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Modernist Architecture

Modern Architecture or Modernism was a product of the mid-20th century. Famously coined as the International Style by Reyner Banham, the style was linked notably with Le Corbusier and central European and generally western architecture. It eventually made its way to the Developing World and also to colder climates in the North where the white concrete didn't always weather so well. Modern Architecture was associated with some great architects and some powerful countries and companies. It became the equivalent of the Classical Style in the Georgian period, ie the establishment architecture, the status quo. The key Modern Architects are generally accepted to be Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright though clearly many will suggest others. Since the seventies architecture styles have become more fractured and we have - amongst what could be termed contemporary architects - post-modernists, neo-modernists, deconstructivists, contextualists, expressionists and so on. 'Contemporary Architects' suggests a position that is anti-vernacular, comfortable with new materials and non-local materials & forms, using architectural language that is not generally steeped in past typographies or traditions. Modern Architecture : Tugendhat Villa Modern Architecture : Barcelona Pavilion Modern Buildings - UK: Bata Shoe Factory, Tilbury, east London - Vladimir Karfik Labworth Café, Canvey Island - Christiani & Nielsen Paddington Maintenance Depot, northwest London 1966-68 Bicknell & Hamilton Modernist railway building Royal Corinthian Yacht Club - Joseph Emberton Wood House, Shipbourne, Kent - Walter Gropius Modern Architects / Contemporary Architects Famous World Architects - Contemporary: Santiago Calatrava David Chipperfield Terry Farrell Foster & Partners Future Systems Frank Gehry Zaha Hadid Michael Hopkins Steven Holl Toyo Ito Eva Jiricna Henning Larsen Daniel Libeskind MVRDV Richard Meier Enric Miralles Cesar Pelli Richard Rogers Modern Architecture : Zaha Hadid building Cambridge Architecture Hong Kong Architecture New York Architecture Paris Architecture Postmodern Architecture We have some classic Modern buildings online, such as Mies van der Rohe's Tugendhat Villa & Barcelona Pavilion, a Frank Lloyd Wright house, and more contemporary buildings by architects such as Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid. Modern Architecture : Frank Lloyd Wright house World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Modern Architecture Books Comments / photos for the Modern Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Modern Architecture - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt