The Scandinavian school of Modern Architects were known for a softer approach, more integrated into regional traditions, for example Jacobsen, Aaalto, Häring and Asplund.Ĭelebated Modern Architecture – Guggenheim Museum New York Many Modern Architects had to flee Germany around the time of World War II, leaving for the USA or UK. The key Modern Architects are Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright. Modern Architecture was associated with some great architects and some powerful countries and companies. Photo : The Prouvé family © VG Bildkunst, Bonn Jean Prouvé, pioneering modern architect: But there were other Modernist Architects who did not use much white-rendered or painted concrete and even Le Corbusier was later to leave this light functionalist style for a more expressive architecture.

A typical example would be a villa by Le Corbusier – white concrete, large areas of glass, floating mass / cantilevers and lack of ornamentation.

Le Corbusier defined five points, such as fenetre longeur and point columns: essentially the drive was towards clean lines with a sense of lightness. Famously the Le Corbusier – one of the most famous Modern architects – in ‘Vers une Architecture’ lauded the world of transport for having the courage to use new techology whilst architecture had become lost in the world of style, of mannerism and above all, tradition.Ĭelebated Modern Architecture – Barcelona PavilionĪrt because ultimately Modern Architecture was based on stylistic devices that not always totally integrated into the above two aspects. Modern Architecture was to evoke streamlined looks and some physical technology from these transport types. Modern Technology was invoked with the admiration for emerging development of planes, cars, ships and trains. The modern city was strangled by a motorway that divided residential areas and mostly lower social classes were transferred to huge developments on the edge of town or beyond.

This was called comprehensive redevelopment and in the UK one of the most notorious examples is Glasgow: slums were cleared but so were communities. Morality in that there was an aim to improve humanity’s lot, notably whole scale demolition of slums to make way for clean modern housing. The Modern movement – also referred to controversially as a ‘style’ by some – bound morality, technology and art together. Modernist Architecture eventually made its way to the Developing World and also to colder climates in the North where the white concrete didn’t always weather so well. Modern Architecture or Modernism was a product of the mid-20th century.įamously coined as the International Style by Reyner Banham, the Modern style was linked notably with Le Corbusier and central European and generally western architecture. Modern Architect, Links to Information on Key Architectural Studios, Practice News, Projects Modern Architects – 20th Century ArchitectureĢ0th Century Architecture Studios – Brief Description – Design Practices

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