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Posts tagged 'Charles Holland'

The Lego Movie

Emmet, a humble construction worker – and prophesied “special one” (Image: Warner Bros/The Kobal Collection) Charles Holland enjoys a witty take on the eternal Lego

Opinion

Ian Nairn: Words in Place

Charles Holland on why we should remember the brilliant, melancholy critic with unpredictable enthusiasms Ian Nairn was the world’s first jet-propelled architecture critic. Not just

Opinion

Richard Rogers RA – Inside out

There’s more than one Richard Rogers. There’s Baron Rogers of Riverside, peer of the realm, Richard Rogers, outspoken critic of royal patronage and Richard Rogers,

Opinion

Mock-ups in Close-up

A soberly dressed middle-aged man is staring at an architectural model, an expression of earnest concentration on his face. “Psychologists have said that man’s neurosis

Opinion

Jonathan Meades – Museum without walls

(Imaginary Television Script #1) Who is Jonathan Meades? Titles: A man is sitting reading a book. Sometimes he smiles to himself or scratches his head

Opinion

London Bridge in America

Other items in McCulloch’s London collection (image: Travis Elborough) The fantastical, but true, tale of a bridge’s journey across the Atlantic reminds us of the

Opinion

Riva Boats: Showboating

The walnut-coloured launch bobs gently at the lake’s edge. The water is almost perfectly still and the morning clouds have lifted to reveal an encircling

Design

Gerhard Richter

At the press conference that marked the opening of Panorama, Tate Modern’s epic Gerhard Richter retrospective, an embarrassed silence filled the room as one journalist

Opinion

Pablo Bronstein

Modernist orthodoxy has taught us to be suspicious of architecture that uses illusion and theatrical gestures. The principles of structural honesty and truth to materials

Opinion
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Pablo Bronstein

Modernist orthodoxy has taught us to be suspicious of architecture that uses illusion and theatrical gestures. The principles of structural honesty and truth to materials

Opinion

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James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes

Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration




Architects

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

Atelier L’Abri completes silver-clad house in forested hills of Canadian Laurentians

Photographer Ruben Hughes shares how he captures the streets of New York and Copenhagen

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

House Dokka combines simple geometry and natural materials to create a home that resembles a floating treehouse

Makhno Studio’s Gnizdo houses seamlessly blend tradition and futurism

This new eco-conscious hotel concept in the Trosa archipelago draws a discerning crowd

Clément Cividino’s restoration of a 1960s fibreglass pod by Nikolaos Xasteros lands in the Spanish countryside

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy


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James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes

Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration

Design Destination: ICON’s tips for where to go and what to see in London Fields

USM and Symbol Audio unveil new capsule collection of audio and record storage pieces


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James Bantone teams up with UGG at this year’s Milan Design Week

The second edition Hospitality Innovation Summit Saudi Arabia & UAE by GBB Venture marks a new measure of excellence

ICON launches its inaugural digital Milan Design Week 2024 Guide

Meet interior designer Matt McKay as he discusses the inspiration behind the launch of his new furniture collection

TAKT is rethinking the way we design, build and sell furniture with its simple self-assembly furniture

Architecture Icon: The post-war designs of Yrjö and Irmeli Kukkapuro live on in their unique home studio

From the Archive: A short history of the iconic Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen

Henry Holland Studio’s Big Brekkie collection brings a playful touch to morning mealtimes

Christofle partners with Roland Garros in an exclusive collaboration