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Modern architecture

Building design in the currently fashionable architectural style; the term was originally used to describe a movement that combined functionalism with ideals that rejected historical design concepts and forms; it included styles such as Art Deco, International Style, Organic Architecture, and Prairie Style.
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Modern architecture

A loose term applied since the late 19th century to buildings in a variety of styles, in which emphasis is placed on functionalism, rationalism, and current methods of construction, in contrast with architectural styles based on historical precedents and traditional methods of building. This category often includes Art Deco, Art Moderne, Bauhaus, Contemporary style, International style, Organic architecture, Streamline Moderne.
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The buildings stood insulated and independent, not, as now, merging their separate existences into connected ranges, with a front of tiresome identity,--but each possessing features of its own, as if the owner's individual taste had shaped it,--and the whole presenting a picturesque irregularity, the absence of which is hardly compensated by any beauties of our modern architecture. Such a scene, dimly vanishing from the eye by the ray of here and there a tallow candle, glimmering through the small panes of scattered windows, would form a sombre contrast to the street as I beheld it, with the gas-lights blazing from corner to corner, flaming within the shops, and throwing a noonday brightness through the huge plates of glass.
The contemporary and modern architecture by Milo Naval became the perfect backdrop for the U collection.
DUBAI, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- 'Dubai Design Week', held from 12 to 17 November, showcased Kuwait's old and modern architecture experience.
"There are almost no modern architecture features in this locality that would be part of our town," said Jan#269ek, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
Lavallo says that oil-rich Baku has invested billions in culture and modern architecture, making for a surprising stop in the Caucasus.
I suppose in terms of modern architecture and those in that area of business, it will be perceived as very futuristic and a giant leap forward in modern architecture.
Fans of mid-century modern architecture in the market for a home will want to check out Case Study House No.
A new suburb built according to the plans of, say, Le Corbusier, would provoke a great deal more mirth than admiration." (Le Corbusier was one of modern architecture's founders.
Critique: An absolute "must read" for architecture students, professional architects, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in modern architecture, "Why on Earth Would Anyone Build That: Modern Architecture Explained" is a profusely illustrated, exceptionally informative, impressively written and presented course of instructive commentary.
In this elegant study Christopher Armstrong explores the impact of modern architecture and design on Toronto from the late Victorian era through to the 1970s.
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