Norman Lykes Home Phoenix: Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright’s final home for sale. This curvaceous 20th Century Arizona residence is a good example of the architect’s late-career style. Designed in 1959 but only completed in 1967
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Johnson House New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
Johnson House, New Canaan, Modern Connecticut architecture: 20th Century American home design by Philip Johnson Architect on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut: scholar Hilary Lewis appointed as Chief Curator & Creative Director.
Neglected strand of the Modern Movement
Article by Peter Cully: Irish architecture has made great strides in recent times, impressing both at home and abroad, where Irish architects have had some major successes. Beneath the headlines perhaps not all is as rosy as might be surmised.
Bauhaus in America Exhibition & Conference
“Bauhaus in America” Exhibition and Conference at Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center focusing on two important centers led by highly influential artists and professors who had taught at the famed German institution.
Chandigarh Unbuilt Competition: archasm
There are various elements of Unbuilt Chandigarh, that were conceived by Le Corbusier but remained confined to documents, pictures and archives. The design of the Capitol Complex was the jewel in the crown wore by Corbusier’s Chandigarh.
Mackintosh Building Restoration Architects: GSA
Mackintosh Building restoration architects: GSA Building in Glasgow – Modern architecture Scotland, UK – Rennie Mackintosh architect, winner announcement
Hugo Häring Architect, 20th Century Architecture
Hugo Häring architect, Germany – Organic architecture, German 20th Century buildings, like Gut Garkau farm – German Functionalism
Y-building Oslo: Y-blokka Norway
The Norwegian government has decided to demolish one of the main buildings of the damaged government quarters in Oslo. Architect Viksjø´s Y-shaped building
Aarhus Town Hall: Arne Jacobsen Building
Aarhus Rådhus – Town Hall building by architect Arne Jacobsen with a stunning inteior, innovative for its time, softened by the use of timber, especially the slatted wood panelling.
Kensal House, Modern Ladbroke Grove Building
The ‘Kensal Voices’ project focuses on the heritage of historic council estate Kensal House. This large, Grade II* listed building in North Kensington, Kensal House was designed by modernist architect Maxwell Fry as a symbol of progression and hope.
Lina Bo Bardi Architect, Brazil Buildings
Lina Bo Bardi, Brazilian architect – Modern South American buildings, Sao Paulo architecture studio – Brazilian museum building images
Park Hill Sheffield Housing, Estate Regeneration
Park Hill, Sheffield, UK, Deck access housing design by Jack Lynn and Ivor Smith, Grade II* listed in 1998, Renewal design by architects Studio Egret West with Hawkins Brown Stirling Prize shortlisted in 2013.
Prague Modern Buildings: Czech Architecture
Prague Modern architecture, buildings, Czech Modernist Designs – International + Functionalist Style: 20th Century designs – houses designed by architects Mart Stam and Adolf Loos
Robert Matthew Architect: Architecture
Robert Matthew was best known for the Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and for New Zealand House in London. His Edinburgh-based practice later developed into RMJM Architects which is still headquartered in Edinburgh but has offices throughout the world
Brighton Architecture: Modern & Art Deco Buildings
Brighton buildings, Modernist & Art Deco architecture, southern England – architects, images, architecture – Brighton architectural tours, Modernist buildings Sussex, UK.
Howell Killick Partridge & Amis: HKPA Architects
Howell Killick Partridge & Amis Architects, UK – English Architecture incl Senior Combination Room, Downing College, Cambridge – HKPA Architects England
Martin House Complex: Frank Lloyd Wright Buffalo
For a period of some 22 years – from 1927 to 1949 – a critical mass of Wright-designed structures stood in and around Buffalo. This concentration of Wrightian buildings was the second largest in the nation, after that of the Chicago area.