In standards, as Mies Van Der Rohe said about modern architecture, less is more.
Two years later, Le Corbusier, the high priest of modern architecture, gave the complex his blessing.
Consider, for example, the birth of modern architecture a remarkable result of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
Johnson accomplished this through one of his first shows, Modern Architecture: International Exhibition, curated with Henry Russell Hitchcock.
Think back to how horseless carriages, modern architecture, and print journalism yielded to cars, post-modern structures, and social media.
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With the capriccios, combining real and imaginary places, ancient and modern architecture in one picture, Guardi is in his element.
Modern architecture is notable above all for the use of steel and concrete, and to a lesser extent wood, as building materials.
Opponents of modern architecture may scoff that Sir Christopher Wren and Filippo Brunelleschi tended to make buildings that lasted a little longer than 60 years.
The city is renowned for a number of its unique characteristics like its chilly summer fog, steep rolling hills and eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture.
By the time the clarion call was sounded by the Museum of Modern Art's "Modern Architecture" show in 1932, he had become a master of the International style.
Many rooms have big glass doors a hallmark of modern architecture.
Having established modern architecture as the reality of contemporary life, he also reduced it to a set of rigid aesthetic rules stripped of its revolutionary social and technological meaning.
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Longtime fans of modern architecture, the couple started looking for another home around 2002 when Ms. Wilson, an avid gardener, ran out of gardening space at their mid-century home downtown.
And he points to the popularity of atriums or courtyards that bring the natural environment into a building as one way the principles of feng shui are manifested in modern architecture.
It has its own theatrical touches, such as a performance space and a restaurant with the kitchen in the centre, and an airy open design with earthy elements such as old timber beams incorporated within the modern architecture.
They define an eyesore building as one, of usually modern architecture, on a high-profile site, strongly visible both in the immediate area and from a distance, and which has resulted in widespread criticism and condemnation.
On the island, he pairs magnificent modern architecture, built on extra-large tracts of land, with a small, discerning clientele a formula that, at first, he wasn't sure would work, but has weathered the boom and recent bust of high-density vacation housing on more tourist-friendly islands.
Anyone who doubts that this has been a century of spectacular architectural achievement as well as radical technological change need only visit the Alvar Aalto show that has just opened at the Museum of Modern Art here for evidence that shatters the myth that modern architecture failed.
After losing ground to Canary Wharf by being conservative, central London is becoming ultra-modern in its architecture.
Many ceremonies that mark national celebrations and religious rituals incorporate the practice and calligraphy has itself proved influential on modern art, architecture and design.
Waterwood Estate, a modern marvel of architecture, was laid out on 160 acres by its late inventor owner using 20 concrete pods sporting pyramid-shaped slate roofs that connect by glass corridors.
London has a tradition for redeveloping its historical markets, and Smithfield would be the latest in a line of renovations, including Leadenhall Market and Covent Garden, both of which still stand on their medieval sites and mix original architecture and modern design.
Like the shift from modern to post-modernist art and architecture, where we encountered architects like Michael Graves and Richard Meier who blended modern purity with classical touches, we are entering a world where digital innovation is merging with traditional marketing fundamentals to create new approaches, new brand leaders, and new models for success.
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From its treehouse perspective, modern-day archaeologists and architecture enthusiasts can take in rooftop gardens, slices of gritty urban life and views of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building.
Ken Burns gave us the opportunity to acknowledge that an unhealthy imbalance greatly impaired our national pastime, but the aesthetically pleasing architecture of the modern ball parks stimulated our curiosities.
Economists from the 19th and mid-20th centuries can be forgiven for not anticipating an interconnected digital realm like the Internet with its p2p distributed architecture, but modern economists cannot be.
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We were also dazzled by the dynamic "dancing" facade of the Kiefer Technic showroom and this towering greenery-lined pyramid caught our eye with its modern take on ancient Mayan architecture.
As the founder and longtime head of the Museum of Modern Art's pioneering Department of Architecture and Design, Johnson had introduced Modernism to America as the International Style in the now landmark 1932 exhibition done in collaboration with the historian Henry Russell Hitchcock.
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Combining modern Mauritian style (open-air architecture, thatched roofs and wooden decks) with indulgent amenities (outdoor showers and private plunge pools), this Indian Ocean resort is situated on the east side of Mauritius walk across a wooden bridge to reach part of the resort on a private island.
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