Tag: Architectural Style
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Villa Shodhan
(or Shodhan House) is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1956.
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum of Columbus Headquarters was a large building designed by Kevin Roche and built-in between 1965 and 1972 in New...
From Lodge to Villa, Vernacular modernism in ViệtNam
**Article written by Phạm Phú Vinh ** Modernism diasporas can be found anywhere in the world.
Skopje
The capital city of the North Macedonia (formerly "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia") in the southern Balkans has at least two sights that put in on...
Christ the Redeemer
(Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by...
Cristo Rei
The Christ the King statue (Portuguese: Cristo Rei) also known as the Sacred Heart statue, is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Garajau, Madeira.
Russian Army Theater
“The representative buildings of Stalinist architecture — the wedding-cake skyscrapers of the “Seven Sisters” in Moscow, for instance — were far more...
Zacherlhaus
Johann Evangelist Zacherl was the son of industrialist Johann Zacherl, who had amassed wealth and prestige through the manufacture and distribution of...
Mathildenhöhe
Joseph Maria Olbrich was chosen by the duke Erns Ludwig Von Essen to design an artist colony after the success of the Secession Exhibition Hall in 1897.
Piazza d’Italia
One of the most significant developments in later-20th-century architecture (as well as in contemporaneous painting and sculpture) was postmodernism.
Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation
The Mémorial des martyrs de la Déportation (English: Memorial to the martyrs of the Deportation) is a memorial to the 200,000 people who were deported...
KGB cells Tallinn
Part of the basement of a large building in the Old Town of Tallinn in which the infamous KGB had some of its cells for incarceration and interrogation...
PEI Ark
In 1974, the provincial and federal governments invited the Cape Cod-based New Alchemy Institute to construct a demonstration on Prince Edward Island of...
Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum, Berlin One of Berlin 's most acclaimed new museums (opened 2001).
Applied Art and Constructivism: Solly Gold
This article is part of the Listening Rooms series, a personal project curated by Biljana Janjusevic that propose mapping of the crucial interior design...
Felsenbad Gastein
***Article written by Julian Mändl*** Over decades Bad Gastein, a small mountain village nestled deep in the eastern part of the Austrian Alps, held the...
Bridge of Houses
“The historical model of houses on bridges serves here as a premise, a site for architectural invention.
Church of Cserépváralja
Partizan Architecture was established in 2013 in Budapest. The studio is currently formed by Zoltán Major and Péter Müllner.
Thick
This article is part of the Hidden Architecture Series “Attitude” , where we explore current works by contemporain architectes which, despite its...
Brion tomb
The Brion tomb, also known as the Brion sanctuary and Brion-Vega tomb, in San Vito d'Altivole near Treviso, Italy, is the burial ground of the Brion...
Palace of Knossos
The features of the palace depend on the time period. Currently visible is an accumulation of features over several centuries, the latest most dominant.
Prague
The capital of the Czech Republic … and one of the world's foremost city tourism destinations – and it also has a couple of things to offer to the dark...
Posta Bellinzona
More and more frequently in recent years, many architectures have expressed a desire for reconciliation with the city, with the surroundings and with the...
Villa Sarabhai
or Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai, is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India.
Kensal House
This article is part of the [Sí] , a personal project curated by Marta López García where she wills to shed light on a twice silenced reality.
Railway Sleeper House
In the 1970s Japanese architects were searching for independence.
Chrysler Building – Lobby and Observatory
Chrysler Building is probably the most well-kwon and emblematic building in the world.
Congress Centre Gastein
***Article written by Julian Mändl*** Over decades Bad Gastein, a small mountain village nestled deep in the eastern part of the Austrian Alps, held the...
Riga
The capital of Latvia and largest city in the Baltics.
Maison de l’Iran
The Iran House, one of Claude Parent’s most outstanding buildings stands among a rich collection of architectural styles ranging from modernist to...
KGB building Riga
KGB building and cells The former seat of the infamous Soviet secret security service KGB in Latvia ’s capital city Riga .