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.
Charles and Ray Eames: Californian Architects
Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (1907-78) and Bernice Alexandra “Ray” (née Kaiser) Eames (1912-88) were American designers. They made major contributions to modern architecture and furniture but also worked in the fields of industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.
Jean Prouvé Architect, Prefabricated Buildings
Jean Prouvé, French architect – architecture, prefabricated houses, buildings projects & furniture designs – exhibition, prefab house in France
Michael Graves Architect New Jersey + New York
First building by US architect Michael Graves for sale – The Hanselmann House in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 1971, listed for $265,000. The building was his first commission, and today remains a well-preserved example of his earlier, Modernist buildings before he started designing Postmodern architecture.
Rudolf Schindler: Modern Architect USA
Rudolf Schindler, Californian architect, USA buildings, houses – US domestic architecture: Californian buildings, Rudolf Schindler architect, Modern house
Flying Arrow House, Edgemont Village, Vancouver
West Coast Modern searches for buyer to save last remaining Fred Hollingsworth-designed Flying Arrow House in Edgemont Village, Vancouver. One of only six Flying Arrow houses ever built, the modest, efficiently designed, post-and-beam home was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian design
Miller House Columbus: Indiana Modernist home
Miller House is one of the country’s most highly-regarded examples of mid-century Modernist residences and was designed by Eero Saarinen, with interiors by Alexander Girard, and landscape design by Dan Kiley: National Historic Landmark, USA
Montiverdi House, West Vancouver by Arthur Erickson
This is the first ground-oriented Montiverdi Estates in West Vancouver, home to hit the market in over a decade. Montiverdi Estates was designed by Arthur Erickson as a “residential park” with each of the 20 homes being carefully integrated into the natural setting. Modelled after his famous Smith House
Cité de Refuge Paris by Le Corbusier
Public tours of a newly-restored Salvation Army shelter in Paris designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret start in April. The tour guides for the 11-storey building, known as the Cité de Refuge, will be the residents of the building themselves who have been trained by the Fondation Le Corbusier.
The Smithsons Architects: Modern Buildings
The Smithsons Architects – buildings & key designs, English Modern architecture practice – Alison & Peter Smithson, Modernist architects London, England, UK
Pierre Koenig Architect, Case Study Houses
Pierre Koenig architect – Modern American architecture, 20th Century buildings like Case Study House No.22 – Los Angeles, California, USA
John Hejduk Tower Berlin Building, Refurbishment
The campaign to save John Hejduk’s Kreuzberg Tower and Wings in Berlin from defacement has galvanised the international architectural community
Exeter Library, Louis Kahn New Hampshire building
This 20th Century building design by Louis Kahn architect in New Hampshire, USA has none of the landscape-integrating prairie horizontals of Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses