In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...
Contemporary Egyptian architecture draws from a rich history. As a cradle of civilization, the transcontinental country has influenced diverse building styles and design cultures. Home to some of the ...
Modern architecture is the architectural style that dominated the Western world between the 1930s and the 1960s and was characterized by an analytical and functional approach to building design.
Some people see older buildings as revered artifacts that have stood the test of time, but others see them as occupying sites that could be used for new development. That tension is currently playing ...
Donald Judd may have brought modern art to Marfa, but modernist architecture has longer roots there. Unsurprisingly, the houses in Marfa, Texas, are also a lot more stunning and carefully curated than ...
Given that the architects of modernity were in search of purity of form, it stands to reason that the image of this modern architecture is almost inevitably rendered in white in the collective ...
The Little Switzerland neighborhood was developed in 1938 and by 1939 architects Jane West Clauss and Alfred Clauss had begun designing modern homes to sit atop its ridge. The couple also lived in the ...
As the debate unfolds, the experts and students wrestle with tensions between heritage and progress; local identity and ...