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Letter from Tel Aviv: the architecture reaching new heights in Israel’s cultural capital
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Louis Kahn’s renovated Yale Center for British Art unveiled
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Inside the archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
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Stefi Orazi’s Golden Lane Estate monograph reveals London’s architectural and social history
A new monograph by Stefi Orazi on London's Golden Lane Estate talks about modernist architecture, and social and architectural history
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True maverick: a Yale show explores the experimental work of Oskar Hansen
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Paul Schütze’s latest fragrances are inspired by modernist architectural greats
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David Chipperfield's Nationalgalerie renovation in Berlin gathers speed
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Bauhaus-inspired university campus in Nigeria designed as a social stage
A documentary titled Scenes from the most beautiful campus in Africa – a film about the Ife Campus commissioned for the Bauhaus centenary celebrates the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria. A symbol of Nigeria's Independence from Britain in 1960, the modernist university was a product of politics, design and climate, yet its main priority was always its function as a social stage for education and community.
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British and Scandinavian design meet in John Pardey’s easy rural modernism
In January of 2011 (W*142) we travelled from Wales to Norfolk, visiting the modernist houses of British architect John Pardey. Informed by the ultimate goal of designing a timeless building, Pardey’s work is deeply connected to landscape and offers a softer, modest style of modernism. It comes as no surprise that he was mentored by Jørn Utzon, and as a young architect he travelled to Australia to have lunch with Glenn Murcutt, whose maxim of ‘touching the earth lightly’ he followed.
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Step inside Philipp Mohr’s loving restoration of a Le Corbusier apartment in Berlin
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Modern Forms: a photographic journey of modernist architecture
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From Le Corbusier to the iPhone, Michael Craig-Martin’s tribute to icons of design
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Spanish residence Casa OS is a superb lesson in modernist architecture
Spanish architect Pablo Oriol founded Nolaster in 2005 with colleague Fernando Rodriguez. Working together since 2002, the firm racked up an impressive portfolio of collaborators including Fujikawa, Johnson & Associates and MVRDV. In 2008, Oriol and Rodriguez took the next career step by forming new practice FRPO, a ‘natural evolution of their personal experiences.’ Prior to this, in 2006 (W*96), Wallpaper* visited Nolaster’s Casa OS, a camouflaged modernist residence designed for Oriol’s parents.
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Carlo Brandelli’s modernist hillside retreat in Emilia-Romagna preserves the spirit of the 1970s
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Living with art: a Michigan modernist gem regains its raison d’être
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Janne Tuunanen captures modernist architecture of renovated Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Photographer Janne Tuunanen captures the sharp modernist architecture of the recently renovated Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland in his latest series
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Edith Farnsworth House's renaming celebrates visionary client
Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is officially renamed the Edith Farnsworth House, celebrating its visionary client
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Retro revival: Mark Janson’s 1960s weekend home gets a modern twist
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Book explores the secret life of the modern house
A new book, The Secret Life of the Modern House, published by Ilex and authored by Dominic Bradbury, explores the enduring appeal and influence of avant-garde domestic architecture, looking at the modernist house and beyond
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1970s modernist home by Charles Gwathmey gets refreshed by Worrell Yeung
The restoration and refresh of a 1970s modernist home by Charles Gwathmey, delivered by dynamic architecture studio Worrell Yeung, brought an iconic residence into the 21st century
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Midcentury Los Angeles home draws on the Japanese ryokan
A refreshed Los Angeles house on Palmero Drive makes for a calming, Japanese-inspired interior by architecture studio OWIU
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Artist Christopher Carter draws on his house for his latest show in Fort Lauderdale
A new house in North Wynwood containing Christopher Carter's studio, exhibition space and eco-friendly personal home and created in collaboration with architect Gary Williams becomes the subject of the Miami-based artist's latest exhibition at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
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Brutalist WHO headquarters extension under construction in Geneva
Visit the construction site of the ongoing extension project at the World Health Organisation headquarters in Geneva, designed by architects Berrel Berrel Kräutler; a project that places the landscape at the forefront, while paying tribute to WHO's modernist, Jean Tschumi-designed, original office building
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Brutalist bus terminal redesigned in the Czech Republic
The architecture of the landmark brutalist bus terminal of Zvonarka Central in Brno, Czech Republic, has been given a refresh by architects CHYBIK + KRISTOF
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