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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

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Museum of Modern Literature, 2007, Germany In 2007, David Chipperfield Architects won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Museum of Modern Literature at Marbach am Neckar in Germany. Opened in 2009, it sits at the border of Barcelona and l'Hospitalet to unify their government's legal departments in one place.

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American Modern Home

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This statement is a key to the philosophy of the firm, whose houses are suffused with a kind of quiet sophistication that mingle elegant, subtle modernism, with respect for local vernacular traditions. Low-key on the outside, on the inside these houses offer dancing symphonies in white.

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Emil Eve Architects brightens London house with terracotta tile-clad extensions

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A window seat overlooks the garden At the end of the ground-floor extension, a sliding window designed to offer a contemporary twist on a traditional bay window is fitted with a large window seat.

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Our top properties of the week

The Spaces

Grieder Contemporary AG is selling this second-floor art nouveau apartment in Berlin’s Charlottenburg, which dates from 1904. It’s been comprehensively modernised, first in 2009 and again in 2016 though, it retains many of its period features including mouldings, wood panelling, stained glass door panels and herringbone flooring.

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In the Round: The Amazing Architecture of Contemporary Carousels

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The oldest predecessor of carousels comes from 6th century Byzantium, while the modern version emerged from early jousting traditions in Europe and the Middle East. The SeaGlass Carousel was designed as a collaboration to create a distinctly contemporary ecologically themed environment for this public space.

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Inside an award-winning Primrose Hill home by Eldridge Smerin

The Spaces

Arts and Crafts meets angular contemporary design at this London property in Primrose Hill, renovated and expanded by award-winning practice Eldridge Smerin. Eldridge Smerin scooped RIBA’s Building Design One-off House Architect of the Year award in 2009. Now, The Modern House is listing the Primrose Hill home for £11.5m.

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7 Best Architecture Firms in The Philippines

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The Philippines is a country that has a rich tapestry of architectural culture, spanning from the indigenous Filipino Bahay Kubo houses and the Banaue Rice Terraces to contemporary skylines and eco-resorts. We strive on modernizing Filipino architecture and interior design and piece all other design elements together in harmony.