The Whites

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The Whites is an alternative name for the New York Five, a group of influential modernist architects known for their stark, white, geometric designs in the late 20th century.

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The Whites canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural group ⓘ
activeInDecade 1970s ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
alternativeName New York Five ⓘ
associatedWithConcept formal autonomy of architecture ⓘ
pure form and geometry ⓘ
associatedWithPublication Five Architects ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
countryOfActivity United States ⓘ
designCharacteristic flat roofs ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ
open plans ⓘ
pilotis and raised volumes ⓘ
rectilinear volumes ⓘ
ribbon windows and strip glazing ⓘ
white-painted surfaces ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
influencedBy European modernism ⓘ
Le Corbusier ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
member Charles Gwathmey ⓘ
John Hejduk ⓘ
Michael Graves ⓘ
Peter Eisenman ⓘ
Richard Meier ⓘ
movement late modernism ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
notableFor abstract formal compositions ⓘ
geometric designs ⓘ
stark white buildings ⓘ
opposedBy The Grays ⓘ
regionOfInfluence United States ⓘ
international architecture discourse ⓘ
subjectOf architectural theory debates in the 1970s ⓘ

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New York Five → alias → The Whites ⓘ
The New York Five → alsoKnownAs → The Whites ⓘ