Thonet High Level Dining with Range 118
The elegant wooden chair range 118 by Sebastian Herkner for Thonet, was introduced at imm Cologne in early 2018 to great success, has reached new heights with a chic and comfortable bar stool.
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex
‘A modernist building of world renown that will become a crucible for creating a new model of cultural provision in an English seaside town which is going to lead to the growth, prosperity and the greater culture of our town’
The Usonian Inn Wisconsin, Rest Heaven Motel
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentice, J C Caraway, it was built in the 1950’s. The building is listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places and National Historic Register under the original name – Rest Heaven Motel.
Balfron Tower, Poplar Housing, London
Controversial changes to Erno Goldfinger’s 1960s Balfron Tower in east London approved by planners. The Twentieth Century Society had called for redevelopment designs by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers to be abandonded.
Bauhaus Architecture in Celle, Lower Saxony
Bauhaus Architecture in Celle, Lower Saxony: with over 490 colourful half-timbered houses, Celle presents the largest compact ensemble of its kind in Europe and is one of the most splendid towns in Germany.
Bernat Klein Studio – Modern Borders Building
Reflection on Bernat Klein CBE Hon FRIAS, textile designer, one of the most notable Scottish architectural clients of the 20th Century – info & photos of Bernat Klein Studio, Selkirk building, Scottish Borders.
The Simon Sainsbury Centre in Cambridge
RIBA Award for £21.5 million expansion of Cambridge Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. The building design is by Stirling Prize-winning architect Stanton Williams.
Park Hill Phase 3 Sheffield Development, UK
Park Hill Phase 3 Sheffield Development: award-winning Urban Splash teams up with student housing developer Alumno to provide accommodation for 350 students with shops and facilities to this important architectural landmark.
Bauhaus Beginnings at Getty Research Institute
The most influential school of art and design of the 20th century: Bauhaus Beginnings at Getty Research Institute examines founding principles of the landmark institution on its 100th anniversary.
Bauhaus Centenary 2019, Modern Architecture
Documentation Centre of Everyday Culture of the GDR in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, presents exhibition “Shaping everyday life! – Bauhaus Modernism in the GDR”
SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen Building
New photos of Radisson SAS Royal Hotel built in 1960 to a design by architect Arne Jacobsen. The building was the first Copenhagen skyscraper. Room 606 features original Jacobsen furniture and fittings. Alberto K restaurant is located on the top floor and also features original Arne Jacobsen furniture.
200 years of Thonet furniture: iconic 214 chair
At the occasion of the company’s 200th anniversary, Eva Marguerre and Marcel Besau created a special version of the famous Thonet Coffee House Chair 214.
Blackwood House in Falmouth, Maine
Designed by Kaplan Thompson Architects The Blackwood House shape itself is relatively simple, but the combination of weathering steel, fiber cement board, and black stained cedar on the exterior create a complex textile pattern.
Boston City Hall Building News, Brutalist Design
Grandly austere with its concrete facade, Brutalist Boston City Hall features several playful gestures, including its gravity-defying mayor’s office that hovers over the main entrance plaza and a profusion of outsized classical dentils: 50th anniversary & building renewal news
Petra Island Houses New York by Frank Lloyd Wright
Petra island is an 11-acre private island on Lake Mahopac, 50 miles north of New York City, USA. Its two properties – with designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright – are on sale for under $13 million. Rooftop helipad and a large interior rock feature!
National Gallery Berlin Modern Architecture
New National Gallery Berlin building: Neue Nationalgalerie at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the early 20th century. The museum and its sculpture gardens were designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, opening in 1968
International Fair of Tripoli: Oscar Niemeyer
Saving this building design by architect Oscar Niemeyer: In 1962 this celebrated Brazilian architect flew in a helicopter over the outskirts of Tripoli, Lebanon. After two circuits over the city he had decided the best location for the fair.
Stadio Flaminio Rome Building
By creating an arena that could hold 45,000 people, Nervi succeeded in a structural engineering feat for the time—transforming concrete into gravity-defying forms. Stadio Flaminio is one of many arenas and sports buildings designed by Nervi and reflects his numerous years of experience.
Guggenheim New York Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright
“Countryside: Future of the World” exhibition by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, of architecture studio OMA, planned for the spiral rotunda designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture of the modern and contemporary periods, and to collect, conserve, and study the art of our time.
