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Architecture 101: What is Modern Architecture?

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These advantages enabled architects to experiment with structure and building envelopes, helping them to break away from traditional forms and construction techniques. Skyscrapers also transformed how people lived, worked and interacted in increasingly denser and more dynamic environments. Philip Johnson (1906-2005).

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Ten highlights from Naoto Fukasawa: Things in Themselves exhibition

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Photo by Sarah Croop Bunch Vase, 2005, B&B Italia "One of Fukasawa's earliest designs for B&B Italia , this vase illustrates the current of humour that lies beneath much of his work. Fukasawa is already highly respected for the subtlety and beauty of his work," said Fanning.

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2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Liu Jiakun

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He upholds the transcendent power of the built environment through the harmonizing of cultural, historical, emotional and social dimensions, using architecture to forge community, inspire compassion and elevate the human spirit. Visit pritzkerprize.com for more information.

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Mork-Ulnes completes eight-sided Octothorpe House in Oregon desert

Deezen

It's] a hybrid between a cabin and a house, possibly a new residential typology in an era when the relationship between humans and their environment is being evaluated and redefined," said Mork-Ulnes Architects , an international studio with offices in San Francisco, California, and Oslo, Norway.

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Macdonald Wright Architects creates low-energy home in London as "scalable prototype"

Deezen

Working with certified Passivhaus designer Conker Conservation , the studio created Library House to meet the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) standard. The use of Porotherm block and Larsen Truss has helped us develop techniques of external envelope construction we are now developing in larger scale designs.". "By

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Bayou Buildings: 8 Cases of Architectural Ingenuity Beyond the Banks

Architizer

Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory By Lake|Flato Architects , Ocean Springs, Mississippi Jury Winner, 9th Annual A+Awards, Architecture +Climate Change The Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory emerged after the destruction of the previous center in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina.

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7 iconic designs by equally iconic 20th century female designers

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Nanna Ditzel’s Ring armchair Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005) was a Danish furniture and industrial designer, known for her innovative and influential contributions to modern design. Ditzel ‘s work experimented with materials, shapes, and production techniques, often incorporating organic forms and playful elements into her designs.

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