Architecture + Design

Modern Masters Series: Walter Gropius

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Twentieth century architecture and design would never have been what was if it weren’t for the genius of German-born architect Walter Gropius. Founder of the epic Bauhaus School in Germany – the world’s most famous monument to modernism – and one of the most influential designers and preeminent tastemakers of the movement, his contribution to the field is [...]

Modern Masters Series: Walter Gropius

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Twentieth century architecture and design would never have been what was if it weren’t for the genius of German-born architect Walter Gropius. Founder of the epic Bauhaus School in Germany – the world’s most famous monument to modernism – and one of the most influential designers and preeminent tastemakers of the movement, his contribution to the field is [...]

Pre-Fabulous: Marmol Radziner’s Prefabricated Desert Home for Sale

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The Los Angeles based firm of Marmol Radziner – a design-build practice led by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner – has become widely known for their dynamic architectural, historic restoration, landscape, interior and furniture design projects. These days, they’re making news for the private Desert Hot Springs residence they built for none other than Mr. Marmol[...]

Pre-Fabulous: Marmol Radziner’s Prefabricated Desert Home for Sale

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The Los Angeles based firm of Marmol Radziner – a design-build practice led by Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner – has become widely known for their dynamic architectural, historic restoration, landscape, interior and furniture design projects. These days, they’re making news for the private Desert Hot Springs residence they built for none other than Mr. Marmol[...]

Modern Masters Series: Marcel Breuer

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In the great pantheon of outstanding modern architects and furniture designers of the 20th century, Marcel Breuer stands out for his inspired works that exude an international flair. Born in Pecs, Hungary in 1902, Breuer first studied art in Vienna before eventually becoming a student at Bauhaus – Germany’s famed school founded by modern architectural pio[...]

Home Alone: Hit Film’s Spectacular Georgian House for Sale

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The star of the 1990 hit film “Home Alone” is making headlines again – and we’re not talking about Macaulay Culkin. The stately Georgian manor used in the film, located in the affluent neighborhood of Winnetka north of Chicago, has been put on the market for a cool $2.4 million by its owners, John and Cynthia Abenshien. The red brick home shot to fame alo[...]

University of Southern California's Romanesque Architecture

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Nearly 37,000 students attend the University of Southern California, one of the leading research institutions in the world. But USC has more than academics to attract students to its university. USC juxtaposes a unique sense of historic architecture and modernity within its buildings to create an aesthetically-pleasing environment. Built in the Romanesqu[...]

Modern Masters Series: Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright is the greatest figure in 20th-century architecture. There, we said it; and we don’t hear anyone disagreeing with us. A revered and renowned architect, a pioneer of modernism and the creator of the principle of organic architecture – maintaining that a building should develop out of its natural surroundings – Frank Lloyd Wright displaye[...]

The Unpretentious Houses of Alvar Aalto

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Our editorial team at Styleture has made no secret of our admiration for modern architectural visionary and pioneer, Alvar Aalto. As a heavy-hitter in the pantheon of Mid-Century Modern residential architects, Aalto was a genius at innovation and boasted a range of talents that allowed him to move seamlessly between the designing of modest vacation homes, [...]

Sultans of Style: Le Corbusier

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In Styleture’s “Sultans of Style” series, we profile game-changing artists who have pioneered their way into the history books of design. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, born in 1887 in Switzerland, was an architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter who demonstrated a command of design in its simplest and most utilitarian fo[...]