couple of decades later.
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MAXXI (Wikipedia)
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Category:Modernist architecture in Italy
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Getty Center, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Getty Center, Wikipedia categories
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Category:Modernist architecture in California
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Reichstag Building (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Reichstag Building, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: modern architecture
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Casa Malaparte (Wikidata)
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architectural style: modern architecture
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Heron Tower (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Heron Tower, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: modern architecture
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Villa Necchi Campiglio (Wikidata)
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architectural style: modernism
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Villa Schwob (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Schwob, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: modern architecture
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Villa Romée (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Villa Romée, Wikidata P149
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architectural style: modern architecture
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The Cove (Harrisburg, Virginia) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: The Cove (Harrisburg, Virginia), Wikidata P149
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architectural style: modern architecture
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Casa Malaparte - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Casa Malaparte, Infobox: architectural_style
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Modern architecture
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Unite d'habitation, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Unite d'Habitation, Marseille, Lead
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The Unité d'habitation (French pronunciation: [ynite dabitasjɔ̃], Housing Unit; Occitan: Unitat d'abitacion) is a modernist residential housing typology developed by Le Corbusier, with the collaboration of painter-architect Nadir Afonso.
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Lead
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The museum is recognized as a modernist landmark in Danish architecture, and is noted for its synthesis of art, architecture and landscape, boasting a sculpture park with works by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore and Richard Serra.
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Chateau de l'Horizon (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Château de l'Horizon, Lead
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The château de l'Horizon is a Modernist villa that was constructed in 1932 by the American architect Barry Dierks for the actress Maxine Elliott.
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Louvre Pyramid (Wikipedia)
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The modernist style of the edifice being inconsistent with the classic French Renaissance style and history of the Louvre
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Lilly Reich (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Lilly Reich, Lead
Quote, Notable Examples: Lilly Reich, Lead
Reich was an important figure in the early Modern Movement in architecture and design.
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Fundacio Joan Miro, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Fundacio Joan Miro, Wikipedia category: Modernist architecture in Barcelona
Quote, Notable Examples: Fundacio Joan Miro, Wikipedia category: Modernist architecture in Barcelona
Category:Modernist architecture in Barcelona
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