The idea that Brazil’s modernization and national identity formation are deeply tied to the country’s colonial past found one of its strongest ideological expressions in modernist architecture.

Tao Ho's St. Stephen's College Special Room Block in Hong Kong stands as a prime example of late modernist architecture. Arguably predating I. M. Pei's exploration of strong geometries ...

Modernism Week, a biannual celebration of midcentury architecture and design, returns to the desert city Feb. 13-23.

Modernism Week, one of the world's most popular architecture festivals, began in Palm Springs in 2005 as a collaborative, grass-roots community effort comprised of a few home tours, cocktail ...

“A brilliant stroke,” late historian Robert Imber once said of the tactic that “[made ... Program in local schools and its Desert Modernism 101 lecture series at libraries and museums continue to ...

How did modern architecture develop to its present state ... His 2018 biography of the late architect Philip Johnson, The Man in the Glass House, was a finalist for the National Book Critics ...

Fast forward to the 20th century, architecture schools have adapted to modernism. Now, it’s all about “form follows function” and ... and building models to working on digital designs and ...

He designed the structure in 1960, when he was just 25, as a 'living resort' adapted to desert life. The collection of 30 homes, each at 1,400 sq ft, shows off many elements of midcentury modern ...

By the late ’20s, Howe had been approached by a previous client, the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, about their new headquarters. His search for a new partner with modernist ideas led him to ...