Major elements of midcentury modern architecture, such as nonstructural exterior curtain walls, glass facades on skyscrapers, and curved reinforced concrete roofs, remain common forms. That all ...

In that whole full-block assemblage, you can read the evolution of the modern office building, from the tower-as-corporate-logo to the architecture of disappearance, from shaft of marble to a ...

Atlas of Mid-Century Modern Masterpieces curates "landmark architecture" from the 1950s ... might be compared with the one at the Post Office Tower in London, which was completed just a few ...

The Republic was the first genuinely modern skyscraper ... of true industrial design in architecture.” The Alcoa building was the model for the Republic Tower, which would also be skinned ...

Steinbrueck came up with the tower’s hourglass-shaped support ... the Space Needle’s legacy is about its significance to the modern architecture movement. “I believe it’s one of the ...

The currently unnamed skyscraper is designed by Michael Green Architecture (MGA), the founder of which is a pioneer of modern timber construction ... height increase. The tower will be partially ...

Whether you’re heading to this year’s Biennale, planning a future visit, or simply daydreaming about Venice, this ...

The real estate man was complaining about the lack of modern architecture downtown ... The glass-and-steel Hudson’s Tower has risen to its full height. Henry Ford Health System’s planned ...

Pushing the envelope, especially upward, was a skill of the late Portland architect James Oliver. His private residence, a six-story tower on a ... Other inventive and modern features earned ...