Concrete
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Fine lines: Kristine Norlander’s vision of the Lassens’ modernist architecture
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian architecture uncovered
Jason Oddy’s photographic study of Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian buildings, set alongside research and archival documents, explores the architecture’s inseparable relationship to revolutionary politics in a new book from Columbia University Press, titled The revolution will be stopped halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Apollo Architects & Associates make waves with seaside residence
By Lucy Peart Last updated
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Futureproofing: Oyler Wu Collaborative design a new creative laboratory
By Carren Jao Last updated
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A modern education: Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts gets a facelift
By Philippine Wright Last updated
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Cherem Arquitectos creates a concrete landmark in the Mexico City suburb of Bosque Real
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Villa Mörtnäs by Fourfoursixsix is an exercise in Swedish simplicity
By Helen Berg Last updated
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Denton Corker Marshall reveal the new Australian Pavilion’s mysterious black box
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A concrete folly by Mexican studio Tezontle brings new life to a Havana plaza
Imagined as an extension of the Cuban capital, the permanent sculpture has transcended its role as a public art installation
By James Burke Last updated
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Saint Louis Art Museum unveils its David Chipperfield-designed extension
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The Danish Maritime Museum’s subterranean new home by Bjarke Ingels Group
By Micha van Dinther Last updated
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Guna House stakes a fearless claim on one of Chile's leafy lagoons
By Emma Blundell Last updated
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Cliffhanger: Zaha Hadid’s Messner Mountain Museum is carved into Mount Kronplatz
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Inside Brian Housden’s masterpiece of British modernism
A meeting with De Stijl master Gerrit Rietveld inspired architect Brian Housden (1928-2014) to throw away the timid first drafts of his London home – and instead design one of Britain’s first brutalist dwellings. In November 2014, 78 South Hill Park achieved Grade II-listed status, the same week that the late architect passed away
By Edwin Heathcote Last updated
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Hard matters: Concrete Concept tours the world of brutalism
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Kahlstrasse House: Buchner Bründler Architekten breaks the mould in Basel with stacked blocks of textured concrete
By Catarina de Almeida Brito Last updated
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Casa Mirante: Brazilian firm FGMF designs a stylishly functional family home
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Quiet contemplation: Vector Architects' beachside library in China makes the perfect reading retreat
By Frederika Fraser Last updated
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Harvey Nichols debuts its new department-less store concept in Birmingham
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Accidental heroes: a Mexican concrete master mix
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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Tense Architecture Network's concrete residence in Megara has all angles covered
By Lucy Peart Last updated
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In memoriam: Juliaan Lampens (1926-2019)
At the age of 93, Belgian architect Juliaan Lampens, a masterful builder in concrete, wood and glass, has passed away in Ghent
By Siska Lyssens Last updated
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Concrete House: a monolithic lakeside home by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk in Norway
By David Lisbon Last updated
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An Instagram hotspot in Tokyo is under threat, so snap it before it’s flattened
Designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has become something of an Instagram pilgrimage for architecture enthusiasts. But as the building fell into a state of disrepair, the Metabolist landmark has long been in danger of demolition and the final decision is to be made by the building’s management society by vote
By Sanae Sato Last updated
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s São Paulo house for art dealer Eduardo Leme
Paulo Mendes da Rocha has a fan in art dealer Eduardo Leme, who commissioned the Brazilian architect to design both his house and art gallery in São Paulo. Wallpaper* visited Casa Millán in 2006 (W*88), to find out how the brutal concrete residence, originally built by da Rocha in 1969 for another art dealer, was adapted for its new owner
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Walter Maria Förderer’s 1960s European churches remain avant-garde today
In the 1960s, Walter Maria Förderer designed eight churches in Switzerland and Germany. Influenced by Le Corbusier, and even more so by the collages of Kurt Schwitters and Gothic architecture, Förderer designed cascades of concrete blocks and strange totemic objects that now form some of Europe’s most avant-garde religious buildings.
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Apollo design Grigio, a minimalist concrete house in Tokyo
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated