Modern Architecture

Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function (functionalism); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament.
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  • White concrete ribs in the undulating glass facade.





    White building with curved edges





    White angular building with glass and brick





    Richly colored building with a beautiful sky in the Netherlands







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