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Richard Neutra is considered to be one of the world's most prominent modernist architects. He was born in Austria but spent the majority of his career working in Southern California. Neutra's pioneering designs inspired many...

Don’t be fooled by this Rotterdam home’s deceptively plain street-facing facade—the backside of the property reveals a strikingly sculptural home with a glazed facade that wraps around an olive tree...

One of the most emblematic features of East Lothian’s landscape, Cockenzie power station will be blown up on Saturday, its twin towers and turbine hall erased by the shift to clean energy and an unsentimental planning system.

Have you ever wondered where all the beautiful modernist buildings featured on Inhabitat got their roots? London’s modern furniture store ARAM sheds light on the history of modernist design with an infographic...

The Weissenhof Estate near Stuttgart was a focus point for avant garde architecture in 1927 when Mies van der Rohe and Corbusier created a collection of houses for a public exhibition...

This is a home that can think for itself, using the latest technology. Automatically optimised temperature control uses live data from the house’s weather station to provide maximum energy efficiency. A highly insulated...

The design wunderkids over at Zupagrafika have worked their architectural magic yet again, this time creating small buildings that any hipster nuthatch would be happy to call home. The Hispano-Polish design collective transformed...

Read the rest of Legendary Architect Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aviles, Belo Horizonte, brasilia, centenarian, Design, Le Corbusier, Maine,...

Read the rest of Architect Extraordinaire Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aviles, Belo Horizonte, brasilia, centenarian, Design, Le Corbusier, Maine,...

Inhabitat’s Green Guide to Prefab series has explored all the elements involved in planning and realizing a modern prefab home – we’ve taken a look at the history of the various “branches” of the American...

Read the rest of 2012 George Matsumoto Prize Announces North Carolina’s Best In Modernist Design Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Architecture, Competition, George Matsumoto, modernism, modernist,...

Our Green Guide to Prefab series has explored a number of considerations that need to be made when planning for a prefab home, from siting to personal style to financing and loans...

In the last two articles of our Green Guide to Prefab series, we showed you the best way to build a prefab home that suits your lifestyle and makes the most of your building site...

Read the rest of Two-Year Renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat is Complete Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Barcelona chair, Brno, czech republic, Fritz Tugendhat, green renovation,...

In the last three articles of our Green Guide to Prefab series we discussed the history of prefab design, the evolution of mobile homes into modular prefabricated homes, and ways to maximize eco-efficiency when choosing a...