Yes, Aalto would have been a good transition to regional Modernism. But I had to limit it to 10. Honorable mention maybe?

The matter it's this obsession of "top ten" rankings wich is a real pretentious desease for me.

​@@Methilde desease

Excelente lista ! Muchos son arquitectos de lo monumental, Le Corbusier se preocupó por lo pequeño que es la vivienda, el problema más grande y antiguo , para ello dejó abierta la senda de que la industrialización es el camino para resolver la deficiencia habitacional, una vivienda es una máquina para habitar, es decir es un instrumento que permite satisfacer necesidades primordiales del hombre, por eso hay que evolucionar en su construcción, porque la humanidad aumentó en número, un gran maestro !

Thanks so much!

My pleasure!

Good points. I had to limit the list to ten, so impossible to include everyone. I focused on influential concepts, and not how good each architect was. Scarpa is on this list as he was one of the first Modern architect to incorporate historic elements with the new. This is very important when doing renovation projects, or building in existing cities. Nervi was one of the first to nail down how to incorporate modern building materials and modern structural engineering into Modern architecture. He is the direct inspiration for Calatrava. Johnson invented the lie of the 'International Style'. Modernism wasn't international, nor was it a style. Modernism was a way of working, and a process. He reduced it to a 'style'. It was also not 'International', it was Northern European. He also brought the German Bauhaus to the U.S. and promoted 'industrial design' as a new art form. He also invented the term 'Postmodernism'. He wasn't the best architect, but his social influence was great. Both for good and bad. You are right Gehry is a Postmodern architect, but I included him on this list because his profound effect on the profession. His office basically invented 3D modeling for complex geometries in architecture using Catia. There would be no Zaha Hadid or Bjarke Ingels without the design process he pioneered. Architects probably wouldn't be using Revit now if not for the success of this way of working. SOM invented the image of the Modern skyscraper, and they have been pioneering how to work with international and regional clients while still being Modern.

​ @Roberts Architecture , @LDVTennis, BOTH with excelent points, cheers!!! thanks.

Well said, I do respect Gehry because he doing his own thing, he is experimenting, he is trying to figure out who he is, I respect that, I don't like his work but I respect his journey.

Dude are you serious? Nervi wasnt as influential??

@@rurathn5534 As an undergrad at Yale, I took Vincent Scully's Modern Architecture course. He did not mention any Nervi buildings. He did mention Saarinen and the engineering of his projects. He must have felt obligated because I learned later he was not fond of his work. Of course, Scully later changed his tune. Whatever the case, if Scully did not find Nervi influential enough to mention, I dare say I am not wrong to think he was not as influential as Saarinen.

Yes, Aalto would have been a good add or honorable mention.

@@robertsarchitecture Aalto is top 4

I would have liked to see Aalto on this list.

If you are going there then Bucky gets the win

Thank you!

Saarinen holds a much greater place in my eyes than Phillip johnson ever will. Good call

File Johnson under Mies’ coat tails

There was a fad in the 2000s for 'Starchitects'. Folks like Gehry, Koolhaas, Hadid, Holl, Calatrava, Piano, and others. This was because of the 'Bilbao Effect' created by Gehry. There was a huge backlash against this in the profession, and now the big thing is being socially responsible. Equity and diversity, sustainability, Net-Zero, etc... . The architecture profession loves fads, and jumps on whatever is the latest thing because architects are always trying to be 'relevant'. If you are just graduating I suggest finding out what you are passionate about and following that. Don't follow fads. They don't make for a long satisfying architectural career.

I agree, a lot of other people should have been on the list

Interesting. Maybe I'll do a video about Lautner.

@@robertsarchitecture Please do, that would be great.

@Darth Vader zaha isn’t In the category of modern architects

I agree

Not surprising. It got Le Corbusier wrong too.

​@@modfus The pronunciation was pretty awful throughout. "Atelier", "epitomized", were also mispronounced. Other than that, great video.

Yes. I'll definitely do a follow up to this video with current architects.

Yes. Great idea. Modern architecture is all about German and Northern Europeans and bringing this to the U.S. after WWII. I'll try to do a video on non-Western architecture soon.

@@robertsarchitecture Metabolism is very much in the modernist mainstream. Kenzo Tange

you sure what about Mies?

I will definitely do a video on Buckmister Fuller in the future.

Fuller whom I met once, was not really an architect he was more of a inventor, creator, innovator, theorist, all around thinker type

Yes, good call. I never thought of it, but yes Calatrava is drawing inspiration from Gaudi.

Thanks so much for letting me know.

@@robertsarchitecture My Pleasure

Yes. Johnson and many architects copy Corbu's glasses. I haven't been to the UCSD Library so I can't say if the spaces work or not. But not a big fan of Brutalism.

@@robertsarchitecture Me neither. Tons of grey concrete at UCSD. It's interesting work, but something about it is offsetting/unsettling.

Yes!

Was going to say this. Farnsworth came AFTER Glass House.

The glass house was the German aesthetic, Johnson again copying Mies work in Germany

Mies had the Farnsworth fully designed by 1947, due to construction delays it was not built until '50-'51. Johnson's house was constructed between 1948 and 1949.

Good point! I should do a video exclusively on Japanese architects.

Niemeyer projetou os edifícios principais, o projeto urbanístico foi de Lúcio Costa, que sempre é esquecido.

You’d leave FLW off this list? His work is always modern. Can’t say that about the others.

True, a great American architect; my only hesitation is his craft not quite in tune with the technology of his time. In a way, the American lay culture is still reflected in the delayed appreciation of modernism; still hung up for Moldings and the faking of materials for one up man ship among the Joneses.

William Van Alen

@@robertsarchitecture Well that's my favourite Architect.

Frank Lloyd Wright was the only human on this list.

There is definitely an argument for it, but I think Le Corbusier had a much larger effect on city planning, while Mies is just influential for building design.

Or you could leave him off the list

Good question! Modern architecture was a movement between the 1900s and the 1970s. I used the famous book "Modern Architecture Since 1900" by William Curtis as the research for this video. From all the comments here I think people want to see a video about current architects so I have a video planned for that.

@@robertsarchitecture 10 is an arbitrary number for making this list and 1970 is an arbitrary cut off date when your description says 20th century. Your list has no Constructivists, Futurists, Metabolists, Brutalists, West Coast Modernists, or Latin Americans.