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We feature a selection of the most interesting 20thC architectural projects globally and post frequently.
The website features a selection of the best Modern building designs around the world, by respected designers.
In addition, we post information and images of significant contemporary Modernist architecture projects on this international website.
Walter Gropius Architect – key buildings, Bauhaus founder, Modernist, Photos – 20th Century American architecture, Modern design projects Germany such as Werkbund Exhibition – office & factory, Cologne.
Parkland House for sale in North Vancouver, 1956-built home designed by Bob Lewis. Early example of west coast Modernism in Canada – inspired by Joseph Eichler’s style
Lawn Road Flats, Isokon London building design by Wells Coates architect – Modernist housing England, 20th Century Hampstead home photos
World-famous 20th Century American residence design by US architect Philip Johnson, 1949 – exterior walls are made of glass, a radical departure from houses of the time, inspired by Farnsworth House
John Lautner architect – Modern Californian buildings, US domestic architecture, 20th Century houses, USA building designs, residential architecture
Lantern House for sale in North Vancouver. 1950-built home design by Fred Hollingsworth, early example of west coast Modernism. Rare Canada property to be blessed by the Dalai Lama
Eero Saarinen architect – buildings photo, 20th C architecture, American designer, New York TWA Terminal – Eero Saarinen designs in the USA
Eppich House II by celebrated Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, is on the market in West Vancouver’s British Properties for $12.8 million. This year marks the home’s 35th anniversary, having been designed in 1979 and completed in 1988.
The first residence designed by this architect isn’t protected, and could face the wrecking ball. Owners have listed it for $1 million, hoping a preservation-minded buyer will step up. Architect Philip Johnson won the Pritzker Prize in 1979 and was famous for promoting the Postmodernist style.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architects news – Renewal by HBRA Architects, Chicago, of The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of SOM in 1963. The building is a Modernist masterpiece.
Berthold Lubetkin Architect moved to London, England form Paris in 1930. He directed Tecton until 1947. Architectural influences included Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier. He was the RIBA Gold Medal 1982 Winner. The msot famous Lubetkin building is the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Regent’s Park.
A 2-carat diamond ring has been created by compressing the cremated remains of Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Conceptual artist Jill Magid from Brooklyn spent years plotting her proposal to the owners of his professional archive: open it to the public
Design: Mies van der Rohe, architect. A Celebration to Benefit the Farnsworth House at the Matthew Rachman Gallery. The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants to protect this celebrated residence from flooding by raising it on a hydraulic lift during storms.
Louis Kahn book, out of print for decades: “The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn” to be reissued. The architect explored the ways in which architecture could improve lives and create harmony
Concrete and Center Parcs present the Center Parcs Cottage, a place to gather in the heart of nature in Parc Bispinger Heide in Germany. Center Parcs, renowned for its family-friendly holiday parks in the heart of nature, aimed to enhance its offerings for a broader audience
