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Architecture 101: What is Modern Architecture?

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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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Wooden World: How Helsinki Became a Leader in Architecture’s Timber Revolution

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Yet amidst all the urban development, Helsinki remains deeply connected to nature. Taller structures, intricate designs and impressive durability are now realities when using wood in modern architectural practice. The site includes the headquarters of popular gaming company Supercell, known for hits like Clash of Clans.

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Desert Design: 6 Times Architecture Embraced Climate in the Middle East

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Yet, they also provide a canvas for innovation, where modern design meets ancient traditions of adaptation to climate. This interplay of tradition and modernity has given rise to striking structures that dont just survive the desert; they thrive within it.

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The Copera’s Garden, a Modern Oasis in an Industrial Landscape

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On the one hand, the fertile agricultural void of the rural environment of La Vega in the city of Granada where the periphery is shown through its other “cities”: dotted and unstructured urban developments, agricultural infrastructures, contemporary ruins of abandoned farms, shopping centers and, of course, the industrial parks.

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YACademy architecture students design conceptual pediatric clinics

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Group 1's clinic centres around an inner courtyard "These architecture projects focus on pediatric clinics, which range from buildings that aim to generate a sense of community, to projects intended to enhance the urban development of a remote village.

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Checking in to Four Seasons Hotel Osaka

Hotel Designs

The super modern faade is softened by the ground-level water features and fluffy foliage, and as you enter the main lobby there is a continuation of both set against the backdrop of a pale colour palette where pleasing patterns are created by low-level lighting casting shadow in the pits and ridges of the tactile stone surfaces and wooden latticing.

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Eight designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Bentley's Start Something Powerful Competition

Deezen

The deterioration of the basin's aquatic environments has intensified issues such as drinking water shortages, flooding and the encroachment of urban development over illegal waste dumps in the lake area. The designer's masterplan focuses on preventing urban sprawl and enhancing the area's ecological health.

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