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 ...
Modernism madness has just abated in town, but if still hungry for more, a trip to the Palm Springs Art Museum’s Architecture and Design Center to see its spectacular new exhibit “Albert Frey, ...
The idea of integration between art and architecture dates back to the very origin of the discipline, however, it took on a new meaning and social purpose during the Avant-Garde movement of the early ...
Truly edifying, the All-Access Pass to Modernism Week’s lectures and films presents a stunning opportunity to understand the widest variety of intellectual pursuit and human endeavor during the middle ...
What modern is: introduction -- Space opens up -- Staging modernity: the aesthetics of the future -- A new style of life: artifacts of modernity -- At home in the brave new world -- Buildings like ...
The concepts of history and modern might seem to be opposites, but the La Jolla Historical Society has managed to blend the two with its La Jolla Modernism & Architecture Week. The third annual event, ...
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 ...
A “gloriously erudite” critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II. By Clay Risen Joseph Rykwert, an architectural historian who ...
“The wind of change is blowing through this continent,” declared British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in the Ghanaian capital Accra in 1960. “Whether we like it or not, this growth of national ...
Spokane's skyline boasts three iconic buildings. The Pavilion. Gifted to the city by the United States government in preparation for Expo '74, the cable structure is unlike any other in Spokane. The ...