Parkland House North Vancouver by Bob Lewis
Parkland House for sale in North Vancouver, 1956-built home designed by Bob Lewis. Early example of west coast Modernism in Canada – inspired by Joseph Eichler’s style
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Isokon London: Lawn Road Flats Hampstead
Lawn Road Flats, Isokon London building design by Wells Coates architect – Modernist housing England, 20th Century Hampstead home photos
Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
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
Lantern House North Vancouver by Fred Hollingsworth
Lantern House for sale in North Vancouver. 1950-built home design by Fred Hollingsworth, early example of west coast Modernism. Rare Canada property to be blessed by the Dalai Lama
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.
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.
Berthold Lubetkin Architect, London: Tecton
Berthold Lubetkin Architect moved to London, England form Paris in 1930. He directed Tecton until 1947. Architectural influences included Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier. He was the RIBA Gold Medal 1982 Winner. The msot famous Lubetkin building is the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Regent’s Park.
Luis Barragan Architect Mexico: Architecture
A 2-carat diamond ring has been created by compressing the cremated remains of Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Conceptual artist Jill Magid from Brooklyn spent years plotting her proposal to the owners of his professional archive: open it to the public
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
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
Coventry Cathedral: Basil Spence Building
The Getty Foundation announced $1.66 million in architectural conservation grants dedicated to twelve significant 20th century buildings as part of its Keeping It Modern initiative
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.