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Partying with Tito and the Penthouse Magazine Pets at the Adriatic coast. It was the 70‘s, it was Tito’s Yugolsavia and it was Bob Guccione’s dream project. *The Haludovo Palace Hotel in it’s splendor At the beginning of the 1970‘s Penthouse Magazine owner … Continue reading
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The photos of this beautiful park make me want to travel and explore far places. Situated on the Derwent estuary system, at Elwick Bay, in Glenorchy, Tasmania, GASP, the Glenorchy Arts and Sculpture park responds to the lapping tides. The … Continue reading
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The 1700-square-foot Usonian house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 as modest faculty housing, is the 13th structure by the renowned architect to be built on Florida Southern’s campus, but the first since Wright’s death in 1959. The house, which … Continue reading
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When one thinks of Brazil, one generally thinks of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, the Carnival, the beautiful beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana, capirinhas and soft rhythms of bossa nova. Yet, Brazil also brings images of beautiful architecture, and one … Continue reading
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​We blogged about geometry in urban architecture in one of our previous posts; actually, it was more about the architecture of density, where Michael Wolf, fascinated by China’s complex urban dynamics, presents his view on living in Asia. This time, ​​Jared Lim caught … Continue reading
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This rammed earth house by DUSTÂ architects is nestled amongst the rocky outcrops and sprouting cacti of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Â I love it especially because it reminds me of Baja California Sur landscapes (except we are more desertic), and … Continue reading
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“I like to be at the edge of what is possible” said Jørn Utzon while he sat to contemplate the view from the terrace of his house in Marbella. Utzon (1918-2008), architect, did just twenty something projects through his career, … Continue reading
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“I believe in an emotional architecture.â€, once said one of Mexico’s most influential architects, Luis Barragán. Barragán reinvented Mexican modern architecture with sensuous aesthetics, vivid colors, attention to spaces and light, while accentuating the building’s natural surroundings. Emotional or sensual … Continue reading
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Architecture office Jure Kotnik is the author of this playful kindergarten Kekec in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The new kindergarten extension, a prefab construction made of wood of local origin, grows out of the south side of the existing building and stretches into the garden, adding an additional 130m2 of playroom surfaces to the original volume of a typical Slovene kindergarten from the mid 1980s. Continue reading
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In the November 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review you can read an article “Life’s Work: Frank Gehry”, interviewed by Katherine Bell. Here’s couple of lines from it:
Frank Gehry is, at 82, America’s most celebrated living architect. His designs, including the Guggenheim Bilbao and Disney Hall in Los Angeles, are all technically challenging and unmistakably his. Gehry’s creative process famously borrows from artists; less well known is his fierce commitment to budgeting and the architect’s role as project manager. Continue reading
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About 330 km north of Oslo rests a sanctuary for reindeer-spotting in the wild at the Dovrefjell National Park, Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion. Constructed with an organic wooden core within a rigid rectangular frame, the building is a metaphor … Continue reading
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Qi Urban wellness centre, Mexico City, by manadaº, architectural studio dedicated to confrontation and expansion of architectural boundaries. Design on reclaimed wood. Continue reading