Quiet contemplation: Vector Architects' beachside library in China makes the perfect reading retreat
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Oliver du Puy designs therapeutic house in Melbourne
Suceeding in its aim to be a spiritual piece of architecture, the ‘Skinny House’ artfully exposes concrete and casts divine light. Yet, there’s nothing like a vitamin C-infused shower to cleanse you of your sins...
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Mapping out concrete architecture in Los Angeles
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Harvey Nichols debuts its new department-less store concept in Birmingham
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Accidental heroes: a Mexican concrete master mix
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Belgian Brutalist: Van Wassenhove House by Juliaan Lampens opens its doors
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Moatti-Rivière completes France’s first graphic design centre in Chaumont
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A concrete retreat in California designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects is equipped for climate change
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Tense Architecture Network's concrete residence in Megara has all angles covered
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Beach chic: Venetian vibe meets modern take at Australia’s Deepwater House
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The world is your oyster: Zaha Hadid's Salerno Terminal is inspired by the sea
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KWK Promes wraps up a house with a concrete road in Poland
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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
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Brutalist book club: colossal compendiums of concrete architecture
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A new block of artist ateliers is set to bolster Berlin’s creative cachet
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Concrete House: a monolithic lakeside home by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk in Norway
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The new Nubuke Foundation gallery interacts with Accra’s climate
Architects Baerbel Mueller and Juergen Strohmayer craft a new raw concrete home for the Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana, a gallery in sync with the local climate and entirely dedicated to African art
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High drama: MX_SI reveals a bold new cultural centre in Granada
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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
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Brutalism blossoms in Sydney with a new orthogonal concrete mosque
Sculptural concrete poetically channels space and light at Candalepas Associates’ new home for the Australian Islamic Mission. From the vaulted ceiling with funnel-shaped skylight, to the rounded wooden rings that gradual constrict towards an oculus, and the muqarnas that welcome in slim rays of sunlight, each architectural element breathes geometry and spirituality.
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The architecture of Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021)
Pritzker Prize winning German architect Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021) passed away on 9 June 2021 at the age of 101. Here, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives, celebrating the geometric shapes of his 1968 Pilgrimage Church near Koln
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SeARCH and Christian Müller’s buried hillside Hole House is a holiday home with altitude
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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.
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Concrete poetry: the architectural sculptures of David Umemoto
Canadian artist David Umemoto's new Folded Stone series – on view at Modern Shapes Gallery, Antwerp – uses Japanese kirigami to evoke postmodernist dreams
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An architect’s home in Mexico City melds strong geometry with a warm interior
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Deeper underground: a new Czech museum is a Palaeolithic treasure trove
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Concrete curves: this free-flowing Belgian villa goes against the grain
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Luna House is a concrete Chilean live/work haven by Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Pezo von Ellrichshausen invites us inside Luna, the studio's base, a geometric concrete masterpiece in the Chilean countryside
