Here’s an index to the various entries of “My favourite modernist building …” and related posts Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 2nd March 2017
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When did “modernist” work start and finish? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 20th September 2016
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The state houses of the First Labour Government (1935-1949) are justly famous Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 7th September 2016
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College House (Warren and Mahoney, 1964-70)
A mature work by what was at the time a young practice. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 6th September 2016
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Sverre Fehn’s 1962 Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is a building that transfers Nordic light to Venice. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 5th September 2016
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The Farnsworth House in Southern Illinois by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is for me a clear, quiet statement of Modernist architecture. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 3rd September 2016
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