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Moshe Safdie says he 'paid a price' for antagonizing post-modernism

Archinect

” The 84-year-old Habitat 67 mastermind sat down with Rowan Moore to discuss his career and new memoir If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture.

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Oskar Kohnen fills "well-curated" London office with mid-century modern furniture

Deezen

London studio Oskar Kohnen has outfitted a Mayfair office with mid-century modern furniture and contemporary pieces, which "are so well curated that no one would ever dare to throw them away". The post Oskar Kohnen fills "well-curated" London office with mid-century modern furniture appeared first on Dezeen.

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Eight Decades of Modern Japanese Houses

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

A review of a new book released this week: The Japanese House Since 1945 by Naomi Pollock, published by Thames & Hudson, November 2023 ( Amazon / Bookshop ) What makes modern and contemporary Japanese houses so appealing? but most readers will find something new among the 98 houses.

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Curating the modern travel experience

Habitus Living

Designed with the modern millennial traveller in mind, AC by Marriott has opened its first Australian outpost, in Melbourne’s South Bank. Joining him on stage to talk about the power of design are mid-century fanatic (and Habitus issue #20 cover star) Tim Ross , floral artist Hattie Molloy and modern self-care influencer Lauren Trend.

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A modern farmhouse perched on the land

Habitus Living

Set on a one-acre block on the edge of Christchurch, the move offered them the chance to start afresh following the devastating earthquake in 2011. It was this agrarian setting that became the point of inspiration for the home, expressed most acutely with the strong A-frame form, reminiscent of a modern English farmhouse.

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"Reports of modernism's death turned out to be greatly exaggerated"

Deezen

On the 50th anniversary of Pruitt-Igoe's demolition, it's clear that Charles Jencks declaration that modernism had died was a self-serving myth, writes Catherine Slessor. This month sees the 50th anniversary of the "Death of Modern Architecture" as precisely calibrated to the day, hour and minute by Charles Jencks.

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Modern Vernacular: Emerging Firm of the Year Studio Toggle on Pioneering Cross-Cultural Architecture

Architizer

The firm’s work ranges from public-sector, commercial, residential and hospitality architecture to interior design, seamlessly blending modernity and tradition. We started Studio Toggle in 2011 while we were still students in Vienna, and in 2012, we moved to Kuwait to work on our first residential project.

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