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London family home blends art, craft and bespoke design details

Chris SyrgFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021

[ecwid_product id="163466419" display="picture title price options addtobag" version="2" show_border="1" show_price_on_button="1" center_align="1"] This Victorian house just off busy King’s Road has been given a makeover by interior design Shalini Misra. The London...

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Richard Rogers signs off groundbreaking career with gravity-defying Château La Coste pavilion

Chris SyrgFebruary 19, 2021

[ecwid_product id="163427967" display="picture title price options addtobag" version="2" show_border="1" show_price_on_button="1" center_align="1"] Last September, when Richard Rogers stepped down from the architectural practice that he founded more than 40 years ago,...

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13 Buildings Receive Final Round of Keeping It Modern Grants

EditorJuly 21, 2020July 21, 2020

Getty’s six-year initiative has reshaped modern architecture conservation around the world and given professionals new skills. Abraj Al-Kuwait (Kuwait Towers). Image courtesy ArkDes Collections Fairgrounds that commemorate Senegalese independence, minaret-like...

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What Is Modern Architecture, Anyway?

EditorJuly 21, 2020July 20, 2020

Pavillon Le Corbusier, Zurich, Switzerland. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was one of Modernism’s most influential architects. This building is now a museum dedicated to Le Corbusier’s work, and...

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Chris SyrgMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020

I think this requires a well placed *GASP!*, don’t you? A glass geode encrusted work of art, that also happens to be a department store in Gwanggyo, just outside of Seoul....

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Looking Back at One of Mies van Der Rohe’s Most Famous Buildings

EditorMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020

The Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York, designed by Mies van Der Rohe (all photos by Ken Tan for Hyperallergic) “NO NO NO NO NO.” What better way to...