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...
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tipsy modernist
Nov 18, 20203 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...
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Nov 5, 20203 min
The Four Seasons- birthplace of the power lunch
Philip Johnson may not have invented the power lunch, but he certainly was responsible for its home; The Four Seasons restaurant in...
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Oct 5, 20203 min
Amaza Lee Meredith. African American. Architect. Lesbian. AMAZING
You could easily mistake the building above for one of the modernist villas in Vienna’s famous Werkbundseidlung, but in fact it's in...
tipsy modernist
Sep 23, 20204 min
Lilly Reich. Designer. Architect. Hero.
Never heard of Lilly Reich before? Neither had I before researching this blog, so shame on me. Lilly was the only woman included in...
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Aug 20, 20204 min
Casa Malaparte-one of the great architectural enigmas of the 20th C.
Casa Malaparte, the scene stealer from Godard's famous film "Mepris" is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of the 20th...
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Jul 22, 20203 min
The making of an iconic photo
This iconic photo from 1929, of Charlotte Perriand relaxing in the chaise longue that she, Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, collaborated...
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Jul 14, 20203 min
The French 75- the perfect way to toast the stylishly fierce spirit of Charlotte Perriand
Charlotte Perriand's effervescent personality belied her steely determination and prodigious talent. In similar fashion to the French...
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Jul 3, 20205 min
Charlotte Perriand. Designer. Socialist. Pioneer
Although Charlotte Perriand is most well known for her collaborations with Le Corbusier, she was a formidable woman in her own right and...
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Jun 24, 20203 min
Junzo Sakakura - Japanese. Architect. Innovator. Poet.
The Fountainhead was full of sh*t. Contrary to the book and popular mythology, large scale architectural projects are never the product...
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Jun 17, 20204 min
Queer bauhaus-part 2: Ladies' Choice
Despite more stringent admission requirements than their male peers (1) and being forced into specific studios, women of the bauhaus...
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Jun 11, 20204 min
Queer bauhaus: Hiding in Plain Sight
It seems incredible that Elizabeth Otto's fascinating new book is the first book to address lgbtq at the bauhaus. Because the book is so...
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May 28, 20203 min
Ise Gropius aka Mrs. bauhaus
Born in in 1899, she was Ilse Frank when she met Walter Gropius in 1923 at a lecture about the bauhaus, just days before she was...
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May 20, 20204 min
TAC- The Architects Collaborative
Their mission was simple : ”to remake the world”. (1) While it is often assumed that Gropius was the founding partner of TAC, in fact it...
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May 15, 20203 min
The Gropius House- modernist icon
“As to my practice, when I built my first house in the U.S.A.—which was my own—I made it a point to absorb into my own conception those...
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May 12, 20203 min
Walter Gropius-the Godfather of modernism
If the bauhaus was the birthplace of modernism, then Walter Gropius was its father. As the director of the bauhaus from 1919-1928, many...
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May 8, 20203 min
The bauhaus- birthplace of modernism
Did you ever wonder where the trend of not using capital letters came from? This typographical style was invented at the bauhaus by...
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Apr 30, 20205 min
The Scandalous Life and Deaths of Frank Lloyd Wright
We've chosen to pair Frank Lloyd Wright, "America's Greatest Architect " to many, with the Mint Julep, a quintessential American...
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Apr 16, 20203 min
Architects and their crazy glasses.
Why is it that architects insist on wearing insane eyeware? And now they've got the rest of the creative community doing it. No...
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Apr 15, 20201 min
The Non-Conformist
It is telling that Eileen Gray named the chair in this photo the Non- Conformist. Designed for greater user flexibility, only one arm is...
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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