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20th century architecture

Here are some selected links you might like to try.

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ArchINFORM International Architectural Database
A database of over 8800 built and unrealised projects from various international architects and planners, concentrating on the architecture of the 20th century.
http://eng.archinform.net/index.htm|

Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
Selections from the Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner Collection, 1935-1955, which contains approximately 29,000 photographs of buildings, interiors, and gardens of renowned architects and interior designers.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/|

Barcelona Pavilion by Matiu Carr
Photos and VR images of one of the truly iconic buildings of the 20th century.
http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/virtualtour/barcelona/barcelona.html|

Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design
The Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design in Berlin is concerned with the research and presentation of the history and impact of the Bauhaus. Its site contains information on the Museum itself and its collections, and also has a lot of information on major figures. The site is available in both English and German.
http://www.bauhaus.de/english/bauhausarchiv/|

Bay Area Regional Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering Californian architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/bay_area_regional.html|

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
A well illustrated study of the famous Le Corbusier building.
http://www.archlab.tuwien.ac.at/~carpent/carpenter/carpenter.html|

Corporate Modern Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering late 20th Century corporate architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/corporate_modern.html|

Early Modern Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering modernist architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/early_modern.html|

Expressionist Modern Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering a diverse range of modern architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/expressionist_modern.html|

Extra Ordinary Every Day: the Bauhaus at the Busch-Reisinger
Based on the Bauhaus collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, the site consists of thematic groupings derived from products made by the artists that are represented in the Busch-Reisinger collection—lamp, chair, house, stage, and auto.
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sites/eoed/index.html|

Googie Architecture On-line
A site devoted to the futuristic 1950's architectural style.
http://www.spaceagecity.com/googie/|

High Tech Modern Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering late 20th Century architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/high_tech.html|

Modern Architecture around the World
A Great Buildings Online site, covering international modernist architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/modern.html|

Post Modern Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering late 20th Century architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/post_modern.html|

Prairie Style Architecture
A Great Buildings Online site, covering Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie architecture. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/prairie_style.html|

Quonset Hut: Metal Living For A Modern Age
This site supports an exhibition on the history and use of Quonset huts in America from World War II onwards. It includes QuickTime multimedia presentations of several notable huts, and oral histories of those connected with them.
http://www.quonsethuts.org/|

The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection
A web exhibition of modern utopian and visionary architectural drawings from the 1950s to the 1972, presented by the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition covers Megastructures and Postmodern Roots, and has images and explanatory text. Requires Flash.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/gilman/index.html|

Twentieth Century Society
Alarming though the thought is, the 20th Century is now history. The Society works to protect the best examples of 20th Century architecture, and provides information and links to selected sites.
http://www.c20society.org.uk/|

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