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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: 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.
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.
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: 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.
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.
Documentation Centre of Everyday Culture of the GDR in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, presents exhibition “Shaping everyday life! – Bauhaus Modernism in the GDR”
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.
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.
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.
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 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!
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
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.
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.
“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.
Designed by Groupe3Architectes the new Guelmim Airport is located in an existing military infrastructure located 3km north of the city of Guelmim in the south of Morocco.
Unity Temple Restoration Oak Park, Illinois, by Harboe Architects, completed in 1908, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest buildings. The building is a National Historic Landmark, a key work of Modern Architecture.
