Blogs Posts in Modern Architectures category; 549 blog posts

A building reputation

Tim Richards takes a trip down art deco memory lane. "WHAT they wanted was simple elegant lines," Robin Grow says as we gaze up at the soaring exterior of the Manchester Unity Building, and it seems as if he's neatly summed [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Architecture boom: the sector heats up in Queensland [video]

According to a revenue estimate just released by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, as at October this year, the 2011/ 2012 revenue estimate for the Queensland architecture sector is approximately $581 mi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-19...

In the long history of modernism, painting and architecture only very rarely came together. But the moment when they most visibly did, a little under a century ago, sparked an explosion of visual language that still looks revolutionary to [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Bjarke Ingels named architecture's innovator of the year

The magazine says the awards will honour the most creative, disruptive, and influential individuals in the world today. Winners will be honoured on Thursday, October 27, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Ingels was recogn [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Ford Center's design, interior a modern take on city's histo...

The Ohio River remains a defining characteristic of Evansville, both economically and culturally, its horseshoe bend literally shaping the city. So it's little surprise that both the designers of Ford Center and the artist whose work [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

We're No. 1: Field Museum restrooms judged best in country

If you’re heading to the Field Museum to check out its world-class exhibits, you may want to consider stopping at its latest award-winning spot -- the restroom. This year’s 10th annual America’s Best Restroom contest, sp [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Q&A With A Modern Architect that Dared to Build Exactly What...

Architects able to built masterpieces of modernism in the suburbs of Detroit are few and far between. But a local preference for more historical styles in Royal Oak was not going to stop architect Frank Arvan from building exactly what he [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Exceptional modern architecture displayed by the Horizontal ...

The excellent skills and collective talent and efforts of the Eastern Design Office team has resulted in building this fascinating residence at the edge of residential architecture. Displaying a fabulous shape inspired by the surroundings [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Bad Boy Architects & China's New Face

They are an unmistakable part of the urban cityscapes. But is China a playground for international architects or an abused testing ground for bad design? Liu Yujie examines the landscape and finds out if these new buildings are towering l [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Libeskind’s modern addition to Dresden Museum of Military Hi...

Dresden, a fairly small city near the German/Czech boarder, is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony and the proud owner of Daniel Libeskind’s latest creation. In a community flush with baroque and rococo architecture, Libesk [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Germany's updated military museum is an arsenal for dissent

Some dislike its antiwar bent, others the lack of attention to the Holocaust. But the biggest controversy is over its design, which features a giant shard of steel and glass bisecting the building. Atop a hill overlooking a city still reb [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Le Corbusier returns to Istanbul after 100 years

Bilgi University’s santralistanbul is celebrating the centennial anniversary of pioneering French architect Le Corbusier’s 1911 trip to Turkey and the Balkans with an exhibition featuring oeuvre’s from the master’s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0