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Modernism has returned to architecture with a vengeance. Austere, glass-and-steel buildings, descendants of those from the 1950s and 1960s, are rising once again on skylines all over the country. Washington, a city always lagging behind design trends, is finally catching up with several low-rise examples of the mod revival. The best of these, opening this fall, make use of advanced glass technologies, achieving the lightweight, ethereal look that 20th- century architects like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe could only dream about.
In Europe, the modern movement never really died, as it did in this country when historicism took over architecture in the 1980s. So it's unsurprising to find the latest iteration of modernism wholeheartedly embraced by diplomatic missions from across the Atlantic.See the full content of this document
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Fall Preview ; Revival of Glass Buildings
Swiss ambassador Urs Ziswiler and his wife Ronit have just moved into a new residence in Woodley Park that rivals the Finnish Embassy in its bold allure. New York architect Steven Holl, responsible for the contemporary art museum...
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