In fact, the entire movement can be summed up by the adage “form follows function.” Modern architecture has given rise to some of the world's most distinctive—and sometimes polarizing ...

Modern architecture is the architectural style that dominated the Western world between the 1930s and the 1960s and was characterized by an analytical and functional approach to building design.

Midcentury-modern architecture is not simply anything that was designed and built in the middle of the 20th century, but in fact an architectural style with a defined set of principles and influences.

Major elements of midcentury modern architecture, such as nonstructural exterior curtain walls, glass facades on skyscrapers, and curved reinforced concrete roofs, remain common forms. That all ...

How did modern architecture develop to its present state? Three new monographs trace that path, even if they don’t cover every direction the field has taken over the last century. Mies van der ...

There are over 900 buildings and sites classified as Modern Movement architecture in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the Modern Movement capitals are in the West with cities like ...

It is no secret that modern architecture has become a drag in comparison to buildings of old. One would think with advanced technology, creating more intricate and interesting designs would be easier ...