Modernist architects

Hotels frequently find inspiration in residential design. With help from Dwell, we've selected sixteen influential homes that were designed by some of the 20th century's most iconic Modernist architects.

The Yokouchi Residence combines traditional Japanese elements like raised wooden structures and outer decking with modernist principles.

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My daughter is an expert at photobombing. Photo ©Darren Bradley When the Austrian-born architect Harry Seidler arrived in Australia after World War II (via North America - that's a long story), he didn't make many friends in the local architecture community. He called the local architecture "sad brick shacks" and poor copies of outdated European architecture. Town councils and distinguished local architects returned the favor, decrying his modernist designs as flimsy and "un-Australian"…

Sitting on the top of a hill where a preexisting property was located, the Asa House entirely rebuilt the relationship between site and ...

Refurbished by its architect-owner

These architects made their mark on midcentury modern design, but also the world of architecture at large for decades to come.