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Ben van Berkel: Canaletto and its impact

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30.05.14
Icon meets UN Studio’s Ben van Berkel

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Nicholas Horowitz

UN Studio’s principal architect discusses the role of skyscrapers in housing at his Canaletto building in London

Icon caught up with Ben van Berkel, co-founder of UN Studio, at his new 31-storey tower on London’s City Road, to ask him about the impact of the building on the area and why people in the UK prefer to work in rather than live in skyscrapers. 

  

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