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Modernist design - architecture, furniture, graphics, industrial design, etc. - from the early 20th century (1900-1945)

Styles include bauhaus, constructivism, streamline moderne, de stijl, and functionalism

One of the first ever buildings to break traditionalism and introduce the idea that 'less is more' and that 'form follows function'

Pirie and Scott Store, Chicago, IL, USA (1904)
Architect: Louis Sullivan





Larkin Building, Buffalo, NY, USA (1906-1950)
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright





Robie House, Chicago, IL, USA (1910)
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright





Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam, Netherlands (1931)
Architect: Leendert van der Vlugt






Cafe De Unie, Rotterdam, Netherlands (1925)
Architect: Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud






Landhaus Am Rupenhorn, Berlin, Germany (1931)
Architects: Hans Luckhardt, Vasily Luckhardt, Alfons Anker







Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain (1928)
Architect: Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe




AMC Building, Kharkiv, Russia (1932)
Architect: Unknown


Red Banner Textile Factory, St. Petersburg, Russia (1937)
Architect: Erich Mendelsohn




Villa Paul Poiret, Mézy-sur-Seine, France (1925)
Architect: Robert Mallet-Stevens



Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht, Netherlands (1924)
Architect: Gerrit Rietveld





Fagus Factory, Alfeld, Germany (1913)
Architect: Walter Gropius






Bauhaus School, Dessau, Germany (1926)
Architect: Walter Gropius








 
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#121 ·
Yeah, that Hochlaus aus Eisen und Glas looks like a building that could have been built in the early 90s and the Friedrichstrasse Office Building like something that could have been built today and would look great.

I always wonder why no one takes this never built designs, not only from Mies, but from other architects too, and continue developing them to finally build them somewhere? It would definitely be great.
 
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Statler Hotel Washington (presently called the Capitol Hilton), Washington D.C. (1940-1943)
Holabird & Root and A.R. Clas Associates

http://www.playle.com/pictures/NORVELL1260.jpg










All images courtesy of cached files from Getty Images.

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The interior has changed considerably and likely by complete coincidence, currently mimics a style like the older pre-Great Depression Statler Hotels.

http://www3.hilton.com/resources/media/hi/DCASHHH/en_US/img/shared/full_page_image_gallery/main/HH_lbyseats_4_1270x560_FitToBoxSmallDimension_LowerCenter.jpg
 
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