Pioneers of Modern Architecture: Importance of Their Contribution in the Development of 20th Century Architecture”

“Pioneers of Modern Architecture: Importance of their contribution in the development of 20th Century Architecture”

Modernism roughly spans the time between World War I and the early 1970s. In regards to architecture, this particular movement or style is characterized by simplification of form and subtraction of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. Intrigued by the emerging technologies of the day, they mostly used concrete, glass, or steel in their revolutionary creations. They eschewed ornament, rejecting what they saw as the frivolous strokes of Victorian and art nouveau styles. At the same time new technological developments continued to influence architects' designs, such as the development of complex air conditioning and heating systems allowed modern architectures to spread from the temperate climates of Europe and North America to countries with extremely varied weather conditions such as India, as seen in the National Assembly Building in Dacca Bangladesh by Louis Kahn.
Instead of viewing a building as a heavy mass made of ponderous materials, the leading pioneers of modern architecture considered it as a volume of space enclosed by light, thin curtain walls and resting on slender piers. The visual aesthetic of modern architecture was largely inspired by the machine and by abstract painting and sculpture. Since World War II, modern architecture has admitted a certain amount of free play in buildings of various designs. In all, the required

methodology of architecture is less forbidding than it was earlier in history. More adjustment is being made to accommodate differences of climate, materials, and social habits of people in different parts of the world.
Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most influential and important pioneers of Modern Architecture, is most famous for the prairie style of architecture. After Frank Lloyd Wright’s exploration of the something had never been made before, he began the 20th Century by transforming.