Talk:Modern architecture

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Why the capital M and capital A, instead of modern architecture? Michael Hardy 00:56, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Modernism template

The expression "less is more" is not by Mies Van der Rohe but by Dieter Rams one of the most important designers of the modern movement I've added a template feel free to add new articles to it. Stirling Newberry 00:34, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Article Improvement Drive

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[edit] Alex Witkes

Has anyone else heard of this guy? I'm inclined to revert these edits - can anyone cite anything about him?--Mcginnly 14:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I removed it. DVD+ R/W 19:22, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Modernism re-emergence?

"however, postmodern aesthetics lacked traction and by the mid-1990s, a neo-modern (or hypermodern) architecture had once again established international pre-eminence. As part of this revival, much of the criticism of the modernists has been revisited, refuted, and re-evaluated; and a modernistic idiom once again dominates contemporary practice."

There are no citations for this rather bold statement. Whether the criticisms of modernism have been "refuted" seems particularly a subjective observation. My own subjective observation is that eclectic post-modernism has hardly been overtaken by a return to pure modernism; in fact, I'd say eclectic post-modernism is "the" dominant architectural style. But either way, legitimate sources are necessary before we start saying the criticisms are "refuted." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.48.127.224 (talk) 00:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)