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Posts tagged 'Le Corbusier'

Charlotte Perriand

On a tall plinth outside the grand, gilded Petit Palais is a small aluminium spaceship. In 1938, Charlotte Perriand and her collaborator Pierre Jeanneret designed

Opinion

Toys of the Avant-Garde

It is no coincidence that Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller were all taught in kindergartens, the school system that introduced building blocks

Design

20/20 Clip Stamp Fold

Print publishing just keeps on going no matter how much we proclaim its demise. A trip to my local bookshops reveals a fresh crop of

Opinion

La Trufa by Anton Garcia-Abril and Ensamble Studio

It’s rare that a building looks like nothing else of its kind, but “La Trufa”, by Anton Garcia-Abril and Ensamble Studio is one such work.

Architecture

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s Appartement 50 Installation

The redesigned living room: Cloud, Kvadrat; Zip carpet, Vitra; LightHouse, Established & Sons and Venini; and SteelWood collection, Magis Unité d’Habitation, Le Corbusier’s housing block

Design

Chiaki Arai’s Ofunato Civic Centre

Ofunato Civic Centre and Hall, also known as Rias Hall “About eight years ago I was about to give up.” A rare pause interrupts Chiaki

Architecture

The Tricorn

Labyrinthine and weird, the Tricorn shopping centre was a brutalist fantasy that was doomed to failure in 20th-century Portsmouth. Owen Hatherley enjoys a belated obituary.

Opinion

Jasper Morrison

Some “super normal” design in Morrison’s shop Jasper Morrison is a quiet man. You need to pay attention or you could miss what he’s saying.

Design

The Militant Modernism

It’s good to see modernism wrestled out of the jaws of the middle classes and the heritage industry, says William Wiles. Did modernism win? The

Opinion

Architecture Depends

Architects need to be less autonomous and engage with the everyday, argues Jeremy Till, but this could well be a case of merry myth-making, says

Opinion

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Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

The Galerie Nationale du Design: a new landmark institution

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Antao Earth from Villeroy & Boch: Where material and finish become the key design principles

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch




Architects

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

‘We have a moral obligation to experiment’: Bas Smets unveils Vitra’s new Water Garden

Open House Festival opens hundreds of London buildings this September

The contemporary Magdalen House in Quebec brings a new perspective to coastal architecture

A Douro winery by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo connects design with wine traditions

This Copenhagen park nurtures climate resilience and neighbourhood life

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion


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Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch

The women bringing contemporary design to Lake Como Design Festival

Wood for the Trees: AHEC brings an exploration of forests to Shoreditch Design Week

‘My approach is intimate’: Stefania Zanetti on photography, food and the body



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Christoph Hefti Unveils His Fantastical World at Zurich’s Museum of Design

The Galerie Nationale du Design: a new landmark institution

Inside Finarte’s joyful world of handwoven rugs and textiles

KitchenAid introduces Luminaire, the latest expression of its Design Series, where an enduring kitchen icon becomes a study in light, material and texture

Editor’s Picks: Our highlights from Lake Como Design Festival 2026

Antao Earth from Villeroy & Boch: Where material and finish become the key design principles

Atelier HA designs MELT’s new Panthéon restaurant in Paris

Panter&Tourron unveils cosmic-themed window displays for Hermès

The art of Italian living: Marelli arrives in Shoreditch