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An Exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum Examines the Neoclassical Architect’s Role as Modernist Forebear
On view through May 18, the show pairs drawings from Soane’s collection with works by celebrated Modernists including Le ...
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From Colonization to Le Corbusier: Was Modernism in India an Imposition or an Invitation?
A seemingly mundane choice of material was rooted in a deeper philosophical divide between two potential ... like Le Corbusier preached "less is more," vernacular Indian architecture had always ...
Should we think of Sir John Soane as a Modernist?
A new exhibition posits that the 19th-century architect was a maverick forerunner of 20th-century aesthetics. His house in ...
A Narrow Hallway Is the Star of This 1,023-Square-Foot Apartment
A long and narrow hallway can be a challenge in any home—or in the hands of the right firm, a stylistic protagonist. The ...
Mint14d
Manik Bagh: A forgotten marvel of modernist architecture
Other photographs in the exhibition reveal works by noted designers like Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier ... among them are the two of his design drawings on display for a house boat, intended for ...
10 sought-after books for design lovers
Geoffrey Bawa to Carlo Scarpa and more, these titles are collector’s items that also make for interesting gifts.
ArchDaily14d
Designing Without a Client: 6 Houses Created by Celebrated Architects for Themselves
Examining the houses that architects designed ... The project was an important test for some of Le Corbusier's theories in the field of both architecture and urbanism. Inside, lower ceilings ...
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Eileen Gray architectural drawings
The house incorporated most of Le Corbusier's "five points of the new architecture," such as the stair to the ... with the rest being prints of drawings for two projects by Gray's colleagues, Le ...
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Photographing Le Corbusier's iconic buildings with a different eye
Read also: "An apartment in the house ... at Fondation Le Corbusier comes to open a new chapter in the discourse: after the geometric purisms and contrasting dramas, “Looking at Le Corbusier” brings ...
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Paris's Palais Garnier celebrates 150 years of memories and fantasies
He was 35 years old when, in 1861, he unanimously won the architectural competition decided ... narrowly escaped on their way to the Opéra Le Peletier. Construction of the building lasted almost ...
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49 Famous Buildings Around the World You Need to See Before You Die
There are also a decent number of marvels on this list designed by famous architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier ... House II. Designed in the 1980s by renowned Canadian architect ...
The Daily Telegraph14d
The 22 best things to do in Barcelona
Barcelona is an architectural ... separately for €3/£2.50). The façade of Palau Güell displays few of Gaudí's trademark motifs, but is a dark and forbidding affair drawing on Gothic designs ...