Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is, in broad terms, the architecture of the present day.

The term contemporary architecture is applied to a range of styles of recently built structures and space which are optimized for current use.

Topics in contemporary architecture

• Blobitecture
• Critical Regionalism
• Computer aided design
• Conceptual architecture
• Digital architecture
• Digital morphogenesis

• Deconstructivism
• Futurist architecture
• High-tech architecture
• Modern architecture
• Neomodern architecture
• Neo-Futurism
• Neo-Historism

• New Classical Architecture
• New Urbanism
• Novelty architecture
• Postmodern architecture
• Sustainable architecture

Gallery

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  Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain by Frank Gehry (1997)
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  Berlin Reichstag cupola by Norman Foster (1999)
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  Auditorio de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain by Santiago Calatrava (2003)
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  30 St Mary Axe, London, by Norman Foster (2004)
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  Schermerhorn Symphony Center by David M. Schwarz & Earl Swensson (2006)
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  Seattle Central Library by Rem Koolhaas (2006)
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  Beijing National Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron (2008)
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  Parliament House, Valletta, Malta by Renzo Piano (2015)

See also

• European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, biennial prize by the European Union
• Mathematics and architecture
• Serpentine Gallery Pavilions, temporary pavilion by a leading contemporary architect
• World Architecture Festival, annual awards for recently completed buildings
• World Architecture Survey, most important works since 1980 according to a survey of 52 architects and critics

External links

• Rndrd - a website documenting un-built 20th century architectural concept art