近きん代だい建けん築ちく

noun

modern architecture; modernist architecture

Refers to architecture from the modern era, especially styles that broke with historical forms in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Often used in art history and architectural contexts.

• ル・コルビュジエは近きん代だい建けん築ちくの巨きょ匠しょうと見みなされている。

  Le Corbusier is regarded as a master of modern architecture.

• この街まちには近きん代だい建けん築ちくの名めい作さくが数かず多おおく残のこっている。

  Many masterpieces of modern architecture remain in this city.