![]() ![]() Architects, like other artists, build on the past to create the present.Įinstein Tower Observatory, Potsdam, Germany, 1920, Erich Mendelsohn. It is new.Īs you view the images of these modern approaches to building design, notice that modern architects often draw on several design philosophies to create buildings that are startling and unique. Besides being functional, the building's aesthetic rejects its Classical and Gothic surroundings. The rare books library does everything one would expect of modern architecture. The facade is built with thin pieces of Vermont marble framed within granite and concrete clad steel trusses, allowing a filtered natural light through the stone and into the interior spaces - a remarkable technical achievement with natural materials by design architect Gordon Bunshaft and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). ![]() The panels on the outer walls where the windows might be are, in fact, windows for a modern rare books library. The 1963 Beinecke Library at Yale University is a good example of modern architecture. Dating these eras only approximates their initial impact on architectural history and society. The photos presented here illustrate an array of architecture - Expressionism, Constructivism, Bauhaus, Functionalism, International, Desert Midcentury Modernism, Structuralism, Formalism, High-tech, Brutalism, Deconstructivism, Minimalism, De Stijl, Metabolism, Organic, Postmodernism, and Parametricism. It is an evolution in design that first appeared around 1850 - some say it began earlier than that - and continues to this day. Modernism isn't just another architectural style. ![]()
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