City planner Lùcio Costa’s graphic design for an ideal city was combined with architect Oscar Niemeyer’s artistic prowess and provocative use of concrete.
International style
An International Style gem on Park Avenue
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Seagram Building, ...
Modern architecture in Mexico and Brazil adapts the ideas of Le Corbusier in surprising and important ways.
International Style architecture in Mexico and Brazil
This building was a symbol of a repressive regime, but the German government's vote to tear it down sparked years of protests.
Negotiating the past in Berlin: the Palast ...
A leader in modern technology hired a “self-taught architect” with no engineering skills to design their factory.
Peter Behrens, Turbine Factory
The glass facade of this office building is unremarkable now, but when it was built, it was revolutionary.
Gordon Bunshaft for Skidmore Owings and Merrill, ...
Wright pushed the limits of engineering with poured concrete, and relied on a contractor who build parking garages.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ...
Think you procrastinate? Wright blew this project off for 9 months, then designed his most famous house in 2 hours.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater
This house, which emphasized leisure time and fresh air, was Le Corbusier’s own personal Parthenon.
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