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The Protégé’s Turn: Unearthing the Work of a Frank Lloyd Wright Student Who Helped Design Usonia

A new exhibit celebrates Taliesin Fellow Kaneji Domoto, a Japanese-American architect and landscape designer who designed five Usonia homes.

New exhibit celebrates the work of Taliesin Fellow Kaneji Domoto, a Japanese-American architect and landscape designer who helped fashion Usonia.

Philosophy on Exhibit: How Wright Brought His Biggest Ideas to the World

A new book chronicles the 100 exhibits Wright designed throughout his career. This excerpt introduces us to some of the giant ideas America’s first real starchitect wanted his public to embrace.

Audrey Gray

A new book chronicles the 100 exhibits Wright designed throughout his career. This excerpt introduces us to some of the giant ideas America’s first real starchitect wanted his public to embrace.

Rene Gonzalez’s “Floating” Homes Reflect the Past, Look to the Future

Learning from the region’s traditional architecture and preparing for climate change, Rene Gonzalez is creating a new residential typology for South Florida.

Beth Dunlop

Adapting the region’s traditional architecture and preparing for climate change, Rene Gonzalez is creating a new residential typology for South Florida.

Johnston Marklee Says Its Time for Architects to Rediscover Architecture

As the curators of the second iteration of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the duo Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee will prompt participants to look back at the discipline's history.

Samuel Medina

As curators of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are prompting participants to look back at the discipline’s history.

Liberation by Architecture: The Optimism of African Modernism

Modernism was once looked to by the emerging states of West Africa to jump-start self-rule. The remnants of this experience, as a new exhibition shows, still radiate that optimism.

Anthony Paletta

Modernism was once looked to by the emerging states of West Africa to jump-start self-rule. The remnants of this experience, as a new exhibition shows, still radiate that optimism.

The Enduring Lives of Sasa Machtig’s Modular Creations

The plug-in craze of the experimental architectural groups of the 1960s spawned mostly paper fantasies. In Slovenia, one scheme was actually realized.

David Huber

The plug-in craze of the experimental architectural groups of the 1960s spawned mostly paper fantasies. In Slovenia, one scheme was actually realized.

Golconde: The First Modernist Building in India

A 1945 dormitory for members of a spiritual commune in southern India is an enduring example of architecture’s capacity for nuanced experiences.

Komal Sharma

A 1945 dormitory for members of a spiritual commune in southern India is an enduring example of architecture’s capacity for nuanced experiences.

The Untapped Promise of Arctic Urbanism

The cities of the Canadian Arctic are contending with decades-old planning mistakes that ignored indigenous settlement patterns and knowledge.

Lola Sheppard and Mason White

The cities of the Canadian Arctic are contending with decades-old planning mistakes that ignored indigenous settlement patterns and knowledge.

Workstead Studio Puts a Southern Twist on Modernism

With many celebrated New York projects under its belt, the lighting, furniture, and interior design studio Workstead sets its sights on the South.

Mikki Brammer

With many celebrated New York projects under its belt, the lighting, furniture, and interior design studio Workstead sets its sights on the South.

Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Master of Italian Modern Design, Dies at 102

Caccia Dominioni greatly influenced industrial design of the 20th century.

Guglielmo Mattioli

Caccia Dominioni greatly influenced industrial design of the 20th century.

MoMA’s “How Should We Live?” Fails to Do Justice to Its Subject Matter

The Museum of Modern Art's latest exhibit revisits Modernism’s home remedies, but it misses the symptoms they were intended to treat.

Marianne Eggler

The Museum of Modern Art’s latest exhibit revisits Modernism’s home remedies, but it misses the symptoms they were intended to treat.

The Man Who Elevated Landscape to Art

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

Kelly Chan

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

An Imaginary, Abandoned (And Filthy) Saint-Firminy

The Brussels artist Xavier Delory has completed the last in his series of fanciful visualizations, "Pilgrimage Along Modernity," which targets Le Corbusier.

Site Staff

Brussels-based artist Xavier Delory has completed the last in his series of fanciful visualizations: “Pilgrimage Along Modernity.”

L.A. Architect Andrea Lenardin Madden Advocates for a More Livable Modernism

“We’re not striving to make a Modernist time capsule,” Madden says. “We’re striving to make a living home.”

Samuel Medina

Through an award-winning Los Angeles house and other projects, Austrian-born architect Andrea Lenardin Madden advocates for a more livable Modernism.

New Berlage Exhibit Overreaches, Underwhelms

"Berlage: Godfather of Dutch Design" covers so much territory, with so little context, that it mostly fails to do justice to the great designer's legacy.

James Taylor-Foster

“Berlage: Godfather of Dutch Design” covers so much territory, with so little context, that it mostly fails to do justice to Berlage’s legacy.

At St. Peter’s Seminary, Previewing a Modernist Ruin’s Coming Revival

After languishing in a Scottish forest for three decades, a Modernist masterpiece enters a new stage of life.

Samuel Medina

After languishing in a Scottish forest for three decades, a Modernist masterpiece enters a new stage of life.

Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson, Ambassadors of Modernism

In the 1930s, Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson became known as ambassadors of Modernism in North America, experimenting with Bauhaus concepts in both their work and their homes.

Paul Makovsky

In the 1930s, Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson became known as ambassadors of Modernism in North America, experimenting with Bauhaus concepts in both their work and their homes.

Josef Frank Memorialized in Retrospective at Vienna’s MAK

The new exhibition champions the architect-designer's philosophy of "Accidentism."

Samuel Medina

A new retrospective champions the architect-designer Josef Frank’s philosophy of “Accidentism.”

Finn Juhl’s Classic UN Clock Remade for the Modern Home

The Danish designer's 1950 timeless masterpiece, originally made for the UN Building in New York, has been revamped and reissued.

Komal Sharma

A classic 1950 Finn Juhl design has been revamped for the modern home.

Between Modernism and Postmodernism? Hippie Modernism

The Walker Art Center's "Hippie Modernism" takes seriously the era's mantra-like invitations to "turn on, tune in, drop out."

Avinash Rajagopal

The Walker Art Center’s “Hippie Modernism” takes seriously the era’s mantra-like invitations to “turn on, tune in, drop out.”

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A new exhibit celebrates Taliesin Fellow Kaneji Domoto, a Japanese-American architect and landscape designer who designed five Usonia homes.

A new book chronicles the 100 exhibits Wright designed throughout his career. This excerpt introduces us to some of the giant ideas America’s first real starchitect wanted his public to embrace.

Learning from the region’s traditional architecture and preparing for climate change, Rene Gonzalez is creating a new residential typology for South Florida.

As the curators of the second iteration of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the duo Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee will prompt participants to look back at the discipline's history.

Modernism was once looked to by the emerging states of West Africa to jump-start self-rule. The remnants of this experience, as a new exhibition shows, still radiate that optimism.

The plug-in craze of the experimental architectural groups of the 1960s spawned mostly paper fantasies. In Slovenia, one scheme was actually realized.

A 1945 dormitory for members of a spiritual commune in southern India is an enduring example of architecture’s capacity for nuanced experiences.

The cities of the Canadian Arctic are contending with decades-old planning mistakes that ignored indigenous settlement patterns and knowledge.

With many celebrated New York projects under its belt, the lighting, furniture, and interior design studio Workstead sets its sights on the South.

Caccia Dominioni greatly influenced industrial design of the 20th century.

The Museum of Modern Art's latest exhibit revisits Modernism’s home remedies, but it misses the symptoms they were intended to treat.

Roberto Burle Marx was more than the peerless landscape architect who revolutionized the garden aesthetic. He was also a consummate artist whose innovations drew on a wide range of cultural and natural references.

The Brussels artist Xavier Delory has completed the last in his series of fanciful visualizations, "Pilgrimage Along Modernity," which targets Le Corbusier.

“We’re not striving to make a Modernist time capsule,” Madden says. “We’re striving to make a living home.”

"Berlage: Godfather of Dutch Design" covers so much territory, with so little context, that it mostly fails to do justice to the great designer's legacy.

After languishing in a Scottish forest for three decades, a Modernist masterpiece enters a new stage of life.

In the 1930s, Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson became known as ambassadors of Modernism in North America, experimenting with Bauhaus concepts in both their work and their homes.

The new exhibition champions the architect-designer's philosophy of "Accidentism."

The Danish designer's 1950 timeless masterpiece, originally made for the UN Building in New York, has been revamped and reissued.

The Walker Art Center's "Hippie Modernism" takes seriously the era's mantra-like invitations to "turn on, tune in, drop out."

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