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Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80; Mexican modernist architect

Ricardo Legorreta dies at 80; Mexican modernist architect

Ricardo Legorreta, the architect who introduced Mexican modernism to a global audience and who brought his crisp, brightly colored aesthetic to downtown Los Angeles with a controversial 1993 redesign of Pershing Square, has died. He was 8 [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Houston Preserves No Love for Modernist Masterwork

Houston Preserves No Love for Modernist Masterwork

Houston's lack of nostalgia for historic buildings went on vivid display Sunday when a 60-year-old office tower once considered a masterwork of modern architecture was demolished. Originally the Prudential Insurance Co.'s reg [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Andrew Geller, Modernist Architect Behind Loewy's Leisurama ...

On the same day as Sori Yanagi, another design giant passed away. Modernist architect Andrew Geller, who worked at Raymond Loewy and Associates for 35 years, died on Sunday at the age of 87. One of the most quirky and groundbreaking [...]

Posted On : Dec, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

In search of the lost modernist of design

In search of the lost modernist of design

The director of the design archives at RMIT in Melbourne, Edquist had become interested in Michael O'Connell after shows about modernism in Australia. O'Connell's Pandemonium, a linocut and woodblock frieze printed on silk, is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Hamilton shows off its modernist cred

Hamilton shows off its modernist cred

Sexy and sophisticated images all … and all from the amalgamated City of Hamilton. If you thought Steeltown was sleek before, wait until you get an eyeful of the six architect-designed homes featured in SLEEK 2. Opening at the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist Landmark Behind a Court Battle

The thorny dilemmas that can be posed by efforts at architectural preservation are rearing their heads again in New York City in the case of a landmark building on Fifth Avenue that is considered to be the very model of Modernism. Almost [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Big Sky Chronicles: Modernist architecture in Montana

Although you may not recognize it right away, modernist architecture is featured all over Montana. “One of the ones that I like is kind of a road side modernist building. It's the old Midas Muffler shop on the corner of Last Ch [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist Islamic Architecture: Toward preserving a migrant past

Modernist Islamic Architecture: Toward preserving a migrant ...

The firm’s founder and director, Shahed Saleem, is a modernist architect who believes in preserving heritage, he is also in the process of writing a book about the history of mosques in Britain for the National Heritage Commission. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Modernist buildings: examples from the era

The nautical theme has been reduced to a corny joke in British seaside architecture, but there's a dignified restraint to it here. The modernist tides of 1930s Europe washed this elegant culture palace up on our shores thanks to an e [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Preserving a modernist Trend House

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

Modernist Icon Joins UNESCO Heritage List

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

David Brussat: A modernist Manhattan tower I like

David Brussat: A modernist Manhattan tower I like

A work of modern architecture I like? By über-modernist Frank “O!” Gehry to boot? Can this be so? If so, then it qualifies as a teaching moment. The 76-story apartment building at 8 Spruce St., in Lower Manhattan, k [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Seeing Things | Donald Wexler, Desert Modernist

Seeing Things | Donald Wexler, Desert Modernist

This weekend marks the kickoff of Modernism Week, Palm Springs’s annual celebration of all things midcentury modern. One of its highlights is “Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler,” an exhibition at the Pa [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Seeing Things | Donald Wexler, Desert Modernist

Seeing Things | Donald Wexler, Desert Modernist

This weekend marks the kickoff of Modernism Week, Palm Springs’s annual celebration of all things midcentury modern. One of its highlights is “Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler,” an exhibition at the Pa [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0
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