Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...
This article was originally published on Common Edge. "O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power ...
The history of modern architecture has been well covered in classical surveys that traced the developments of this major movement that dominated the architectural landscape of the 20th century until ...
The writer Helen Thompson had been a lifelong visitor to Santa Fe, but when she arrived at Georgia O’Keeffe’s home at Ghost Ranch 30 years ago, “I was shocked,” Thompson says. “Everything there was ...
Asplund, Entrance Pavilion, Stockholm Exhibition 1930: “A composition of houses, flags, floodlights, flowers, fireworks, happy people and clean table cloths...” (Aalto) (Drawing by Max Söderholm.
Architectural design has always been a balance between creativity, technical precision, and efficiency. However, traditional ...
A century ago, a strange edifice arose at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, on Kings Road. It was a single-story structure of gray concrete walls and redwood ceilings, shorn of ornament. Before ...
The Getty Foundation announced $3.1 million for the preservation of Black modern architecture. The funds will go toward a new initiative from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a ...