Contemporary architecture
Contemporary architecture is, in broad terms, the architecture of the present day.
The term contemporary architecture is applied to a range of styles of recently built structures and space which are optimized for current use.
Topics in contemporary architecture
- Blobitecture
- Critical Regionalism
- Computer aided design
- Conceptual architecture
- Digital architecture
- Digital morphogenesis
- Deconstructivism
- Futurist architecture
- High-tech architecture
- Industrial chic
- Modern architecture
- Neomodern architecture
- Neo-Futurism
- Neo-Historism
- New Classical Architecture
- New Urbanism
- Novelty architecture
- Postmodern architecture
- Sustainable architecture
Gallery
Auditorio de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain by Santiago Calatrava (2003)
30 St Mary Axe, London, by Norman Foster (2004)
Schermerhorn Symphony Center by David M. Schwarz & Earl Swensson (2006)
Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhaas (2006)
Beijing National Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron (2008).jpeg)
See also
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, biennial prize by the European Union
- Mathematics and architecture
- Serpentine Gallery Pavilions, temporary pavilion by a leading contemporary architect
- World Architecture Festival, annual awards for recently completed buildings
- World Architecture Survey, most important works since 1980 according to a survey of 52 architects and critics
References
- ↑ Templar, Karen. "Frank Gerry", Salon, October 5, 1997, accessed March 21, 2012.
- ↑ "Guggenheim Museum Bilbao", The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, accessed April 4, 2012.
- ↑ Filler, Martin, Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume 1, New York: The New York Review of Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59017-227-8, p. 226.
- ↑ Rix, Juliet (2015). Malta and Gozo. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 118. ISBN 9781784770259.
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External links
- Rndrd - a website documenting un-built 20th century architectural concept art
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