Isokon London: Lawn Road Flats Hampstead
Lawn Road Flats, Isokon London building design by Wells Coates architect – Modernist housing England, 20th Century Hampstead home photos
Modern building designs
Modern buildings designs and architects
e-architect select Modern building designs around the world. Discover Modernist buildings information, news and pictures. Source examples of 20th Century structures, such as works in the International Style. Find Corbusian architecture projects of the best globally.
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.
Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan
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: US Architecture
John Lautner architect – Modern Californian buildings, US domestic architecture, 20th Century houses, USA building designs, residential architecture
Liminal House, West Vancouver, Canada
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses’ Liminal House project site straddles the interstice between a suburban residential neighbourhood and West Vancouver’s natural stony seashore. Positioned on an expanded border between land and sea, the building form references the creatures that occupy this interstitial territory
Eero Saarinen architect, Modern buildings
Eero Saarinen architect – buildings photo, 20th C architecture, American designer, New York TWA Terminal – Eero Saarinen designs in the USA
Arthur Erickson’s Eppich House II, Vancouver
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.
Philip Johnson Architect: Buildings, Designs
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: SOM Architects
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, London: Tecton
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.
Luis Barragan Architect Mexico: Architecture
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
Farnsworth House, Illinois: Mies van der Rohe home photos
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 Architect: architecture design
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
Center Parcs Cottage, Bispingen, Germany
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
Gordon & Hildred Goetschel House, Glendale, CA
Gordon & Hildred Goetschel House design by renowned architect Ray Kappe FAIA in 1954 was sold for $2,550,000. This iconic California residence at Mesa Lila, USA, showcases his early explorations into spatial expansion. The Los Angeles architectural gem seamlessly connecting inhabitants to nature and distant vistas
Coventry Cathedral: Basil Spence Building
The Getty Foundation announced $1.66 million in architectural conservation grants dedicated to twelve significant 20th century buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative