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A place to share and discuss modernist architecture and buildings.

Form follows function

A place to share and discuss modernist architecture and buildings around the world. Feel free to participate!


What is modernism? Modernism is a style that emerged in the early-20th century. It is associated with the function of buildings, approached from an analytical viewpoint, a rational use of materials, the elimination of ornament and decoration, and openness to structural innovation.

Read the wiki for more info about modernism and about this sub's rules.

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia. NW entrance

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2024/10/31
15:29 UTC

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Warsaw Ochota Train Station in Warsaw, Poland. Built in 1963, designed by Arseniusz Romanowicz and Piotr Szymaniak.

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2024/10/31
12:57 UTC

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Century Battery Factory, Malaysia, Booty, Edward & Partners.1962

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2024/10/29
19:57 UTC

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Market Hall in Gdynia, Poland. Built in 1938, designed by Jerzy Müller and Stefan Reychman.

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2024/10/29
11:44 UTC

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The most iconic modernist building, Derzhprom(Kharkiv), was damaged today by russian attack.

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2024/10/29
07:37 UTC

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Apartment building of Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. Constructed in 1963, designed by Jerzy Gieysztor and Jerzy Kumelowski.

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2024/10/28
11:33 UTC

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Soviet Pavilion, World Expo (1967), Montreal, Canada. Photographer unknown

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2024/10/27
12:29 UTC

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House of Political Education, (1970-1975), Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR. Architects: Vadim Klivensky & Dagmara Vysotskaya. Photographer unknown

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2024/10/27
03:58 UTC

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Collecting bookmarks of quality digital archives.

If anyone has recommendations for digital libraries containing the archived works of architects, I would love to hear them. I stumbled upon Charles Heartling's archive at the Carnegie Library and particularly enjoy the more candid photos of construction. USC also has a great collection. I'm aware of the USModernist Archives, which is a great resource. Does anyone else know of these large collections specific to individual architects that are digitized and publicly-available?

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2024/10/26
22:18 UTC

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Old Gas Station in Ljubljana

Such a beauty

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2024/10/26
15:01 UTC

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Broniewski Tenement House in Warsaw, Poland. Built in 1938, designed by Antoni Jawornicki.

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2024/10/25
09:09 UTC

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Museum of the Slovak National Uprising, (1959-1969), Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Architect: Dušan Kuzma

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2024/10/24
12:20 UTC

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Learning with the master... Josep Antoni Coderch, Villa Coderch, Barcelona

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2024/10/23
23:43 UTC

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"Równica" Sanatorium in Ustroń, Poland. Built 1966-1988, designed by Henryk Buszko, Aleksander Franta, Tadeusz Szewczyk and Danuta Korczyk.

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2024/10/21
11:10 UTC

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Inland Steel Building, SOM, Chicago, 1956

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2024/10/21
02:36 UTC

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Riga Central Railway Station, Latvian SSR, 1970 (photo by Jan Tikhonov)

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2024/10/21
02:18 UTC

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Salut Hotel (1985), Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Photographer unknown

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2024/10/20
05:02 UTC

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Help Identifying an Architect from Usonia

I purchased a midcentury home in Westchester County in NY two years ago where there are a significant amount of midcentury homes in the area. The architect of my home was unknown and the town has no original records. It had also been selected as an architecturally significant home in the area in the early 00's, but the organization did not attempt to identify the architect.

I was able to track down a previous owner of the home from a few decades ago. I asked if she knew the architect and she did not, but she told me that she had met the builder (now dead) once and that he told her that the architect also had designed homes (or maybe just a home) in Usonia. She said it was one of those things she always wanted to search for, but never got around to it.

I thought this subreddit might have interesting ideas on how I'd start to potentially go through the list of architects from Usonia and start the process of trying to solve this riddle. I would be thrilled to find out a FLW student designed my home.

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2024/10/19
11:38 UTC

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