Had Le Corbusier had his way, most of his architectural activity would have been directed toward the collective housing of the many. But as things turned out, he spent most of his time designing villas and private mansions, which were akin in style and spirit to the contemporary works of Mallet-Steve

Clean, Empty, Geometric, Minimal, Modernist architecture, Monochromatic, Urban

The mystically inspired Louis Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in the United States. He acquired a thorough grounding in the Beaux-Art school of architecture and worked through the 1920s and 1930s first as a draughtsman and then as a head designer. Kahn infused his buildings with monumentalism, ri

Grand, Layered, Modernist architecture, Monumental, Sincere, Spiritual

Without Arne Jacobsen, Danish design would be a small star on the design map rather than a prominent constellation and influential movement across the galaxy of art. With philosophical leanings parallel to those of the Arts & Crafts movement and Bauhaus, and with full faith in the concept of "total d

Modernist architecture, Nordic sensibilities, Post-war scandinavian design

The husband and wife design team of Charles and Ray Eames began their joint career designing stretchers and leg splints from molded wood laminate during World War II. They continued to experiment with laminates and fiberglass in their postwar designing years, and exhibited the results at the San Fran

Abstract expressionism, Arts & crafts design, International style, Post-war american design