Modern architecture, emerging in the 1930s and thriving through the 1970s, revolutionized building design by focusing on functionality and human living rather than ornamental beauty. As ...

The history of modern architecture has been well covered in classical surveys that traced the developments of this major movement that dominated the architectural landscape of the 20th century until ...

Modern Chinese Architecture: 180 Years tells the dramatic story of the transformation of Chinese architecture from a predominantly modular, timber-frame, single-story building system with ceramic tile ...

As the debate unfolds, the experts and students wrestle with tensions between heritage and progress; local identity and ...

The Haussmann style of architecture, which is also sometimes described as Haussmannian, is the classic architecture that has defined modern-day Paris, and is probably what you think of when you ...

1. The Emperor's New Paint -- 2. The Fashion Police -- 3. Scratching the Surface -- 4. Redressing Architecture -- 5. The Antifashion Fashion -- 6. White Lies -- 7. Deep Skin -- 8. Machine-Age ...