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American modernism

American modernism, much like the modernism movement in general, is a trend of philosophical thought arising from the widespread changes in culture and society in the age of modernity. American modernism is an artistic and cultural movement in the United States beginning at the turn of the 20th century, with…

American modernism

Art Nouveau architecture in Riga

Art Nouveau architecture in Riga makes up roughly one third of all buildings in the centre of Riga, making the Latvian capital the city with the highest concentration of Art Nouveau architecture anywhere in the world. Built during a period of rapid economic growth, most of the Art Nouveau buildings…

Art Nouveau architecture in Riga

Milan Liberty style

With liberty in Milan it is used to indicate the experience of the aforementioned style spread in the Ambrosian city in the early twentieth century and the outbreak of the First World War. In the Lombard capital the Art Nouveau style found, thanks to the close link with the rampant…

Milan Liberty style

Modern architecture in Athens

Modern architecture flourished in Athens during two periods, between 1930–1940 and between 1950–1975. Influenced by the European modern movement led by Le Corbusier and other architects, Greek architects tried to adapt these principles into Greek practice. However, conservatism was often a hindering factor and usually both classically inspired as well…

Modern architecture in Athens

Bauhaus

Staatliches Bauhaus, commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. The Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. The German term Bauhaus—literally…

Bauhaus

Scandinavian design

Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and which flourished in the 1950s, in the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Overview In 1914, the Danish Selskabet for Dekorativ Kunst (Company for Decorative Arts)…

Scandinavian design

Metabolism in architecture

Metabolism (Japanese: 新陳代謝) was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. It had its first international exposure during CIAM’s 1959 meeting and its ideas were tentatively tested by students from Kenzo Tange’s MIT studio. During the preparation for the 1960…

Metabolism in architecture

Constructivist architecture

Constructivist architecture was a form of Modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced many pioneering projects and finished buildings, before…

Constructivist architecture

Structuralism in architecture

Structuralism is a movement in architecture and urban planning evolved around the middle of the 20th century. It was a reaction to CIAM-Functionalism (Rationalism) which had led to a lifeless expression of urban planning that ignored the identity of the inhabitants and urban forms. Structuralism in a general sense is…

Structuralism in architecture

Populuxe

Populuxe was a consumer culture and aesthetic in the United States popular in the 1950s and 1960s. The term comes from a combination of popular and luxury. The work of various artists, designers, graphic designers, furniture designers, interior designers and architects is associated with the movement. It is associated with…

Populuxe

Organic architecture

Organic architecture is a philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world. This is achieved through design approaches that aim to be sympathetic and well-integrated with a site, so buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition. The architecture of architecture combines…

Organic architecture

New Objectivity architecture style

The New Objectivity (a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit, sometimes also translated as New Sobriety) is a name often given to the Modern architecture that emerged in Europe, primarily German-speaking Europe, in the 1920s and 30s. It is also frequently called Neues Bauen (New Building). The New Objectivity remodeled…

New Objectivity architecture style

New Formalism in architecture

New Formalism is an architectural style that emerged in the United States during the mid 1950s and flowered in the 1960s. Buildings designed in that style exhibited many Classical elements including “strict symmetrical elevations” building proportion and scale, Classical columns, highly stylized entablatures and colonnades. The style was used primarily…

New Formalism in architecture

Mid-century modern

Mid-century modern is the design movement in interior, product, and graphic design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. The term, employed as a style descriptor as early as the mid-1950s, was reaffirmed in 1983 by Cara Greenberg in the title of her book, Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of…

Mid-century modern

Hodgkins and Skubic House

Jean Louise Hodgkins (October 29, 1914 – August 7, 1987) and Vera B. Skubic (January 7, 1921 – July 23, 1998) built two houses in Del Playa Drive, Goleta, California, that, with a third one were historic evidence of the mid-20th century international style presented by architect Richard B. Taylor…

Hodgkins and Skubic House

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