Modernism - Articles - Page 5 | Architectural Record

Mies’s Barcelona Pavilion Reinterpreted in Carbon-Saving Wood

October 7, 2022

As an exercise in analyzing carbon costs, the modernist masterpiece has been replicated in timber sourced from Galician forests.

The Getty Commits $3.1 Million to Conserve Modern Architecture by Black Designers

Ilana Herzig

September 19, 2022

No Comments

The Getty Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announce a grant to preserve the historic Modern works of Black architects such as Robert Robinson Taylor, Amaza Lee Meredith and Vertner Woodson Tandy.

The First Ray Kappe–Designed Residence Completed in Palm Springs

Sarah Amelar

September 13, 2022

2 Comments

RECORD visits the one and only house in Palm Springs by the late L.A. modernist Ray Kappe.

Tribute: John K. Rauch (1930–2022)

The Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown co-founder, known for project management and technical design, was also a skilled designer in his own right

Izzy Kornblatt

September 7, 2022

3 Comments

As a close collaborator of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Rauch helped change the course of 20th-century architecture.

In a Toronto High-Rise, MJMA Transcends the Typical Office Plan

Alex Bozikovic

September 2, 2022

No Comments

MJMA worked with client Polar Asset Management to create a gallery-like setting for its Toronto headquarters.

New Book by Kenneth Frampton Looks at the Work of Lesser-Known Modernists

Review: 'The Other Modern Movement,' by Kenneth Frampton

Josephine Minutillo

July 22, 2022

No Comments

"The Other Modern Movement" re-examines the Western canon of 20^th-century architecture.

Currents: Avraam Miletsky's Concrete Crematorium in Kyiv

Ilana Herzig

May 10, 2022

No Comments

The dramatic concrete building is a landmark of Ukraine’s Soviet-era modernism.

The Gardens of Mount Curve, a 1964 Record House, Reimagined by Coen+Partners

Minneapolis

Ilana Herzig

April 6, 2022

No Comments

Coen+Partners renovates the gardens of a Minneapolis residence and 1964 Record House to restore symmetry and ensure accessibility and continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces.

A Flawed MoMA Exhibition Erases the Social Context of South Asian Modernism

Review: “The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947 – 1985” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Ranjani Srinivasan

March 4, 2022

2 Comments

“The Project of Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia, 1947 – 1985,” on view at the Museum of Modern Art, ignores the failings of modernist design and planning.

Though Beloved, Midcentury Modern Houses Are Vanishing

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

February 20, 2022

2 Comments

The sudden demolition of Marcel Breuer’s influential 1945 Geller House is symptomatic of the larger trend of disappearing midcentury modern homes and the informal lifestyles they promoted.