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Peter Pennoyer Architects: A Modern Classic

Peter Pennoyer Architects: A Modern Classic

One of the most exciting books to land on my lap this Fall is Peter Pennoyer Architects' new monograph.  If you have ever entertained the thought that Classicism is stodgy or  plain played out, this gorgeously illustrated to [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Architectural heritage: Doors to the past

Architectural heritage: Doors to the past

LAHORE: Entering Mahboob Aslam’s property in Cantt is like walking into another age. For this antiques hobbyist has replaced the doors, windows floors and ceilings with elaborate fixtures crafted hundreds of years ago. “Except [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Architecture review: Cliff May 'Carefree California' show at UC Santa Barbara

Architecture review: Cliff May 'Carefree California' show at...

To the extent that modernism in architecture was about clearing the historical decks — about dramatically and even gleefully breaking with the past — Cliff May was never cut out to be a modernist. Not an orthodox one, anyway. [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Architecture review: Cliff May 'Carefree California' show at UC Santa Barbara

Architecture review: Cliff May 'Carefree California' show at...

To the extent that modernism in architecture was about clearing the historical decks — about dramatically and even gleefully breaking with the past — Cliff May was never cut out to be a modernist. Not an orthodox one, anyway. [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Paul Rudolph and the Challenge of Preserving Modern Architecture

Paul Rudolph and the Challenge of Preserving Modern Architec...

It’s not easy being a neglected modernist building. Design that felt cutting edge at mid-century may indeed still feel too avant-garde to people viewing it today (even when the replacement structure is tacky '80s contemporary). [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Modern Architecture Conversion in South Africa: Moss Oaklands Residence

Modern Architecture Conversion in South Africa: Moss Oakland...

Moss Oaklands Residence was designed by studio Nico Van Der Meulen Architects and is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The brief of the project was aimed at remodeling a 1950s residence and giving it an urban feel. Here is how the archi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

New Getty initiative aims to boost preservation of modern architecture

New Getty initiative aims to boost preservation of modern ar...

The Eames House in Pacific Palisades, built in 1949 by the husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames, was never simply a single-family residence. It was also Case Study House No. 8, among the best-known products of a campaign by th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Getty Launches Modern Architecture Conservation Program With Eames House Restoration

Getty Launches Modern Architecture Conservation Program With...

The Eames House in the Pacific Palisades, also known as Case Study House No. 8, is about to get spruced by the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative, a new international program run by the Getty Conservation Institute. The CMAI is a r [...]

Posted On : Mar, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Ignatov Architects design of Contemporary Home Tree in Varna, Bulgaria

Ignatov Architects design of Contemporary Home Tree in Varna...

The existing trees inspire the idea of the large home tree. The building aims to assimilate the aspects of nature with the design of architecture. Three parts, the garden, the cantilevered structure and the energy exchanger make the house [...]

Posted On : Mar, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Hermeneutics of modern architecture

Hermeneutics of modern architecture

The architect is a specialist in the sense that he must respond to the needs of a community, and as such may be said to be constrained by both values (however we might define these) and technical requirements. This makes the architect dif [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Foreclosed Homeowners Inspire Architects to Float Housing Ideas

Foreclosed Homeowners Inspire Architects to Float Housing Id...

Amid a housing market profoundly altered by stagnant incomes, declining wealth and Wall Street folly, the Museum of Modern Art displays a waterfall cascading down an atrium in a high-rise apartment. It’s a moment of refreshing whims [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2012 | Comments : 0

Amateur Architecture: A New Vernacular?

Amateur Architecture: A New Vernacular?

Wang Shu may be a surprising choice for this year’s Pritzker Prize, but it’s an excellent one, and well-deserved. In recent years the Pritzker Committee has gravitated towards architects who produce work with an innate underst [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Modern Architecture Homes

Modern Architecture Homes

Th? modern architecture homes οf today ?r? building homes th?t ?r? greener ?nd friendlier fοr th? environment. Homes ?r? designed ?ο th?t th?? ??n contain solar panels along w?th ?t? structure. Heating up homes usi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Modern Architecture Interior

Modern Architecture Interior

When we go in this room, especially when we are in the living room, we will find the living room is clean and beautiful. A cross between a seat or sofa with matching wall in the living room Modern Architecture Interior, that white color t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

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