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“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners” – Antonio Gaudi
Completed in 1938 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is as relevant as ever. In 1935, the Kaufmann family commissioned the architect to design a summer home. The house…
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Completed in 2018 on a peaceful beach along the coast of northern China’s Bohai Bay, the UCCA Dune Art Museum designed by Chinese architecture firm OPEN Architecture is carved into…
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Designed in 1960 by Fernando Higueras, the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute in Madrid (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural), also known as “La Corona de Espinas” ( The Crown of Thorns), is…
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In 2018 Indian architecture firm Sameep Padora and Associates completed the Maya Somaiya Library in Maharashtra, India. Inspired by the material efficiencies of the Catalan tile vault, the library becomes…
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In 1973 Agustín Hernández Navarro completed the house for her sister Amalia Hernández who was a dancer, choreographer and the founder of the Ballet Folklórico de México. The architect demonstrates…
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Completed in 1995, the Satelite House Complex, designed by Javier Senosiain, is one of the best examples of Mexican organic architecture. Influenced by architects such as Gaudí, Hundertwasser, and Frank Lloyd…
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Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and school in the desert of Arizona from 1937 until 1959. Today it is the main campus of The School of…
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The Wayfarers Chapel was designed by Lloyd Wright, son of the pioneering American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the late ’40s and was built in 1951. The architect conceived the…
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The Princesa building was completed in 1975 by Fernando Higueras and Antonio Miró. Originally built for military retirees, it is now the inner-city home of many design-oriented entrepreneurs and young…
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