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The Swiss art gallery originally designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop reveals three new buildings by architect Peter Zumthor to accommodate its growing art patron base, as well as education programs and events
Design: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architect. News update on the Mies Museum in this Polish-German city. For almost 20 years, the stern, cuboid forms of the Wolf House loomed over the town of Guben.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Berlin and Los Angeles sister-city partnership, the exhibition explores connections between Hans Scharoun’s Berlin Philharmonic and Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Architects: wessel de jonge architecten. The former Zonnestraal Sanatorium is one of the most famous Modern monuments in the Netherlands. A master plan was developed in 1997 to convert it into a health centre with a combination of (para)medical and recreational functions.
A jewel of the post-war era: Villa Harnischmacher II is a brilliant example of the architecture and tubular steel artistry of Marcel Breuer.
Ben Jacks’ book The Architect’s Tour: Notes for the Design Traveler, by Culicidae Architectural Press: this publication records a lovely project, a wander through some of the most important European buildings of the last century.
Photorealistic recreation of two emblematic works by architect Frank Lloyd Wright that no longer exist and of which there are few photos: The Larkin Administration Building and the Pauson House.
Design: Arshia Architects. Situated on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, this single-family house was molded by the strict regulations of the Mulholland Scenic corridor plan along with extreme site constraints.
Visit five significant houses designed by Philip Johnson in New Canaan, CT, plus evenings with Toshiko Mori, Nicholas Fox Weber, architect Isay Weinfeld and architecture critic Paul Goldberger
The Marina City towers, 1959-67, are two of the most recognisable structures in America’s ‘windy city’. Architect Bertrand Goldberg’s distinctive-looking high-rise buildings, part of a larger Marina City complex, are icons of Modern architecture.
Discover images from the book that highlights the Louis Kahn’s lesser-known residential projects. This US architect was awarded the AIA Gold Medal and the Royal Gold Medal.
New film of Fallingwater – the beautiful house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in rural Pennsylvania. The Modern home was built partly over a waterfall in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains.
Design: Lehrer Architects. Located in a challenging neighborhood, and built on a low budget, these prototypes for affordable homes provide amenities and spatial qualities not usually found in this type of housing.
Design: Belzberg Architects. The Tree Top Residence celebrates the site’s complex landscape, merging seamlessly and emerging from atop the canopy of trees that surround it.
Essex architecture news – Radical Essex present events celebrating county’s pioneering role in 20th century architecture: Modernist architecture & experimental community models
Hour-long tours by The National Trust of the Danish Embassy building, a good chance to see inside one of London’s key 20th Century buildings, by this celebrated architect.
The Haus am Horn in Weimar is the first architectural example from the Bauhaus, and the only one in the city where the school was founded.