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Posts tagged 'Mies van der Rohe'

Influenced by Modernist icons, the Menil Drawing Institute by Johnston Marklee suits Houston’s intriguing landscape

The latest addition to Houston’s Menil campus has the horizon-hugging horizontality of a Mies or an early modern villa. How does it fit within the

Architecture

Long live the starchitect!

Peter Smisek on why this much-maligned group matters, and should continue to No one likes being called a starchitect. Especially anyone who, by all accounts,

Opinion

Review – Mies van der Rohe + James Stirling: Circling the Square at the RIBA

Architectural giants, developers and heritage bodies were left bloodied and battered by the battle of Mansion House Square. The RIBA does well to stay above

Opinion

RIBA exhibition – Mies van der Rohe & James Stirling: Circling the Square

Above: Mies van der Rohe’s unrealised Mansion House Square proposal  Curator Marie Bak Mortensen discusses the two proposals for Mansion House in the City of

Architecture

Barozzi Veiga’s Szczecin Philharmonic is an astonishing achievement

Featured on the cover of Icon’s current issue, the Spanish architect’s concert hall in Poland has won the Mies van der Rohe award for European

Opinion

Robbrecht and Daem: Last year’s Architecture Practice of the Year

This article first appeared in our January 2014 issue, which included all the winners of last year’s Icon Awards. Read about the nominees for this

Architecture

Allianz headquarters in Zurich by Wiel Arets

The building  is clad in glass etched to appear as onyx (image: Jan Bitter) The Dutch architect’s latest building in Switzerland, a headquarters for an insurance

Architecture

Phyllis Lambert on Mies and contemporary architecture

The recipient of this year’s Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale discusses her career, Mies and the state of contemporary architecture. For

Architecture

2013 Icon Awards winner: Robbrecht and Daem, Architecture Practice of the Year

Amid the showiness of contemporary high-profile architecture, this Ghent-based practice stands out for its thoughtful, sensitive and reticent approach to existing buildings and its original

Architecture

Södrakull Frösakull

There is a certain kind of architectural experience, one of frustrated tourism. You make an awkward journey to an out-of-the-way building and then find yourself

Opinion

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Architects

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

MoDusArchitects completes contemporary Alpine home in Val di Non

Fondazione MAST kicks off 7th edition of Foto/Industria with a citywide exploration into the meaning of home

Triennale Milano transforms a historic Milan venue into a design-driven stage where music and collaboration lead the way

Copenhagen Architecture Biennial slows down to highlight caring approaches to people and the planet

The newly opened Darsena Listening Suite at Il Sereno in Lake Como is a playground for audiophiles


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Inside a fully furnished Artemest London penthouse designed by Róisín Lafferty

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Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

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This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

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How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

5 Highlights from Design Miami 2025