Modern

\ˈmä-dərn,\
Etymology : Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure
Function : adjective

1: Relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past.
2: Style movement that create a self-conscious break with the past and a search for new forms of expression, involving recent techniques, methods, or ideas.

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Bibliography

1. Le Corbusier building in Chandigarh.

2. Farnsworth house by Mies van der Rohe.

(rafael gutierrez, 10/12/07)
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