Search Results for 'Modernist Architect'

The Incredible Modernist Architecture Of Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian architect who is considered by many to be the father of modern architecture, died today. After 76 years of continuous work, Niemeyer died at the age of 104. Niemeyer was a prolific and innovative architect an [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Tonight: AIGA Arizona Screens West Coast Modernist Architect...

"Coast Modern" is an independent documentary that spans three generations of modernist architecture along the Pacific Northwest coastline from LA to Vancouver. The film gives history and showcases pioneers of this particular sty [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

Richard Pare’s Soviet Modernist Architecture Photography

“The Soviet Union sort of stuck in my mind as a place of certain mystery and drama,” says Richard Pare, the architecture photographer who has spent the last 20 years snapping the radical Russian Modernist structures built in t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

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

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

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

Alain de Botton commissions holiday homes to promote moderni...

The philosopher Alain de Botton is to venture into holiday lettings in an attempt to cure the British public of what he believes is a widely held fear of modernist architecture. The author of books including the Consolations of Philosoph [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Housing Slump Begins to Hurt Classic Modernist Architecture

If you weren't swayed by the early warnings back in June and you happen to be fortunate enough to own a classic Modernist house, we recommend that you just pat yourself on the back and count your blessings for what you have, instead of fool [...]