The St. Mary’s Cathedral was built in 1964 and designed by Kenzo Tange to replace the old wooden cathedral, in gothic style, burnt during wartime. Tange’s project is both Modernist and Metabolist, abstract and…
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3D modeling softwares are a necessary tool for architects. It allows the creation of building models, interior designs, or structural designs. Professionals widely use them, but students also benefit from…
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In 1965 Richard Meier completed the Meier House for his parents, nestled in a natural setting in Essex Fells. Large glass walls bring the beauty of nature inside, blurring the…
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Completed in 1996 by Indian architect Charles Correa, the Vidhan Bhavan ( State Assembly), in the capital city of Bhopal, for the Government of Madhya Pradesh was commissioned in 1980…
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LA-based architecture practice, KAP Studios, has just completed its first residential project – four new family townhouses in Culver City for developer, Wylan James. The townhouse model, unusual for this…
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In 2020, MVRDV designed the new flagship store for French lingerie brand Etam in a nineteenth-century Haussmann building. The project demonstrates respect for the existing historic building while responding to…
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In 2021, Japanese architecture firm KiKi ARCHi completed the Anna Garden House, a residential renovation project in the Changping District, 30km North of Beijing, recalling the owner’s childhood memories in…
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Luis Barragan House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragan, is the architect’s former residence in Mexico City. Initially completed in 1948, it has now become a museum exhibiting…
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The SESC Pompéia Factory is a unique adaptive reuse project designed by one of Modernism’s best-known female architects: Lina Bo Bardi. Originally a drum factory, Bo Bardi transformed the structure…
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The Seagram Building on Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958. The building’s particular conception and construction were…
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The Richards Medical Research Laboratories project, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, was designed in 1957 by American architect Louis Kahn and is considered a breakthrough in…
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Summer is the perfect time for trying new things. This can mean anything from taking up a new hobby or learning to play that sport you’ve been wanting to try…
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Officially opened on the 24th of May 2022, the Elizabeth line is London’s newest railway. The new line, designed by Grimshaw Architects in collaboration with Atkins, Maynard, and Equation, brings…
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Completed in 2019, the “Growing Up” West Kowloon Pavilion designed by New Office Works (NOW) captures familiar elements fundamental to Hong Kong, embedding and cultivating them within the fabric of…
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Ziggurats were ancient towering, stepped structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels. They were made…
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