Modernism

Mary McLeod

doi:10.6092/issn.2611-0075/7252

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Mary McLeod Columbia GSAPP
Mary McLeod teaches architecture history and theory, and occasionally studio. She has also taught at Harvard University, University of Kentucky, University of Miami and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Her research and publications have focused on the history of the modern movement and on contemporary architecture theory, examining issues concerning the connections between architecture and ideology. McLeod is co-editor of Architecture, Criticism, Ideology and Architecture Reproduction, and is the editor of and contributor to the book Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living (Abrams, 2003). Her articles have appeared in "Assemblage", "Oppositions", "Art Journal", "AA Files", "JSAH", "Casabella", "Art Journal", "Harvard Design Magazine" and "Lotus".

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-0075/7252

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modernism, Neues Bauen, Nieuwe Bouwen, Modern Movement, postmodernism

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Although the word “modernism” is commonly used today to refer to twentieth-century modern architecture, its occurrence was rare in the first half of that century. Instead, a variety of terms were used, including Neues Bauen, Nieuwe Bouwen, Architettura Razionale, “Modern Architecture”, and “Modern Movement”, reflecting the values and emphases of its various proponents. This essay gives a brief history of the evolution of the vocabulary employed to describe modern architecture during the 1920s and 1930s, and then proposes several reasons for the shift in vocabulary that began to occur after the rise of postmodern architecture.

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