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Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan
World-famous 20th Century American residence design by US architect Philip Johnson, 1949 – exterior walls are made of glass, a radical departure from houses of the time, inspired by Farnsworth House
Liminal House, West Vancouver, Canada
McLeod Bovell Modern Houses’ Liminal House project site straddles the interstice between a suburban residential neighbourhood and West Vancouver’s natural stony seashore. Positioned on an expanded border between land and sea, the building form references the creatures that occupy this interstitial territory
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect: Buildings
Frank Lloyd Wright architect news – Massaro House, Lake Mahopac, New York State, USA ; Taliesin West desert laboratory, Arizona, closes for public access until the end of March
Arthur Erickson’s Eppich House II, Vancouver
Eppich House II by celebrated Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, is on the market in West Vancouver’s British Properties for $12.8 million. This year marks the home’s 35th anniversary, having been designed in 1979 and completed in 1988.
Mies van der Rohe Architect: Architecture
Mies van der Rohe architect news – key architecture + designs by this celebrated architect: discussion about furniture from Philip Johnson’s 1930 New York apartment ; Catholic Pastoral Center building in Des Moines, USA, will undergo an extensive $10m renovation
Farnsworth House, Mies van der Rohe: photos
Design: Mies van der Rohe, architect. A Celebration to Benefit the Farnsworth House at the Matthew Rachman Gallery. The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants to protect this celebrated residence from flooding by raising it on a hydraulic lift during storms.
Louis Kahn Architect: Architecture Design
Louis Kahn book, out of print for decades: “The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn” to be reissued. The architect explored the ways in which architecture could improve lives and create harmony
Center Parcs Cottage, Bispingen, Germany
Concrete and Center Parcs present the Center Parcs Cottage, a place to gather in the heart of nature in Parc Bispinger Heide in Germany. Center Parcs, renowned for its family-friendly holiday parks in the heart of nature, aimed to enhance its offerings for a broader audience
Le Corbusier Architect: Corb Architecture
Le Corbusier, architect, Paris – Italian independent artist Stefano Meneghetti from Venice, Italy, with his team, makes the album Cité Radieuse as a tribute to Corb, innovative architect and urban designer
Gordon & Hildred Goetschel House, Glendale, CA
Gordon & Hildred Goetschel House design by renowned architect Ray Kappe FAIA in 1954 was sold for $2,550,000. This iconic California residence at Mesa Lila, USA, showcases his early explorations into spatial expansion. The Los Angeles architectural gem seamlessly connecting inhabitants to nature and distant vistas
Oscar Niemeyer Architect, Brazil Architecture
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect – South American buildings, photos, Brazilian architecture – Oscar Niemeyer architect, Brasilia, South American building designs
Gillespie Kidd & Coia: GK&C Architects
St Columba of Iona RC Church, Woodside, Glasgow, Scotland, 1941, Italian Romanesque building design by Gillespie Kidd & Coia, designers of one of Europe’s greatest Modernist buildings, St Peters Seminary.
Philip Johnson Architect: Buildings, Designs
The first residence designed by this architect isn’t protected, and could face the wrecking ball. Owners have listed it for $1 million, hoping a preservation-minded buyer will step up. Architect Philip Johnson won the Pritzker Prize in 1979 and was famous for promoting the Postmodernist style.
Skidmore Owings Merrill: SOM Architects
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architects news – Renewal by HBRA Architects, Chicago, of The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, designed by Gordon Bunshaft of SOM in 1963. The building is a Modernist masterpiece.
Eero Saarinen Architect, Modern Buildings
Eero Saarinen architect – buildings photo, 20th C architecture, American designer, New York TWA Terminal – Eero Saarinen designs in the USA