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Architecture 101: What is Modern Architecture?

Architizer

Modern architecture originated in the early twentieth century in Europe and later expanded worldwide, particularly in the United States, where many European architects emigrated. Modernism reacted against nineteenth-century historical architectural styles, such as Neoclassicism and Revivalism. Moscow, Russia. |

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: R

SW Oregon Architect

What grew to become the Romania group of car dealerships was a force on the local scene when I first arrived in Eugene in 1980, and it remained so up until the time the Romania family sold its Chevrolet dealership to the University of Oregon in 2005. Since purchasing the strategically important location, the university repurposed the 4.0-acre

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The Work

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Drawing on a wealth of historical models and archetypal patterns, he developed new typologies of streets and public squares as an architect and urban planner, and was responsible for numerous urban development projects throughout Europe.

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S-AR

ArchiDiaries

He worked in the office Roldán + Berengué Arquitectes (Barcelona, Spain – 2003) and the office Assadi + Pulido (Santiago, Chile – 2003-2005). She worked professionally as a researcher on urban strategies APDUNL Urban Development Agency of Nuevo Leon in the state government of Nuevo Leon, Mexico (2003-2004). 2007), 1 st.

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We're Off to See the Waltons

Dwell

Sam and Helen Walton were the patriarch and matriarch; their children Alice, Jim, and Rob Walton (a fourth, John, died in a plane crash in 2005), and a number of grandchildren, including Jim’s oldest sons Tom and Steuart, have taken the reins of the family’s regional development in recent years.

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Places in Time III

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

While Leslie helps us understand something of why the building was demolished, Lowe looks at it through rose-colored glasses, making its destruction a scar on modern-day humanity. All three of the books were in my roundup of holiday gift books a couple of weeks ago. The first two Places in Time posts looked at Detroit/Chicago/St.

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10 Architects Who Can – and Should – Win the Pritzker Prize

Architizer

Her Dhaka-based studio was founded in 2005, and the Bangladeshi architect’s most famous work, the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque epitomizes the approach that she takes across her diverse oeuvre. Climate, materials, site, culture, and local history are hallmarks of Marina Tabassum’s output.

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