Title: 21 Buildings That Helped Shape Modern Architecture, From 1945 to Today
Headings: 21 Buildings That Helped Shape Modern Architecture, From 1945 to Today
21 Buildings That Helped Shape Modern Architecture, From 1945 to Today
Modernism dominated architectural design throughout the 20th-century. Here are some of its best examples.
Famous Modernist Architects
1. World Trade Centre 1 and 2 took modernism to new heights
2. The BT Tower still dominates London's skyline today
3. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a "Temple of the Spirit"
4. United Nations HQ cost $65 million to build
5. The very bold Salk Institute for Biological Studies
6. Once criticized, now revered: The Louvre Pyramid, Paris
7. Royal National Theatre: London's brutalist masterpiece
8. Sydney Opera House blew its budget
9. The Atomium is an iron unit cell
10. The John Hancock Centre was designed by Fazlur Khan
11. Gateway Arch is the tallest arch in the world
12. The Berliner Fernsehturm Is Germany's tallest building
13. Disney's Contemporary Resort is an enormous A-frame building
14. Cité Radieuse was Le Corbusier's masterpiece
15. Farnsworth House is an Internationalist masterpiece
16. Seagram Building changed American architectural design
17. Manufacturers Trust Company Building: the model for Modernism
18. Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is one of the 20th century's most significant buildings
19. Sainte Marie de La Tourette: Le Corbusier's last building
20. Notre Dame du Haut: Le Corbusier's Expressionist chapel
21. Millbank Tower is a gem of Modernist architecture
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21 Buildings That Helped Shape Modern Architecture, From 1945 to Today
Modernism dominated architectural design throughout the 20th-century. Here are some of its best examples. 1, 2
Modernism or modern architecture is an architectural style that emerged in the early years of the 20th Century. Modernism would become the dominant architectural form in the aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War. It is characterized by its heavy use of new technologies. with particular emphasis on the use of glass, steel, and, of course, reinforced concrete. Many also define it as the rejection of the old traditional neoclassical style and Beaux-Arts that were popularised during the latter half of the previous century. Modern architecture would remain the dominant architectural form throughout most of the 20th century, until it was deposed in the 1980s by the appropriately termed postmodernist style. Famous Modernist Architects
There have been many prominent Modernist architects throughout the years but the most notable include: Recommended videos
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