Modern architecture is the architectural style that dominated the Western world between the 1930s and the 1960s and was characterized by an analytical and functional approach to building design.

Much of the production of modern architecture on the American continent was based on the model of European architects who, with their works, projected the fundamental premises and ideas for modern ...

Australian architecture has generally been consistent with trends developing in the Western world, with a few alterations and adaptations created in response to the climate and the culture present ...

Modern Moroccan architecture is reinterpreting vernacular traditions. Taking its name from the Arabic al-maġhrib, or the “place the sun sets; the west”, the kingdom is a sovereign state home to ...

Here are some examples of the midcentury modern design style around Lancaster County. Click the arrows to move through the photos and see local examples of this architectural style that was popular in ...

In landscape architecture, the modernist revolution found one of its truest expressions, embracing a minimalist and function-driven attitude, while reaching many and, through experimentation, ...

I still recall the doubt a real estate man expressed over my enthusiasm for downtown Detroit’s classic Art Deco skyscrapers. “It looks old,” he said of the city’s skyline. “Old.” That conversation was ...

Postmodern architecture is a style of building design that emerged in the ’70s and ’80s as a reaction against the dogmas and ideals of modernism and the international style. “It saw a whole range of ...