After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
Octagonal gallery
22 September 2011 to 8 January 2012
Modernism in Miniature: Points of View
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After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
Octagonal gallery
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10 June 2024
Onafowokan Michael Olutusen’s vision of Tropical Modernism
Asuru Lutherking Petercan examines the legacy and design philosophies of Nigeria’s first architect
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Where Was Not Modernism?
Where Was Not Modernism?
Ikem Stanley Okoye redefines the origins of African modernism
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Interpreting Modernism
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm
Decolonize or Redistribute? Abdel Moneim Mustafa and Mid-Century Modernism in Sudan
Esra Akcan examines architecture through the lens of healing from colonization
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9 May 2022
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Shaughnessy House
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Nicholas Adams. visiting scholars, seminar
22 July 2010
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Nicholas Adams. visiting scholars, seminar
12 July 2002
Visiting Scholar, Jonathan Massey, Modernism, Ornament, Reform, Crystal and Arabesque, U.S. Modern Architecture, Progressive Era (1893-1918)
15 June 2006