03 — ReferenceMovement
Modernism
from 1920
A broad twentieth-century movement rejecting historical ornament in favour of function, new materials and open plans.
Buildings
- Schindler House
West Hollywood · 1922
- Villa Savoye
Poissy · 1931
- Villa Mairea
Noormarkku · 1939
- Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania · 1939
- Farnsworth House
Plano, Illinois · 1951
- Unité d'Habitation
Marseille · 1952
- Salk Institute
La Jolla, California · 1965
- Church of the Light
Ibaraki, Osaka · 1989
Architects
The people behind the work listed here, rather than a roll call of the movement — everyone below has a building or a piece of furniture in this reference.
- Alvar AaltoFinnish · 1898–1976
- Frank Lloyd WrightAmerican · 1867–1959
- Le CorbusierSwiss-French · 1887–1965
- Louis KahnAmerican · 1901–1974
- Ludwig Mies van der RoheGerman-American · 1886–1969
- Rudolph SchindlerAustrian-American · 1887–1953
- Tadao AndoJapanese · born 1941
Closest in the studio
Not descendants of it — the styles here that come nearest, if you want to try a room in this direction.