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Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after ‘surgical’ restoration by David Chipperfield

The iconic Berlin gallery designed by Mies van der Rohe underwent an extensive refurbishment which balanced conservation with future needs The Neue Nationalgalerie, the modernist

Architecture

Switzerland’s largest housing complex retrofitted

The listed modernist estate in Geneva underwent an 11-year ‘high-tech’ renovation that prioritises longevity and thermal performance Geneva-based Jaccaud Spicher Architectes Associés has completed the

Architecture

The high-tech, inside-out design of Richard Rogers

Three World Trade Center by Richard Rogers. Photo by JJBers Richard Rogers is one of the best known architects of the later 20th century, known

Architecture
Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Alvar Aalto: Finland’s most famous designer

Vyborg Library with furniture all designed by Alvar Aalto. Photo by Ninara via Flickr Finnish architect Alvar  Aalto was a well-known modernist whose style was

Architecture
Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

Vorticism: A brief history of a brief movement

  Vorticism was a short-lived radical art movement in Britain that celebrated urbanity and the age of the machine. Vorticism was a British avant-garde group

Design
More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

More than 60 years on the Eames Chair is still a classic

A modern take on the nineteenth-century club chair, the Eames Lounge Chair has become a classic. The Eames lounge chair and its matching ottoman were

Design
The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair: A modernist classic

The Barcelona Chair is one of the most recognisable and iconic designs of the last century. Still frequently used in interiors, the chair epitomises elegance

Design

The Louvre and its great glass pyramid

  Once a royal residence, the Louvre Museum’s palatial courtyard now centres around a crystalline glass pyramid The Louvre sits on the right bank of

Architecture

Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe

Why Mies van der Rohe’s final building is perhaps his most iconic. By Beatrice Galilee It was in Berlin that Ludwig Mies van der Rohe began

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New Eileen Gray retrospective to open in New York next week

 Eileen Gray’s design for Boudoir de Monte Carlo 1923. Courtesy of Archives Galerie Gilles Peyroulet, Paris Curator Cloé Pitiot speaks about the upcoming Eileen Gray

Design

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This urban family home in Los Angeles blurs the boundaries between indoor and out

Design Icon: &Tradition has released the Jørn Utzon’s classic 1947 lamp in a deep blue

ICON 213 : Autumn 2023

Chun-Li Reid’s YouTube series, Cooking With An Architect, links space and taste

Editor’s Picks: 5 highlights from Lake Como Design Festival

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

FLOOR_STORY launches bold new collections at the London Design Festival

Archaeology of the Future

7 things to see at London Design Festival 2023




Architects

This urban family home in Los Angeles blurs the boundaries between indoor and out

Chun-Li Reid’s YouTube series, Cooking With An Architect, links space and taste

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

Bunn Studio draws on the classic virtues of Danish design for new Garde Hvalsøe showroom

What is the possible endgame for The Line, one of the most viral and controversial architectural projects?

Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects by András Szántó

How recycled hospital equipment is transformed into a plastic pavilion designed for inhospitable climates

The Sustainable City looks at how truly good architecture can transform a city

Copenhagen-based research and design lab SPACE10 explores the building blocks of future homes that give back


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Design Icon: &Tradition has released the Jørn Utzon’s classic 1947 lamp in a deep blue

Editor’s Picks: 5 highlights from Lake Como Design Festival

FLOOR_STORY launches bold new collections at the London Design Festival

7 things to see at London Design Festival 2023

Why brand space needs pace: what we can learn from the art of filmmaking

Arina Shokouhi, the designer of the Ecovado, believes that experimenting should begin at home

Bryan O’Sullivan Studio launches first collection of furniture, lighting and objects

British designer Faye Toogood on creating contemporary classics

Design Icon: The Fiat Nuova Cinquecento brought driving to the Italian masses


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This urban family home in Los Angeles blurs the boundaries between indoor and out

Design Icon: &Tradition has released the Jørn Utzon’s classic 1947 lamp in a deep blue

ICON 213 : Autumn 2023

Chun-Li Reid’s YouTube series, Cooking With An Architect, links space and taste

Editor’s Picks: 5 highlights from Lake Como Design Festival

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

FLOOR_STORY launches bold new collections at the London Design Festival

Archaeology of the Future

7 things to see at London Design Festival 2023