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Modern architecture is the school of design that prevailed since the turn of the 20th century till World War II. The horrendous war altered the kind of buildings needed in the post-war era. People needed practicality and functionality more than ever to rebuild?from scratch?the entire cities that were demolished at the time. The dominant Beaux-Arts and neoclassical architecture, back then, had to subside to make way for a new architectural style that can meet the public needs. This is how Modern architecture arose.
Modern Architecture depended on utilizing novel construction techniques and materials like reinforced concrete, steel, and glass. This architectural style was very ?in?, especially for government buildings and universities, until the 1980s where it started to face strong competition from other new schools like postmodernism and neomodernism. Today, we bring you a broad selection of some of the most famous buildings created under the umbrella of Modern architecture:
1) The Fallingwater House (Frank Lloyd Wright, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA, 1935)
The design of the iconic house was inspired by Japanese architecture which is famous for using cantilevers. The house, that was ideally incorporated into the natural landscape, was created as a weekend getaway for the Kaufmann family.
The house?s condition started to deteriorate quickly after construction that Mr. Kaufman called it the ?seven-buckets building?, re...