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Bruno Taut’s “Russia’s Architectural Situation” (1929)

• September 27, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in functionalism, International Constructivism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Bruno Taut, constructivists, rationalist, Russian architecture

Futurism: An Anthology

• September 21, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, Futurism, modernism, urbanism/city planning

Le Corbusier’s “CIAM-2 (1929)” (1929)

• September 14, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning

Wilhelm Lotz’s “Weißenhof Exhibition” (1927)

• September 13, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in architecture, functionalism, modernism

Sigfried Giedion’s “Weissenhof Housing Settlement, Stuttgart, 1927” (1927)

• September 13, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Mies van Der Rohe, modernism, Sigfried Giedion, translation, Weissenhof

Theo van Doesburg’s “Stuttgart Weißenhof 1927, Die Wohnung: ‘The Dwelling,’ the Famous Werkbund Exhibition” (1927)

• September 13, 2011 • 5 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, functionalism, modernism
Tags: Adolf Loos, Cubism, functionalism, Hans Scharoun, J.J.P. Oud, Le Corbusier, Mies van Der Rohe, Theo van Doesburg, Walter Gropius, Weissenhof

Ernst May’s “Flats for Subsistence Living” (1929)

• September 10, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: 1929, CIAM, Ernst May, modernist architecture, New Frankfurt

CIAM’s La Sarraz Declaration (1928)

• September 8, 2011 • 4 Comments

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, De Stijl, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: CIAM, Hannes Meyer, La Sarraz Declaration, Le Corbusier