Aalto Works Finland: UNESCO World Heritage List

Finlandia Hall Helsinki building facade

UNESCO has inscribed Aalto Works on the World Heritage List, recognising a collection of 13 buildings by Aino, Elissa and Alvar Aalto that helped shape modern architecture and design. 20th Century architecture designs Finland – major 20C Finnish buildings

Paul Rudolph architect: Modern US architecture

Sarasota High School Building, Florida

Modern architect Paul Rudolph’s buildings: Sarasota High School in Florida, USA. This 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) mid-century American building uses dramatic folded concrete planes, cantilevered brise-soleils (sunshades)

Louis Kahn Architect: modern US architecture

Louis Kahn Arts Center Campus in Fort Wayne

Louis Kahn architect news

– Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
– Hood Museum of Art Building Renovation, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA

Oscar Niemeyer architect, modern architecture designs

The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene building

Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect news: The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene building photos, Algeria. He designed several major projects in Algeria starting in 1968 after fleeing the 1964 Brazilian military coup. Working with the North African country’s President he aimed to build a modern, post-colonial nation, with key works including USTHB in Algiers

Mies van der Rohe Architect: Architecture

Catholic Pastoral Center in Des Moines

Mies van der Rohe architect news – key architecture + designs by this celebrated architect: discussion about furniture from Philip Johnson’s 1930 New York apartment ; Catholic Pastoral Center building in Des Moines, USA, will undergo an extensive $10m renovation

Farnsworth House Illinois: Mies van der Rohe

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA

Design: Mies van der Rohe, architect. A Celebration to Benefit the Farnsworth House at the Matthew Rachman Gallery. The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants to protect this celebrated residence from flooding by raising it on a hydraulic lift during storms.