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Eleven of the most under-threat modern buildings in America

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"It is a critical moment for modern architectural sites in the US," explained Docomomo US executive director Liz Waytkus. Waytkus believes that the US is at a critical juncture in the battle to conserve modern buildings due to the current economic climate. Local advocates have been working to save the site for over fifteen years.

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Two Interior Design Books

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Interior Design since 1900, Fourth Edition by Anne Massey Thames & Hudson , April 2020 Paperback | 6 x 8-1/4 inches | 272 pages | 229 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780500204603 | $24.95 ( Click here for publisher's description and author bio ) REFERRAL LINKS : Making America Modern: Interior Design in the 1930s by Marilyn F.

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The Chandigarh chair "problematises standard notions of revival"

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The popularity of the Chandigarh chair, created by a team led by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret , has shone a light on the erasure of local designers in the mid-century modern design narrative. The Chandigarh chair by Jeanneret and his team remains an icon of mid-century modern design.

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The Architect's Questionnaire: Daniel Toole

Portland Architecture

A recent Seattle house was featured in a New York Times article called " A Modern Home That Looks Toward the Sky and the Water." Daniel Toole: I became interested in architecture in junior high by receiving a book on Frank Lloyd Wright given to me by my aunt, an art teacher in Vancouver, Washington.

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The Courtauld Institute of Art London Renewal

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The Blavatnik Fine Rooms at The Courtauld Gallery: photo © Hufton+Crow The three-year redevelopment of the Courtauld Gallery has been the most significant modernisation project in its history, providing a transformed home for one of the UK’s greatest art collections. Masterpieces from Bergen.

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Plantea Estudio plays with light and shadow for Acid cafe interior

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Spanish studio Plantea Estudio has completed a cafe and bakery inside an early 20th-century building in Madrid , contrasting the original dark tones of the interior with modern steel surfaces. The studio was founded in 2008 by brothers Luis and Lorenzo Gil.

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The Lasting Allure of Phallic Decor

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Courtesy of Degoey Planet Phallic references and masculine nudity have appeared in art and design for millennia. era Laocoön , sparked a rebirth of nudity in Western art. In the late 1970s, Andy Warhol gave a real whopper his signature Pop art treatment with Penis.

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