Casa Sperimentale

One of the most visionary built experiments of 20th century architecture was created through the per...

Franz Kline

Around 1950, Franz Kline radically simplified painting: “Instead of making a sign you can read, yo...

Kenzo Tange

Kenzo Tange was born September 4, 1913 in Osaka, Japan. After graduating from the University of Toky...

Carlo Scarpa: Sketch and Work

There is hardly another architect of the 20th century in whose work the progression from sketch to c...

Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture

A selection of remarkable work by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.

The Glass House

"This house was Philip Johnson's autobiography—all of his interests were visible, and all of his a...

Jean-Jaques Lequeu

Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1825) worked as a draughtsman at Rouen, and from 1779 in Paris at the Cad...

Bring the outside in: The houses of Joseph Eichler

“Eichlers,” as they are referred to in California, are midcentury modern tract homes developed b...

Harrison and Abramovitz

Architects Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz, who worked independently in New York in a partnershi...

Mass, space, plane and line

"The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...

André Bloc - Sculptures Habitacles

From 1962 to 1966, André Bloc created his habitable sculptures. This work marks the evolution of th...

Harry Seidler

Harry Seidler was born in Vienna in 1923 as son of Rose and Max Seidler. Rose was able to pursue her...

Antonio Sant´Elia: The house of concrete, glass and steel

"No architecture has existed since 1700. A moronic mixture of the most various stylistic elements us...

Gio Ponti, Architetto

Gio Ponti (born Nov. 18, 1891, Milan, Italy—died Sept. 15, 1979, Milan) graduated in 1921 from the...

Absalon: Cellules

Cellules d'habitation: 6 residential modules of 9 square metres, designed to fit in 6 major cities (...

Urban Robot: The early works of 伊東 豊雄 Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄) was born 1 June 1941 in Seoul, Korea to Japanese parents. In 1943, he moved...

Softer

Softer than Steel: Nendo for Desalto.

Le Corbusier: Original Interiors

A selection of original interiors by Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier).

Hans Poelzig: Architecture as Gesamtkunstwerk

Architect Hans Poelzig (1869 – 1936) was an eclectic visionary. He worked with sculptural effects,...

Football and architecture

In Brazil, a country of 200 million people, the lack of housing is estimated at 5.2 million homes, 1...

Passage

The crossing of the Mediterranean Sea is a particularly deadly stage of the path of migrants to Euro...

Parc de la Villette, Paris

The participants in the 1982 architecture competition for the Parc de la Villette in Paris saw submi...

Luigi Pellegrin: Visionary of Architecture

In 1930, Luigi Pellegrin’s father is working on the Buon Pastore compound in Rome, the future seat...

MR House, Costa Esmeralda

MR House, Costa Esmeralda, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Architects: Luciano Kruk with Arch ...

10 Calories Tower

The Labyrinth or 10 Cal Tower: A walkable watch tower by the beach by Supermachine Studio in Bangsae...

Greenhouses for the city: Spaceplates

A greenhouse is a contained quantity of air and light which extends the growing season and enables t...

The Tallest Buildings in the World

The tallest buildings in the world in 1901 New York City and other images from the United States aro...

Carmelo Baglivo: Architectural Collage

Carmelo Baglivo studied Architecture at "La Sapienza" University, Rome. He worked for Max Dudler in ...

Frei Otto

To learn how to build economically, environmentally and in harmony with nature, Frei Otto founded th...

Lebbeus Woods: After Destruction

"After destruction, it is not possible to immediately resume the old, disrupted ways of living. Inde...

William Pereira

William Leonard Pereira (April 25, 1909 – November 13, 1985) was an American architect. Born in Ch...

Lateral Office: Arctic Food Network

The traditional Inuit diet, which is centered on hunting and fishing, has been slowly compromised by...

Lateral Office: Clearing

Trailing us like a shadow, our personal space is always present, but we are typically only aware of ...

Piet Blom: Creating a Society

“Architecture is more than creating a place to live,” stated Piet Blom, “you create a society....

A house is a work of art: Kazuo Shinohara

“A house is a work of art” said Kazuo Shinohara (1925-2006), one of the most influential figures...

Rasmus Norlander: Still life

Rasmus Norlander is a Swedish photographer specialized in architecture, construction and technical p...

Raimund Abraham

"For me the piece of paper is the space and the pencil the tool with which to intervene and shape." ...

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho studied architecture at the National School of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro...

Johann David Steingruber: Architektonisches Alphabet

Johann David Steingruber was an architectural designer and builder in the service of margrave Karl W...

Alfabeto Pittorico by Antonio Basoli

Antonio Basoli (Castel Guelfo, 1774–1848) was an Italian painter, interior designer, scenic design...

Massimo Scolari

Massimo Scolari graduated in architecture in Milan in 1969. In 1973 he became a professor of History...

Balthazar Korab - Eero Saarinen

Balthazar Korab was born in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. In Paris he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts...