#modern-architecture

#modern-architecture

In 1954, an issue of Manhua, a state-sponsored satirical magazine in China, declared: Some architects blindly worship the formalist styles of western bourgeois design. As a result, grotesque and reactionary buildings have appeared. China's strangest buildings, from pairs of pants to ping-pong bats Beneath the headline Ugly Architecture, humorous cartoons of weird buildings fill the page. There is a modernist cylinder with a neoclassical portico bolted on to the front. Another blobby building is framed by an arc of ice-cream cone-shaped columns. An experimental bus stop features a bench beneath an impractical cuboid canopy, unable to protect you from wind, rain or sun, as a passerby observes. Why don't these buildings adopt the Chinese national style? asks another bewildered figure, as he cowers beneath a looming glass tower that bears all the hallmarks of the corrupt, capitalist west.

20 years after his death, Johnny Carson's Malibu compound is reemerging on the market with a $110 million price tag. The late Tonight Show host bought the modern wood-and-glass abode in the 1980s and maintained it until his 2005 death. Designed by architect Ed Niles, the triangular 7,100-square-foot house features a flat roof, glass walls, and soaring ceilings lined with dramatic beams.

"It was a barren, parched hillside when we moved in," Seigal remembers. "Now, when you're sitting in the living room, you feel like you're outside in a fantastic oasis."

Cary Grant's Beverly Hills estate, originally purchased in 1946, has been transformed into a modern masterpiece, blending old Hollywood glamour with contemporary design.

The home originally listed for $13.3 million in 2023 before construction was complete. In the process of finishing the property, we kept putting more and more into the property.

The Black Barn mobile home beautifully combines a barn-inspired exterior with a sleek, contemporary interior, creating a unique living experience that blends rural charm with high-end style.