ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/561544/invisible-cities-and-the-curtain-wall-the-last-remnant-of-modernism Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Annabel Koeck https://www.archdaily.com/561544/invisible-cities-and-the-curtain-wall-the-last-remnant-of-modernism Few of the architectural principles developed in the 20th century have been as widely accepted as the curtain wall, with the technology going from an implied feature of Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture to the go-to facade treatment of architects worldwide. In this article, originally published on Australian Design Review as "Invisible Cities - The Last Remnant of Modernism," Annabel Koeck argues that the curtain wall, initially prized for its glassy transparency, is now making buildings and even entire cities invisible thanks to its sheer ubiquity - at the expense of architectural expression.

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