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- Tiny house in Tokyo funnels light indoors with a curved roof Tue, 18 Jun 19, 2:30amAfter spending a decade commuting to teach at Tokyo’s Waseda University and Art Architecture School, architect Takeshi Hosaka and his wife decided to leave their tiny house in Yokohama for Tokyo, where they would build...
- Light-filled apartment in Le Corbusiers Cit Radieuse hits the market for $741,000 Fri, 16 Mar 18, 10:22pm[...]
- Light Cannon House in Sydney references the sculptural roof forms of Le Corbusier’s famous La Tourette monastery Wed, 3 Feb 16, 5:00pmThe clients commissioned the architects to renovate their existing home and bring more natural light into the artwork-filled interior. In order to solve the rather common of the gloomy south-facing terrace problem, the architect...
- Light Cannon House in Sydney references the scultpural roof forms of Le Corbusier’s famous La Tourette monastery Wed, 3 Feb 16, 5:00pmThe clients commissioned the architects to renovate their existing home and bring more natural light into the artwork-filled interior. In order to solve the rather common of the gloomy south-facing terrace problem, the architect...
- Wartime bomb shelter conceals a tiny and unexpected vacation home Fri, 10 Apr 15, 11:00pmCreated as part of Famous’ advertising campaign, this unusual holiday home is now permanently open for rental accommodations. The concrete bunker is surrounded by rolling green hills and is located in Fort Vuren as part...
- Sobek’s Activhaus produces enough green power to light up the house next door Thu, 5 Feb 15, 5:00pmThe Weissenhof Estate near Stuttgart was a focus point for avant garde architecture in 1927 when Mies van der Rohe and Corbusier created a collection of houses for a public exhibition...
- Daniel Buren’s Colored Glass Installation Lights Up Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse Tue, 12 Aug 14, 3:00pmThe Cité Radieuse’s rooftop originally served as a gym where residents could let of steam and work out while taking in beautiful city views of Marseille...
- Students Recreate Le Corbusier’s Minimalist Maison Dom-Ino as a Pavilion for Venice Biennale Tue, 10 Jun 14, 2:49amArchitect Valentin Bontjes van Beek and a group of students gave Le Corbusier’s famed Maison Dom-Ino second life as a pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale...
- Benoit Challand’s Stilted Roost House is Inspired by Calatrava and Le Corbusier Fri, 14 Feb 14, 12:00amThe Roost House’s angular scaffolds are meant to pay tribute to Santiago Calatrava’s sculptural architecture, while the design of the actual home references Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye and Cabanon...
- Le Corbusier’s Iconic Ronchamp Chapel Damaged by Vandals Wed, 22 Jan 14, 6:45amThe broken window and the other windows in the church are not made from stained glass, because Le Corbusier considered stained glass to be too similar to the old ways of architecture...
- Louis Vuitton Breathes Life into Charlotte Perriand’s Stunning Modernist Beach House Sat, 7 Dec 13, 1:00amPerriand originally designed La Maison au Bord de l'Eau (the house on the water) for a competition in 1934. The prefab beach bungalow was never realized, however, until eight decades later when Louis Vuitton alighted on Perriand...
- Legendary Architect Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Fri, 7 Dec 12, 1:00amRead the rest of Legendary Architect Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aviles, Belo Horizonte, brasilia, centenarian, Design, Le Corbusier, Maine,...
- Architect Extraordinaire Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Fri, 7 Dec 12, 1:00amRead the rest of Architect Extraordinaire Oscar Niemeyer Dies Just Days Before Turning 105 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Aviles, Belo Horizonte, brasilia, centenarian, Design, Le Corbusier, Maine,...
- LEGO Adds Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye To Its Architecture Landmark Series! Sat, 1 Sep 12, 6:00amLe Corbusier‘s iconic Villa Savoye has just been added to LEGO’s famed Architecture Landmark Series! The structure, which lies on the outskirts of Paris, France, is a quintessential example of the International...
- Constructive criticism: the week in architecture Sat, 17 Sep 11, 2:53amThe design world hits high-voltage this week, with flash openings at historic houses, electric cars racing to the future and RIBA unveiling the British pylons of tomorrowLondon Open House takes place this weekend, allowing...