There is no better exemplar of the current state of modernism than the work of New York-based Architecture Research Office.

In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...

The gas station is an architectural typology that has undergone significant transformations since its inception. Initially, these structures were simple roadside refueling points designed for ...

Located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ‘La Maison du Peuples’ (the House of the People) stands as an amalgamation of brutalist ...

Perspective drawing for La ciudad que necesita la humanidad, Argentina (circa 1983-1989). Coloured pencil on paper (47,8 × 62,6 cm). Amancio Williams fonds. Canadian Centre for Architecture.

The history and the following transformations experienced by ... Nevertheless, Soviet-era master plans and modern architecture remain important agents in the contemporary urban and architectural ...

Read an excerpt from Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy’s account of overlooked women in the history of Modernism.

source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 is situated in the centre of the city of Kaunas, in central Lithuania, ...

It also meditates on broader architectural themes such as whether modernist architecture can improve quality of life and how modern design can connect with vernacular architecture. Whether you want to ...

Frank Lloyd Wright’s last house has finally been built – and you can stay there Frank Lloyd Wright’s final residential commission, RiverRock, has come to life. But, constructed 66 years after his ...

While synthesising the political economy and socio-cultural transformations of the commune system, this research aims to provide the first systematic account of the architecture of ... preconceptions ...