Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, is a style that emerged with the onset of industrialization. With large-scale shifts in technology and society, architecture too was beginning to change in the early 20th century. Traditional buildings slowly started making way for more functional structures focused on structural innovation and minimal decoration. The style also emphasizes volume and asymmetrical compositions.
Modernist architecture has led to the construction of a wide array of buildings throughout the world. Let's take a look at some of its finest examples.
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1. Fallingwater House, USA, designed in the 1930s by Frank Lloyd Wright
2. Tyler House, designed in 1950 by John Lautner. Los Angeles, California, USA
3. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India. Designed by B.V. Doshi in 1977
4. Graham House in West Vancouver, BC. Designed by the late Arthur Erickson in 1962
5. Catton House, West Vancouver, Canada. Designed by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey in 1967
6. McGregor Conference Center, Detroit, Michigan. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki in 1958
7. Goulding Summer House, Enniskerry, Ireland. Designed by Scott Tallon Walker in 1971
8. The Wave, La Baule, France, designed by Pierre Doucet in 1979
9. Segal Residence as seen from Malibu beach in California. Designed in 1979 by John Lautner
10. Experimental Ranch House, Los Angeles. Built in 1952. Designed by Cliff May. Restoration by Marmol Radziner Architecture
11. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1991
12. Noyes Hall at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Designed by Eero Saarinen in 1958
13. The Sheats–Goldstein Residence in the Beverly Crest neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. Designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner
14. Runion House, Seattle, Washington. Designed By Ralph Anderson in 1969
15. Johnson Administration Building and Research Tower, Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s
16. Warner House, New Canaan, Connecticut. Designed by John Johansen in 1955
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