Royal College of Physicians, London – Modern or Brutal Icon?
Royal College of Physicians, London presents an evening challenging guests to decide if their landmark building is designed in the Modernist or Brutalist style?
Le Corbusier
MoMA at NGV: 130 years of Modern and Contemporary Art, Opens
The exhibition from MoMA New York on show at NGV International until October 7, 2018 captures the je ne sais quoi of the eternal; a grand conversation of ideas
Royal College of Physicians Salutes a Summer of Architecture
Royal College of Physicians modernist classical building at London by architect Sir Denys Lasdun, will be integral to the London Festival of Architecture, 2018
MoMA at NGV – Showcasing a Year of Modern & Contemporary Art
In the winter of 2018 the NGV presents MoMA at NGV 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art continuing its focus on expanding knowledge of art in the modern age
MPavilion – Giving Birth to Beauty of Form & Creative Ideas
Indian architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai will design the purpose built MPavilion for 2016 in Melbourne, the largest bamboo structure ever built in Australia
The Sydney Fair, 2016 – Celebrate Modern Art Design & Style
The Sydney Fair 2016 focusing on Art Deco, vintage and 20th century style objects, has everything you can think of under the one roof, all available to purchase
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection – On Show, New York
On show at The Metropolitan Museum of New York is Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection a major exhibition of Cubist works of Picasso, Braque, Gris and Léger
Le Corbusier – Charles-Edouard Jeanneret’s Modernist Style
Early in the twentieth century Swiss born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret adopted his grandfather’s name Le Corbusier presenting a new audacious style of architecture
Modernism – Design Styles on an International Scale
The various movements in art design and style we group under the title Modernism was about a revolution in a simplicity of style making new, exciting statements
Postmodern Design & Style – Out of Control Consumerism
Postmodernism (1970-1990) ranged from fashion to folly, from the luxurious to the ludicrous, from theory to theatre as it spawned out of control consumerism
Fitting Form to Function
Charles Edward Jeanneret changed his name to Le Corbusier. As a modernist, he was primarily concerned with the least complex method of fitting form to function. His radical plans included replacing the historic centre of Paris with eighteen gigantic skyscrapers. Thankfully in this he failed. His books published between 1923…