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Architecture Classics: Berlin Philharmonic / Hans Scharoun

January 14, 2019

Architecture Classics: Berlin Philharmonic / Hans Scharoun - Amphitheater — © Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Architects: Hans Scharoun
Year: 1963

AD Classics: AD Classics: Kunsthaus Bregenz / Peter Zumthor

January 27, 2011

AD Classics: AD Classics: Kunsthaus Bregenz / Peter Zumthor - Museum, Facade — "Kornmarktstraße 3 Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz" by Böhringer Friedrich licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Architects: Peter Zumthor
Year: 1997

AD Classics: Indian Institute of Management / Louis Kahn

October 25, 2010

AD Classics: Indian Institute of Management / Louis Kahn - Institute, Courtyard, Facade, Arch — © Dave Morris

Architects: Louis Kahn
Year: 1974

AD Classics: National Assembly Building of Bangladesh / Louis Kahn

October 20, 2010

AD Classics: National Assembly Building of Bangladesh / Louis Kahn - Other Public Administration Buildings, Facade — © Flickr abrinsky (CC BY-NC-SA)

Modernist architecture is traditionally understood to be utilitarian, sleek, and most of all without context, such that it can be placed in any context and still stay true to aesthetic principles and its functional requirements. However, Louis Kahn’s National Assembly Building of Bangladesh in Dhaka is an extraordinary example of modern architecture being transcribed as a part of Bangali vernacular architecture. The National Assembly building, completed in 1982, stands as one of Kahn’s most prominent works, but also as a symbolic monument to the government of Bangladesh.