modernistic

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Perhaps the most ambitious is a planned 58-acre development called Prospera on the Caribbean island of Roatan promoted by American libertarians with plans for modernistic buildings drawn up by Zaha Hadid Architects.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022

A video shows people strolling on boardwalks through lush greenery, housing perched on the shores of an idyllic lake, stunningly modernistic buildings, elevated mass transit lines, and bicycles on tree-lined boulevards.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 3, 2022

Around the corner, on Sunset Avenue, tents have taken over the sidewalk in front of a modernistic apartment building.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2021

It bemoaned “20 modernistic ceramic objects,” including “a morbid, satanic-looking executioner.”

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2020

Jud and Frank were building some enormous, ramshackle, modernistic structure out on Commons lawn, and the hammers and the power drills had started early in the morning.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt