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Modernist architecture has the best public relations managers since the name itself evokes notions like “contemporary” or “current,” while brutalism sounds like a metal band struggling to create an adjective. While quite recent, modernism isn’t defined by being “new,” rather, it’s a design philosophy that celebrates experimentation and rejects rules.

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Image 8 of 31 from gallery of Energy Living / M+ Group. Cortesía de Martín Baena Ochoa

Joseph Maria Olbrich was chosen by the duke Erns Ludwig Von Essen to design an artist colony after the success of the Secession Exhibition Hall in 1897. The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony was a creative utopian where artists would work and live to create some exhibition every few years. Olbrich designed the main building but also […]

Image 3 of 42 from gallery of Zaferaniye Garden Complex / Olgooco. Photograph by Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh

Many things can shape a city—its culture, history, social life, or food scene. But perhaps the most distinctive feature would be architecture. Some buildings can completely fascinate you with their astonishing design and pure aesthetics. Through careful urban planning and understanding of the cultural background, the structure of a city can carry you through time while still leaving you in a very particular place.

More than 4 billion people live in urban areas globally. It’s now projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. So no wonder we pay more importance to the buildings and structures around us.

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Image 3 of 27 from gallery of Binghatti Gate Residential Building / Binghatti. Courtesy of Binghatti

Angular, geometric shapes, hard edges, and monolithic constructions. You are either in a Lego set or looking at an example of brutalist architecture. It’s a devise style, with some seeing it as the pinnacle of function over form, while others just think of endless, soulless commie blocks, with rotting, exposed concrete.