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Tropical Modernism, or Tropical Modern is a style of architecture that merges modernist architecture principles with tropical vernacular traditions, emerging in the mid-20th century. The term is used to describe modernist architecture in various regions of the world, including Latin America, Asia and Africa, as detailed below.
Leopoldo C. Artucio (1903–1976), modern architecture in Uruguay; Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), Chinese architectural history; John Summerson (1904–1992), author of The Classical Language of Architecture and Architecture in Britain: 1530–1830; Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980), Bangladeshi historian of art and architecture
Ethiopian architecture (including modern-day Eritrea) expanded from the Aksumite style and incorporated new traditions with the expansion of the Ethiopian state. Styles incorporated more wood and rounder structures in domestic architecture in the center of the country and the south, and these stylistic influences were manifested in the ...
This category is intended for articles concerning architects, styles and buildings of the 20th century modernist architecture (i.e. high modernism in architecture). It includes the Bauhaus, Mid-Century Modern, International style, Brutalism, and other regional expressions.
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Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale.
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) [1] was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" [2] and "father of modernism." [3] He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
Architects associated with Modernist architecture, particularly of the first half of the 20th-century Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories ...