SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen Building

Radisson 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.

Blackwood House in Falmouth, Maine

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

Boston City Hall

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: Frank Lloyd Wright

Petra Island Houses Frank Lloyd Wright New York

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!

International Fair of Tripoli: Oscar Niemeyer

International Fair of Tripoli by 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.

Guelmim Airport in Morocco Building

Guelmim Airport in Morocco

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

Unity Temple Restoration Oak Park, Illinois

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.

Getty Foundation 2018 Keeping it Modern Grants

University of Leicester Engineering Building tower and workshops

Getty Foundation 2018 Keeping it Modern Grants include the first grants awarded to buildings in Cuba, Lebanon, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, and Ireland, plus well-known landmarks such as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

Rambler Roof in Moscow Smokers Shelter

Rambler Roof in Moscow

Nefa Architects’ aim is to provide cover from an atmospheric condensation, a shadow during the sunny summer and to give an electric light during the dark night – essential functions needed for a man whose intention to smoke with comfort.

Zaryadye Park in Moscow Landscape

Zaryadye Park

Centrally located, steps away from St. Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square and the Kremlin, Zaryadye Park will be the first large-scale park to open in Moscow in the past fifty years. A design consortium led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro oversaw the transformation.

Thonet tubular steel cantilever chairs: Leipzig

Thonet Tubular Steel Cantilever Chairs at the Leipzig National Library

A study in classic furniture design for 85 years – Thonet tubular steel cantilever chairs at the Leipzig National Library. The landmark main building of the splendid library in the centre of Leipzig is characterised by impressive statues, busts and gilt decorative elements.