Modern architecture, is a term given to a number of building styles with similar characteristics, primarily the simplification of form and the elimination of ornament. The style was conceived early in the 20th century.
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At the turn of the century, designers sought to break away completely from borrowed styles.
Modern architecture in Kuwait is mostly in the modern international style, although there are several buildings which demonstrate some relationship to Islamic themes.
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In modern architecture, almost every structural column, and even those used solely for décor, has an architectural base. The base of a column is located directly beneath the column's shaft.
Movement in modern architecture, emphasizing stark forms and raw surfaces, particularly of concrete ...
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Typically associated with modern architecture of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, Usonia as a concept actually goes back to the turn of the 20th century.
Bauhaus, famous German school of design that had inestimable influence on modern architecture, the industrial and graphic arts, and theater design.
The term International Style was coined in 1932 during the first International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The areas of interest of ICOMOS have now expanded to encompass for example, vernacular architecture, modern architecture, cultural landscapes, maritime archaeology, recording and documentation, and cultural tourism.
Often post-modern architecture is referred to as neo-eclectic, essentially representing a revival of period styles for houses, and an unending variety of forms and sleek, asymmetrical designs for commercial buildings.
Modern architecture actually covers several variations of design that span even to this day. These subtypes include traditional house plans, ranch house plans, split-level house plans, contemporary house plans, and shed house plans.
Otto Wagner - Austrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918)
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In classical architecture, either the diameter or half the diameter of a column at the base of its shaft, in either case divided into minutes so that the full diameter represents 60 minutes. In modern architecture, ...
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