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“The World’s First Horror Film Was All About Modern Architecture. Change My Mind.”

Architizer

At some point in the school year, a student in my AP Literature class will ask the dreaded question: what is “Modernism?” Even though modern art seems “weird” to casual museum-goers, there was a method to the madness. Modern artists rejected representational conventions in pursuit of honest expression.

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Architectural Sketches | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern.

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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Brutalist Italy book showcases "sometimes surprising" concrete architecture

Deezen

Buildings in book are "visually impressive" "We are attracted by modern architecture and in particular how it developed in that specific period of the 20th century when brutalism flourished," Conte told Dezeen. From one point of view, those architectures are surely impressive, visually striking and sometimes surprising," he continued.

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Modern Steel Trellis

Life of an Architect

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. The drawing above was my original concept sketch from June 2015 – pretty simple and direct … and a little unrealistic.

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The 50 Best Architecture Books

The Architect's Guide

A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Modern Architecture Since 1900 Since its first publication in 1982, Modern Architecture Since 1900 has become established as a contemporary classic. Modern Architecture Since 1900. By Julia McMorrough.

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Two Louis Kahn Books

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I have not seen McCarter's first book on Kahn, but I don't feel the need to search it out — the second edition is so good, in both its scholarship and its visual documentation, that it easily supplants the first edition. The above paragraph was sketched with the assistance of the helpful timeline on the website of the the Louis I.

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