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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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Future paratroopers train in the fountains near the Peoples' Friendship Palace, (1981), Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. Architect: Yevgeny Rozanov. Photograph: Werner Starke

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2025/02/01
02:11 UTC

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Okocim Pavilion in Wolski Forest, Kraków, Poland. Built in 1936, designed by Jan Ogłódek.

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2025/01/31
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Roman Villa in Warsaw, Poland. Built bef. 1936, designed by Marian Lalewicz.

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2025/01/27
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One Moody Plaza (1972), Galveston, Texas, Neuhaus & Taylor

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2025/01/27
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Knights of Columbus Building (1969), New Haven, Connecticut, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates

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2025/01/26
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (1977), Boston, Massachusetts, Stubbins and Associates

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2025/01/26
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Stephen M. B. Hunt House. La Grange, Illinois (1907) By Frank Lloyd Wright

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2025/01/26
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Olga Ivanova. Project "tourist base in the mountains" 1928

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2025/01/25
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Le Corbusier

I wanna know way more about this guy, who can link me an unbias and long blog post about his work, life and political beliefs especially. I am willing to discuss with yall as well.

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2025/01/24
14:52 UTC

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Andropov’s Ears, (1983), Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Architects: O. Kalandarishvili, G. Potskhisvili

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2025/01/24
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National Development Bank in Lublin, Poland. Built in 1934, designed by Bohdan Lachert, Jerzy Pańkowski and Józef Szanajca.

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2025/01/23
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Lenin Palace of Culture, (1970), Almaty, Kazakh SSR. Architects: Nikolay Ripinsky, V. Kim, Yu. Ratushny, L. Ukhobotov

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2025/01/22
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Exhibition Hall in Toruń, Poland. Built in 1928, designed by Kazimierz Ulatowski.

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2025/01/20
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Richard H. Mandel House. Bedford Hills, New York. designed by Edward Durell Stone (1935)

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2025/01/19
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Intourist Hotel, (1981), Chișinău, Moldavian SSR. Architects: A. Gorbuntsov & V. Shalaginov. Photograph: V. Poljakov

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2025/01/16
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