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Modern Architecture’s Male-Dominated History Just Got a Major Rewrite

Dwell

"Students will now hear about Lilly Reich’s pivotal role in the design of Mies van der Rohe’s world-renowned chairs and Barcelona Pavilion, and Anne Tyng’s hand in the interior design of Louis Kahn’s Yale University Art Gallery and Design Center. Weekend House, Schroeder, MN, 2009. They are unsung heroes."

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Architecture is Awesome: #34 Adaptive Reuse

SW Oregon Architect

The Tate Modern, an example of adaptive reuse (photo by MasterOfHisOwnDomain, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) This is another in my series of posts inspired by 1000 Awesome Things , the Webby Award-winning blog written by Neil Pasricha. Taking an adaptive approach allowed builders to create a unique and beautiful art gallery.

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Fifteen landmark projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner David Chipperfield

Deezen

Museum of Modern Literature, 2007, Germany In 2007, David Chipperfield Architects won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Museum of Modern Literature at Marbach am Neckar in Germany. Opened in 2009, it sits at the border of Barcelona and l'Hospitalet to unify their government's legal departments in one place.

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This Secluded, Wood-Clad Longhouse in Scotland Is Cozy Incarnate

Dwell

Location : Dalry, Scotland Price : £880,000 (approximately $1,080,582 USD) Architect : Simon Winstanley Year Built : 2009 Footprint : 2,067 square feet (four bedrooms, three bath) Lot Size : 14 acres From the Agent : " This RIBA award–winning longhouse was designed by the architect Simon Winstanley in 2009.

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Inside an award-winning Primrose Hill home by Eldridge Smerin

The Spaces

Arts and Crafts meets angular contemporary design at this London property in Primrose Hill, renovated and expanded by award-winning practice Eldridge Smerin. Eldridge Smerin scooped RIBA’s Building Design One-off House Architect of the Year award in 2009. Now, The Modern House is listing the Primrose Hill home for £11.5m.

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Radical Sliding House is for sale in the Suffolk countryside

The Spaces

Comprising three separate structures – the main house, garage and guest annexe – the 2009 Huntingfield property has won a slew of awards, including RIBA’s ‘Best New Build’ accolade. The Modern House is listing the RIBA-award-winning Suffolk property for £1m.

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"Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London's greatest joys"

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The Supreme Court's ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London's views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. That deck, which opened not far from Tate Modern in 2002, was occasionally open to the public (it, too, has closed, with the building currently shuttered).

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