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The New Modernists 6 European Architects

Most Popular • Documentary, Special Interest, 01-Jan-1992

Featuring six young, renowned innovators, The New Modernists: 6 European Architects explores the ideology, method, and influence surrounding modernism. Critic Kenneth Frampton sees this group of architects, working from Seville to Finland, understanding and interacting with the ideas and structures of Aalto, Saarinen and Mies to form a confident new European identity.

Tags
European architecture, moderinism, Baroque, Renaissance, middle ages, Utopian society, classicism, regionalism, ideology, philosophy, aesthetic, post modernism, landscape, climate, regional tradition, culture, European identity, neoclassical, architectural canon, Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Joseph Beuys, Modern Architecture, Modernism, Stockman Department Store (Helsinki), Westend House, Dona Maria Colonel street Apartment Building, Linden Strasse Building Complex, Luisenplatz- Charlottenburg Castle, Nevogilde House, House in Moledo, Cultural Center, Photography Studio, Nimes housing blocks, Saint-James Hotel, Institut Du Monde Arab
Cast
Antonio Cruz Self
Antonio Ortiz Self
Eduardo Souto de Moura Self
Erkki Kairamo Self
Francoise Raynaud Self
Hans Kollhoff Self
Jacques Herzog Self
Jean Nouvel Self
Kristian Gullichsen Self
Crew
Michael Blackwood director
Michael Blackwood producer
Kenneth Frampton head writer
Kenneth Frampton narrator
Wibke von Bonin producer

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