"Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century."
Contemporary architecture is characterized by a focus on sustainability, technology, and innovation. It emphasizes clean lines, simple forms, and the use of natural materials.
Modernism: - An approach that values rationality, functionality, and simplicity in design.
Postmodernism: - A reaction to modernism that embraces ornamentation, decoration, and historical references in design.
Deconstructionism: - An approach that challenges traditional ideas of form and function, often resulting in fragmented and abstract designs.
Sustainability: - A focus on designing buildings that reduce their negative impact on the environment and promote energy efficiency.
Digital Fabrication: - The use of computer-aided design and manufacturing processes to create complex, custom designs.
Materiality: - A consideration of the physical properties and characteristics of materials used in construction and design.
Urbanism: - A focus on designing buildings and spaces that work with, and contribute to, the surrounding urban environment.
Adaptive Reuse: - The practice of repurposing existing structures for new uses, often with sustainable and creative design solutions.
Parametric Design: - The use of algorithms and software to generate complex geometries based on specific parameters or constraints.
Biophilic Design: - An approach that integrates nature and natural elements into the design of buildings and spaces, based on the idea that contact with nature promotes well-being and productivity.
"No single style is dominant."
"Postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new interpretations of traditional architecture to highly conceptual forms and designs."
"Tube structures which allow construction of buildings that are taller, lighter and stronger than those in the 20th century."
"The use of new techniques of computer-aided design."
"Some feature concrete structures wrapped in glass or aluminium screens, very asymmetric facades, and cantilevered sections which hang over the street."
"In China, Russia, Latin America, and particularly in Arab states of the Persian Gulf."
"The Burj Khalifa in Dubai was the tallest building in the world in 2019, and the Shanghai Tower in China was the second-tallest."
"In the late 20th century, New Classical Architecture, a traditionalist response to modernist architecture, emerged, continuing into the 21st century."
"Examples include the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU), the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA), the Driehaus Architecture Prize, and the Complementary architecture movement."
"Michael Graves, Léon Krier, Yasmeen Lari, Robert Stern, and Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil."
"Mario Botta, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Norman Foster, Ieoh Ming Pei, and Renzo Piano."
"Zaha Hadid, Santiago Calatrava, Daniel Libeskind, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, and Shigeru Ban."
"UNStudio and SANAA, or large multinational agencies such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with thirty associate architects and large teams of engineers and designers, and Gensler, with 5,000 employees in 16 countries."
"Constructed with more precision and speed."
"The use of natural and ecological materials like stone, wood, and lime."
"Contemporary buildings and styles vary greatly."
"Skyscrapers twist or break into crystal-like facets."
"Some of these styles and approaches make use of very advanced technology."
"Mostly concentrated in the United States and western Europe."