Home›Architects and Designers›Modernist and Bauhaus Architects and DesignersGroupModernist and Bauhaus Architects and DesignersArchitects and designers of the twentieth century Modern Movement, who rejected ornament and historic styles for plain geometry, new materials and function, including the Bauhaus school and the International Style. A person belongs here when the cited article calls the architect or designer modern or modernist, or ties them to the Bauhaus. It excludes the Postmodern and high-tech architects who reacted against Modernism.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Modernist and Bauhaus Architects and DesignersModernist and Bauhaus Architects and Designers23 entriesModernist and Bauhaus Architects and DesignersFilter Results23 entriesArt MovementAllModernist and Bauhaus Architects and Designers (23)Postmodern and High-Tech Architects (1)MovementAllBauhaus (4)International Style (2)Modernism (2)Postmodernism (1)Art Form PracticedAllArchitecture (17)Glass Art (2)Metalwork (1)Painting (7)Photography (4)Printmaking (1)Sculpture (3)Active EraAll1907 to 1969 (1)GenderAllFemale (3)Male (20)MentorAllPeter Behrens (2)GroupAllModernist and Bauhaus Architects and Designers (23)Postmodern and High-Tech Architects (1)BirthplaceAllAustria-Hungary (2)Bremen (1)Buffalo (1)Estonia (1)Germany (7)Ireland (1)New Jersey (1)Pune (1)Pécs (1)Rio de Janeiro (1)Russian Empire (1)Sakai (1)Switzerland (1)Tokyo (1)United States (2)NationalityAllAustria (1)Brazil (1)Finland (1)France (1)Germany (6)Hungary (2)India (1)Ireland (1)Japan (2)Switzerland (1)United States (11)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 23Alvar AaltoArchitects and Designers1 linkBalkrishna DoshiArchitects and Designers1 linkDieter RamsArchitects and DesignersEileen GrayArchitects and Designers1 linkGordon BunshaftArchitects and Designers2 linksHerbert BayerArchitects and Designers5 linksJosef AlbersArchitects and Designers7 linksKenzo TangeArchitects and Designers1 linkLászló Moholy-NagyArchitects and Designers6 linksLe CorbusierArchitects and Designers5 linksLilly ReichArchitects and Designers4 linksLouis KahnArchitects and Designers2 linksLudwig Mies van der RoheArchitects and Designers16 linksMarcel BreuerArchitects and Designers2 linksMarianne BrandtArchitects and Designers4 linksOscar NiemeyerArchitects and Designers1 linkPaul RandArchitects and Designers1 linkPeter BehrensArchitects and Designers5 linksPhilip JohnsonArchitects and Designers10 linksRichard MeierArchitects and Designers3 linksSori YanagiArchitects and Designers2 linksWalter GropiusArchitects and Designers6 linksWilhelm WagenfeldArchitects and Designers3 linksSourcesRichard Meier (Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate page)Has Member: Richard Meier, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Richard Meier, Biographyconventional modernist practice provocatively beyond established limitsView the SourcePeter Behrens (Wikipedia)Has Member: Peter Behrens, LeadQuote, Has Member: Peter Behrens, LeadAfter the First World War, he turned to Brick Expressionism, designing the remarkable Hoechst Administration Building outside Frankfurt, and from the mid-1920s increasingly to New Objectivity.View the SourceLilly Reich (Wikipedia)Has Member: Lilly Reich, LeadQuote, Has Member: Lilly Reich, LeadReich was an important figure in the early Modern Movement in architecture and design.View the SourceLudwig Mies van der Rohe (Wikipedia)Has Member: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, LeadQuote, Has Member: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, LeadHe is regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture.View the SourceWalter Gropius (Wikipedia)Has Member: Walter Gropius, LeadQuote, Has Member: Walter Gropius, LeadWalter Adolph Georg Gropius (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈadɔlf ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈɡʁoːpiʊs]; 18 May 1883-5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.View the SourceMarcel Breuer - WikipediaHas Member: Marcel Breuer, LeadQuote, Has Member: Marcel Breuer, LeadMarcel Lajos Breuer ( BROY-ur; May 21, 1902, July 1, 1981) was a Hungarian-American modernist architect and furniture designer.View the SourceEileen Gray - WikipediaHas Member: Eileen Gray, LeadQuote, Has Member: Eileen Gray, LeadEileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 1878-31 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.View the SourceWikipedia: Marianne BrandtHas Member: Marianne Brandt, LeadQuote, Has Member: Marianne Brandt, LeadMarianne Brandt (1 October 1893-18 June 1983) was a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus Metall-Werkstatt (Metal Workshop) in Dessau in 1928.View the SourceWikipedia: Josef AlbersHas Member: Josef Albers, LeadQuote, Has Member: Josef Albers, LeadIn 1920, Albers joined the Weimar Bauhaus as a student and became a faculty member in 1922, teaching the principles of handicrafts.View the SourceLászló Moholy-Nagy (Wikipedia)Has Member: László Moholy-Nagy, LeadQuote, Has Member: László Moholy-Nagy, LeadLászló Moholy-Nagy (; Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈmoholiˌnɒɟ]; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895, November 24, 1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school.View the SourceWikipedia: Paul RandHas Member: Paul Rand, LeadQuote, Has Member: Paul Rand, LeadHe developed an American Modernist style from European influences and was one of the first American commercial artists to embrace and practice the Swiss Style of graphic design.View the SourceWikipedia: Wilhelm WagenfeldHas Member: Wilhelm Wagenfeld, LeadQuote, Has Member: Wilhelm Wagenfeld, LeadWilhelm Wagenfeld (15 April 1900, Bremen, German Empire, 28 May 1990, Stuttgart, West Germany) was a German industrial designer and former student of the Bauhaus art school.View the SourceWikipedia: Le CorbusierHas Member: Le Corbusier, LeadQuote, Has Member: Le Corbusier, LeadCharles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887-27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who is described as one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.View the SourceWikipedia: Oscar NiemeyerHas Member: Oscar Niemeyer, LeadQuote, Has Member: Oscar Niemeyer, LeadOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907-5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈoskaʁ ni.eˈmajeʁ]), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.View the SourceWikipedia: Kenzo TangeHas Member: Kenzo Tange, LeadQuote, Has Member: Kenzo Tange, LeadRenowned for synthesizing traditional Japanese styles with modernism, Tange's work was emblematic of the Japanese postwar boom.View the SourceWikipedia: Balkrishna DoshiHas Member: Balkrishna Doshi, LeadQuote, Has Member: Balkrishna Doshi, LeadHaving worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, he was a pioneer of modernist and brutalist architecture in India.View the SourceWikipedia: Sori YanagiHas Member: Sori Yanagi, LeadQuote, Has Member: Sori Yanagi, LeadHe played a role in Japanese modern design developed after World War II to the high-growth period in the Japanese economy.View the SourceWikipedia: Alvar AaltoHas Member: Alvar Aalto, LeadQuote, Has Member: Alvar Aalto, LeadThe span of his career, from the 1920s to the 1970s, is reflected in the styles of his work, ranging from Nordic Classicism of the early work, to a rational International Style Modernism during the 1930s to a more organic modernist style from the 1940s onwards.View the SourceWikipedia: Gordon BunshaftHas Member: Gordon Bunshaft, LeadQuote, Has Member: Gordon Bunshaft, LeadGordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909, August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century.View the SourceWikipedia: Philip JohnsonHas Member: Philip Johnson, LeadQuote, Has Member: Philip Johnson, Leadwas an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architectureView the SourceWikipedia: Dieter RamsHas Member: Dieter Rams, Article textQuote, Has Member: Dieter Rams, Article textDieter Rams (born 20 May 1932) is a German industrial designer who is most closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsœ, and the functionalist school of industrial design.View the SourceWikipedia: Louis KahnHas Member: Louis Kahn, Career sectionQuote, Has Member: Louis Kahn, Career sectionInitially working in a fairly orthodox version of the International StyleView the SourceWikipedia: Herbert BayerHas Member: Herbert Bayer, Wikipedia sectionsQuote, Has Member: Herbert Bayer, Wikipedia sectionsGropius appointed Bayer director of printing and advertisingView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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