The streamlined forms, the emphasis on planes and lines, the form-follows-function mentality: all tenets of architectural modernism. At the same time, though, it’s not so easy to define what is ...

This Article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine here. The story of architectural Modernism in New York City goes beyond the familiar touchstones of Lever House and the Seagram Building.

Much of the literary and cultural theory developed throughout the twentieth century relied on modernist texts and artefacts as both example and paradigm. This Dictionary collects, categorises and ...