This Week in Architecture: What Does Modernism Mean Today?

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Metropol Parasol / Jürgen Mayer. Image © Nikkol Rot for Holcim

It’s easy to feel jaded about modernism. What started as a radically rational and analytical approach to design - one not beholden to the architectural traditions of place or history - has become a smokescreen behind which designers and developers alike can hide. The language of logic (genuine or not) is a shield against criticism and satisfies questions about the bottom line. The border between minimalism and a value-engineered bare minimum has been blurred to the point of invisibility.

Paul Rudolph's original vision of LOMEX. Image
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Cite: Katherine Allen. "This Week in Architecture: What Does Modernism Mean Today?" 26 Oct 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/904726/this-week-in-architecture-what-does-modernism-mean-today> ISSN 0719-8884

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