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Bauhaus Film Calls Attention to the True Stories of Women Architects

When the famous Bauhaus school of architecture and design first opened in Weimar, Germany in 1919, the majority of students were women. That wasn’t by design, though founder Water Gropius took ...

In Plane Sight: The Fort Worth Alliance Airport ATC Tower

The Fort Worth Alliance Airport air traffic control tower is an FAA-certified Level 5 facility whose design showcases the best features of Modernism. Designed by architectural firm ...

Mid-Century Modern America: 10 Classic Houses for the Ages

Icons of midcentury modern design by the likes of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen and Marcel Breuer still stand across America, showing off the simplicity, clean lines ...

Mini Modernists: 15 Designer Toys for Young Architecture Fans

Foster an appreciation for fine modernist architecture and design from an early age with Bauhaus dollhouses, Eames block sets, mini Corbusier lounge chairs and urban planning board games. There's ...

Nesting Architecture: Folding Models of Eastern Bloc Buildings

This series of recycled cardboard models references both the functional styles of postwar Soviet architecture as well as the Russian tradition of handcrafted nesting dolls. In ...

Brutalist Wonders or Blunders? Architecture by Marcel Breuer

A master of Modernism whose architectural legacy includes a range of monumental concrete structures around the world, Marcel Breuer remains divisive among Brutalism’s admirers and detractors ...

Sandcastle Suburbs: Beach Buildings Form Fragile Sprawl

If castles of sand are ordinarily creative (if childish) works of artistic expression, then these are their opposite - boring and relentless repetition of identical houses inspired by postwar ...

A-cero is Awesome: 12 Dynamic Ultra-Modern Dwellings

Spanish architecture firm A-cero is known for its striking modernist villas in its home country, as well as a growing body of international work. Influenced by contemporary sculpture, A-cero's ...

Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs

Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close association of modernism and minimalism. Led by Herzog & De ...

Structural Humorist: ‘Coffee With an Architect’ is Hilarious

He begins: "I started this site as a way to reach out to people in the community. I thought that a virtual a cup of coffee would be a low pressure way to meet and discuss our shared ...

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