Deezen

MARCH 19, 2025

From Montevideo to Manila, we shine a light on cities around the globe with an unexpected collection of art deco buildings as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Napier's high concentration of art deco buildings is the result of an earthquake in 1931, which sparked fires that destroyed most of the city's commercial centre.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2025

Art deco has a history of being a glitzy distraction from effecting genuine change during moments of turmoil, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. In 2021, before his acquisition and despoliation of what was then Twitter, Elon Musk tweeted "I love Art Deco" (709,000 likes). That would be sick!"

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2025

Southeast London 's Eltham Palace is an unusual marriage of medieval and Tudor architecture and the opulent interior-design choices of 1930s millionaires, which forms the next instalment in our Art Deco Centenary series. It wasn't until Seely & Paget's art deco project that the site was catapulted into the contemporary design scene.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha , Qatar, by IM Pei , the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This blending of tradition and modernity often termed neo-vernacular defined the later era of Pei's career.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2025

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris 's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in the birthplace of cinema. Situated in the Parisian neighbourhood of Barbs, New York Times writer Elaine Sciolino described Le Louxor as "an art deco fantasy straight out of Egypt" when it reopened after the restoration.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Photo by © Karel Balas, courtesy Rizzoli These buildings have all been lovingly captured in a new Rizzoli book, Tashkent: A Modernist Capital (out November 12, 2024), an extension of years of work by the Uzbekistan Art And Culture Development Foundation, which aims to preserve the architectural marvels.

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Kahn–designed Yale Center for British Art strikes a distinctive look as a modern icon with its matte steel and reflective glass facade. Kahn–designed Yale Center for British Art will reopen on March 29, 2025 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. In New Haven, Connecticut, the Louis I.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Among the studio's key projects are the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, which is composed of a low-lying circular structure wrapped with glass, and the stepped Sydney Modern gallery in Australia. Alongside its central art galleries, it hosts public spaces including a library, lecture hall and children's workshop.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2024

MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver Located next to a major interstate and light rail line, the 15-storey block's western facade has a curved facade clad in a glass curtain wall with a massive cut "cracking" the building open. The photography is by Iwan Baan unless otherwise stated.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Continuing our mid-century modern design series , we explore Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi 's Akari lamps made from Japanese washi paper, which remain a staple in stylish interiors to this day. The Akari lamps were designed by Noguchi, who began his career as an artist after dropping out of his premedical studies.

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Deezen

JULY 16, 2024

The Danish bricks and narrow floor plan of this Aesop store in Copenhagen nod to the "humble" design of the nearby Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. We were drawn to the Louisiana Museum because it was designed as a home for Danish, rather than international, modern art," she told Dezeen.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Jason Good Architecture drew on the leafy neighbourhood's combination of Arts and Crafts-style architecture and more modern houses for the two-bedroom dwelling, which replaces an existing 1980s cottage. "We Here, a TV room overlooks the entrance hall through a glazed circular opening and is flanked by a study and an additional bedroom.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These louvers, oriented at varying angles, reduce solar heat gain and allow for expansive full-height glass windows, ensuring natural light fills the interiors. Off-white stone panels and glass brise soleil bring modern functionality, allowing natural light to filter into the interior while providing shade and energy efficiency.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2023

Local practice Child Studio has designed a house in a mews courtyard in London that mixes mid-century modern furniture with custom-made pieces in a nod to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's home. Child Studio designed the home, which was created for a hotelier and restauranteur, as a space for dining, entertaining and hosting parties.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Rising 40- and 46-storeys-high, the towers are made up of interconnected glass structures that widen at their tops and are joined by a podium at their base. Set off from this largely glass exterior, ornate screens typical of Islamic architecture surround the podium building.

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Archinect

APRIL 18, 2022

The Art Newspaper reports that the restoration was placed on hold after months of highly public criticism leading up to January’s discovery of a 12th-century prayer hall and ritual ablution rooms underneath the mosque’s interior core.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Deep in the heart of rural Quebec, the home was designed for an urbanite family looking for an ultra-modern bucolic respite situated on a 250,000-square-foot plot with room to connect with each other and commune with nature.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Located on the edge of Sloan’s Lake with panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains, this house is designed for healthy living, entertaining and artfulness. The open plan living/dining/kitchen can be opened up with large sliding glass patio doors and windows, embracing outdoor entertaining areas.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has put her characteristic maximalist spin on PoMo, a contemporary art museum in Trondheim , Norway, with a salmon-pink gift shop and a mandarin-hued staircase. The pair sought to balance the building's history with references to Trondheim's skyline and Norwegian folk art and craftsmanship.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

From an art gallery in a converted grain silo to a brick workshop in Vietnam, Dezeen's editorial team have each picked their favourite building of 2024 , out of more than 1,000 we have published throughout the year.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Two sculptural pendant crocodile designs that once formed the centerpiece of Frank Gehry ’s most significant mid-career designs are now for sale at Bonhams as part of the auction house’s first Modern Designs | Art sale of the year. Image courtesy Bonhams.

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Architizer

JANUARY 20, 2025

With an aluminum frame and indoor-level comfort, Obi is a modern outdoor seating collection that perfectly balances simplicity with style, making it ideal for terraces or garden spaces. This seemingly simple feature adds a layer of sophistication, echoing the obi sash that adorns traditional kimonos.

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Dwell

MARCH 14, 2024

"Crafting Modernity" at New York’s Museum of Modern Art positions midcentury houses as sites of experimentation and transformation. Latin America is known for iconic midcentury architecture, from Luis Barragán’s Mexico City houses to Lina Bo Bardi’s glass-walled Casa de Vidro in São Paulo.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Floor-to-ceiling glass is a recurrent motif in the modern high-rise home, offering views out to some of the most spectacular skylines in the world. They represent cutting-edge holistic interior architecture, creating a sweeping, art-directed shift as you glide through them. Read more »

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Whether bold or subtle, interventions like these adapt buildings for modern use, improving function, access and efficiency without erasing their history. Off-white composite stone panels wrap the new construction, punctuated by glass brise soleil that filter light and reflect the surrounding city.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2024

Established in 2018, Westlake University is a new type of research university, a first in the history of modern China, funded through the Westlake Education Foundation. Composed of staggered rectangular glass volumes with precast concrete frames, each building is uniquely detailed with colorful accents and custom mullion patterns.

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designboom

APRIL 30, 2024

lasvit introduced fused glass for architecture, blending tradition with modernity while leading the way in glass artistry. The post lasvit’s ‘re/creation’ emerged with handcrafted fused glass of various textures & forms appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Deep in the heart of rural Quebec, the home was designed for an urbanite family looking for an ultra-modern bucolic respite situated on a 250,000-square-foot plot with room to connect with each other and commune with nature.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Photo by Juliusz Sokoowski (also top) Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, Czech Republic, by KWK Promes One of the most ambitious refurbishments of the year saw architect Robert Konieczny and his Poland-based studio, KWK Promes, convert an abandoned 19th-century slaughterhouse into a major new art museum.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2025

Designed for an art collector and informed by late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld 's bookshelves in his Parisian studio, the roomy shelves hold a variety of art books and other titles. The space, which also functions as an art gallery, is located in a former factory.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2024

I wanted to dress the interior in a modern, bold way to give it a young and relaxed theme," Dihome founder Yevheniia Sytnik told Dezeen. Glass blocks, plywood and concrete are the DNA of this project," said Sytnik. Suprematism is characterised by simple abstract forms such as squares, circles, and rectangles," said Sytnik.

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Architizer

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the demand for sustainable, innovative and beautiful residences continues to grow, architects and designers are redefining the concept of modern living in the Golden State. Now, there’s a wave of single-family homes built around the idea of Coastal Modernism, reinterpreting the past while building for today.

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Archinect

JULY 28, 2023

The research project, funded by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), identified that recycled glass fiber-reinforced polymer composite – a tensile plastic used extensively in car, boat, and plane parts – shows potential for repurposing in building applications.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In modern design, landscape architecture should not be an afterthought; it should be an integral component of the overall project that creates harmony between the built spaces and the natural environment. When we think of architecture, the mind often conjures images of towering structures, intricate façades and innovative forms.

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designboom

MAY 3, 2024

traditional structural elements blend with modern materials such as glass and aluminum. The post line+ revives cliffside ancient rammed-earth village in china introducing songyang art hotel appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

From the iconic spires of the State Capitol to the new, modern structures punctuating the skyline, Denver’s architecture tells a story of resilience and changing identity. It also enhances capacity for outreach and education programs, featuring the Sie Welcome Center as a signature gateway to the city’s art district.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awarded the Centenary Building the first-ever Stirling Prize in 1996, with judges praising it as a "dynamic, modern and sophisticated exercise in steel, glass and concrete". It has stood vacant for over eight years.

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