The Modern Idea

The Modern Idea is a series of 45 images showing the evolution of Modernist architecture through the twentieth century. It follows its development from the 1920s Bauhaus, through its domination as the International Style in mid-century, to its resolution as Brutalism at the end of the twentieth century. Photographed with a Holga "toy" film camera.

The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, Dessau, 1926

The Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, Dessau, 1926

The Grosvenor Estate, Sir Edward Lutyens, London, 1930

Shellhaus, Emil Fahrenkamp, Berlin, 1932

Esther Cinema, Yehuda & Raphael Magidovich, Tel Aviv, 1939

The Seagram Building, Mies van der Rohe, New York, 1958

Corbusierhaus, Le Corbusier, Berlin, 1957

Pirelli Building, Gio Ponti and Pier Luigi Nervi, Milan, 1958

ICI House, Osborn McCutcheon, Melbourne, 1958

History Museum, Magas, Smidihen, Horvat, Sarajevo, 1963

Whitney Museum, Marcel Breuer, New York, 1966

State Government Offices, Barry Patten, Melbourne, 1969

Hirschorn Museum, Gordon Bunshaft, Washington, 1974

Australian Embassy, Harry Seidler, Paris, 1977

Horizon Apartments, Harry Seidler, Sydney, 1998

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