Search Results for 'Modern'

Church invests in modern architecture

In the past ten years only around ten new churches, a few chapels and one parish centre have been built in Finland. "The number of parish households is going down, therefore no new churches are needed", says Chief Architect Antt [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Artist Liz Glynn digs through rubble of history, modern time...

Liz Glynn's studio, on the second floor of a mildly shabby Chinatown office complex, is modest in size and extremely cluttered. Shelves are crammed with boxes and bins; tables are loaded with books, piles of snapshots, and odds and en [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Art: Cincinnati Modern Architecture-- A Retrospective

If you automatically think historic architecture must be 19th century or earlier, think again. At the Betts House, itself built in 1804, the exhibition Cincinnati Modern Architecture – A Retrospective opens Saturday to run through S [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Barrio Historico House combines tradition and modern archite...

The Barrio Historico House got its name from its location: Tucson’s Barrio Historico, a district keeping the flavour of the Mexican-American mix. Rising from between the flat-roofed mud-brick houses and roofs made from saguaro ribs [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Adach assessing capital's buildings that deserve modern heri...

Abu Dhabi is famed for its contemporary architecture - iconic buildings like Adnec and the Yas Hotel, soaring towers and undulating skins of steel and glass. But around these lie another Abu Dhabi, one made up of the concrete structures t [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Modern yes, but not exhibitionism

“Architecture is about sensing and feeling. It is an entirety, like any form of art. Art is about totality not just the sum of its parts. And in the process of creating art you discover yourself. This applies to anyone, not [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Preserving a modernist Trend House

For fun, Stephen Winn and Sandi Miller enjoy motoring past Victoria’s small stock of modernist homes. They are the kind of people who pore over copies of Modernism and Atomic Ranch magazines, delighting in the futuristic designs of [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

John Shearer: Modernism Architecture

Numerous Chattanooga buildings and homes have recently or will soon reach their 50th anniversaries as structures representing a unique style of architecture – modernism. Modernism could include buildings in which glass, steel or rei [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Linear House: A modern oasis amid island wilderness

Cheered on by a large, chic crowd gathered from the worlds of design and fashion into Harbourfront Centre, Azure magazine editor Nelda Rodger unveiled her Toronto-based journal’s first AZ Awards for excellence in international archi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

A celebration of Modernism

New England residential architecture is typically associated with classic Colonial styles: gracious Georgians with their symmetrical facades, neatly trimmed Cape Cods clad with cedar shingles. But peppered among these historic structures [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist Icon Joins UNESCO Heritage List

Its sleek design and airy glass façade made Walter Gropius' Fagus Factory influential, both in its day -- and also now, a century later. On Saturday, the United Nations' cultural organisation UNESCO announced it would add t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Restored Building Promotes Modern Architecture

A building constructed in 1926 in Havana's western neighbourhood of Miramar called "La Casa de las Tejas Verdes" (The House of the Green Tiles) now emerges as a center for the promotion of modern architecture, urban renewal [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Palm Springs Modern Architecture is Haute

Palm Springs has one of the largest concentrations of mid-century modern architecture in the country. Since the 1920's, visionary modernist architects have designed sleek, modern homes that have embraced the desert environment. The dr [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

New Moon School a model of modern educational plant

The new Paul S. Moon school building, the first to be completed in the progressive plan of development of the Muskegon board of education, which has been officially inspected by the members of the board and superintendent, will undoubtedl [...]