Contemporary architecture

Contemporary architecture is generally speaking the architecture of the present time.

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

Topics in contemporary architecture

• Blobitecture
• Computer aided design
• Critical Regionalism
• Digital architecture
• Digital morphogenesis
• Deconstructivism
• Sustainable design
• High-tech architecture
• Modern architecture
• Neomodern architecture
• Novelty architecture
• Postmodernism
• Conceptual architecture
• Neoclassicism
• NanoArchitecture

Gallery

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  Sydney Opera House by Jørn Utzon, Sydney, Australia

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  National Grand Theatre by Paul Andreu, Beijing, China

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  Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank Gehry, Bilbao, Spain

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  Auditorio de Tenerife by Santiago Calatrava, Canary Islands, Spain

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  30 St Mary Axe by Norman Foster, London, United Kingdom

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  MIT Simmons Hall by Steven Holl, Cambridge, United States

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  Ratner Athletic Center by César Pelli, Chicago, United States

References

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