Editing Modern architecture (section)

{{Short description|20th century movement and style}}
{{About|modern movement architecture|architecture in the present day|contemporary architecture}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox art movement
| name         = Modern architecture
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|photo1b=Empire State Building panoramic Jun 2013.jpg
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|photo2b=Fagus Gropius Hauptgebaeude 200705 wiki front.jpg
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|photo3b=Sydney Opera House Sails edit02.jpg
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| caption      =  Top: [[Villa Savoye]], France, by [[Le Corbusier]] (1927); [[Empire State Building]], New York, by [[Shreve, Lamb & Harmon]] (1931)<br />Center: [[Palácio do Planalto]], Brasília, by [[Oscar Niemeyer]] (1960); [[Fagus Factory]], Germany, by [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Adolf Meyer (architect)|Adolf Meyer]] (1911–1913)<br />Bottom: [[Fallingwater]], Pennsylvania, by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1935); [[Sydney Opera House]], Sydney, Australia, by [[Jørn Utzon]] (1973)
| yearsactive  = 1920s–1980s
| country      = International
| major figures = [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], [[Le Corbusier]], [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], [[Richard Neutra]] 
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'''Modern architecture''', also called '''modernist architecture''', or '''the modern movement''', is an [[architectural]] [[architectural movement|movement]] and [[architectural style|style]] that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier [[Art Deco Architecture|Art Deco]] and later [[Postmodern architecture|postmodern]] movements. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of [[glass]], [[steel]], and [[concrete]]); the principle [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]] (i.e. that [[Form follows function|form should follow function]]); an embrace of [[minimalism]]; and a rejection of [[Ornament (art)|ornament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/modernism|title=What is Modern architecture?|language=en|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref>

According to [[Le Corbusier]], the roots of the movement were to be found in the works of [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Froissart |first=Rossella |title=Avant-garde et tradition dans les arts du décor en France. lectures critiques autour de Guillaume Janneau. |publisher=Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille |year=2011 |location=Marseille |page=73 |language=French}}</ref> while [[Mies van der Rohe]] was heavily inspired by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thearchitectureprofessor.com/2020/06/28/6-12-karl-friedrich-schinkel-and-the-bauakademie/ | title=6.12. Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Bauakademie | date=28 June 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/PCEJRWPC6XVS5PJ6TN377G3HWLPY5WLM | title=Mies & Schinkel : Das Vorbild Schinkels im Werk Mies van der Rohes - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek }}</ref> The movement emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after [[World War II]] until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and [[Corporation|corporate]] buildings by [[postmodern architecture]].{{Sfn|Tietz|1999|pages=6–10}}