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tipsy modernist
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Thinking Beyond the Frame
A new post from contributor Rose White, originally posted on the substack Little Mama Drama Architects and creatives have long...
tipsy modernist
- Feb 26
- 9 min
Will this year's Pritzker be the same old Kenergy?
March is here, and with it Women’ s History month. You’ll have to forgive me if I’m less than excited. March is also Oscar month. And the...
tipsy modernist
- Dec 13, 2023
- 4 min
Crawford House: Culture War Casualty
I know. Another article about Paul Rudolph!? Why, you ask? Well because a couple of weekends ago, Mr. Don't Bruise the Booze and I were...
tipsy modernist
- Sep 11, 2023
- 3 min
Carlo Scarpa: The Architect's Architect
Now regarded as one of Italy’s (and quite possibly the world's) greatest post-war architects, Carlo Scarpa was almost completely unknown...
tipsy modernist
- Sep 11, 2023
- 5 min
Gae Aulenti. Eccentric genius or provocateur?
"Her ranking in the international architectural fraternity is disputed, but her notoriety is assured. "1 Although Italian designer Gae...
tipsy modernist
- Mar 29, 2023
- 5 min
Lina Bo Bardi. Stalinist. anti-feminist. architect.
Lina Bo Bardi was a mass of contradictions. A self-described “Stalinist, anti-feminist” who “never faced any obstacles, not even as a...
tipsy modernist
- Dec 24, 2022
- 6 min
Philip Johnson Gay. Modernist. Nazi Sympathiser.
I know what you're thinking-why bother talking about Philip Johnson ? In 2020 both Harvard and MoMa removed his name from their buildings...
tipsy modernist
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
Add Bates. Black. designer. performer. polymath.
I first heard about designer Add Bates while attending a lecture by art historian Kristina Wilson about her fascinating book “Mid-Century...
tipsy modernist
- Mar 29, 2022
- 6 min
SVETLANA KANA : the Modernist from Montenegro
Now that Brutalism has been trending for a couple of years, Soviet-era Brutalism, and the work of Eastern European modernists are being...
tipsy modernist
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
Hilyard Robinson. Modernist. Black Architect.
Born in Washington DC in 1899 into a working class family, Hilyard Robinson went on to become one of the most prolific architects in the...
tipsy modernist
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
French Modernism
With the recent birthdays of Jean- Michel Frank, Robert- Mallet- Stevens and Jean Prouvé , it seems an appropriate time to celebrate the...
tipsy modernist
- Apr 15, 2021
- 4 min
Robert Mallet-Stevens. Architect. Dandy. Modernist.
Robert Mallet-Steven occupies a curious place in the history of architecture. Although his cubic, white plaster forms are clearly...
tipsy modernist
- Apr 14, 2021
- 3 min
Pierre Chareau. architect. refugee. modernist?
Pierre Chareau was another architect whose career was destroyed by WWII. With almost his entire archive lost, his reputation rests on a...
tipsy modernist
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Jean Prouvé. designer. innovator. modernist.
Jean Prouvé is known for his innovative designs which were heavily influenced by the aeronautical industry. His studio specialized in the...
tipsy modernist
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Jean-Michel Frank. The James Dean of interior design.
Jean-Michel Frank lived fast and died young. He was a self-trained interior designer based in Paris and Argentina from 1932 to 1941 whose...
tipsy modernist
- Feb 17, 2021
- 5 min
Paul Revere Williams. Pioneering Black Architect
Although he was practicing architecture in the twenties and thirties and even won an AIA Award of Merit in 1939, Paul R.Williams is not...
tipsy modernist
- Jan 22, 2021
- 6 min
Margarethe Schutte-Lihotzky. Pioneer. Architect. Spy.
Margarete Schutte-Lizhotsky. Pioneer. Architect. Spy. Eighty years ago today architect Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky was arrested by the...
tipsy modernist
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
Adolf Loos Architect.Dandy.Provocateur.
He is perhaps most well known for his manifesto Ornament and Crime, which paved the way for modernism. Although he is considered a...
tipsy modernist
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Esther McCoy-"the Mother of Us All"
Before Reyner Banham, Mike Davis and Joan Didion there was Esther McCoy. Banham himself said that “No one can write about architecture in...
Obsession, Betrayal, Jealousy and Modernism
The Modernists Guide to Cocktails is a meeting place for fans of modernism who love a good cocktail along with gossip about architecture's most notorious scandals. Conversely,it's also a site for cocktail lovers who happen to be design curious. It takes an unvarnished look at modernism via social histories, juicy anecdotes, and the favorite cocktails of the founders of modernism. And let's face it we all need a strong drink these days...
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