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Interval with Tomaž Ebenšpanger of Skupaj Arhitekti

Anton Giuroiu — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:35:55 +0000

Tomaž Ebenšpanger is a Slovenian architect and founder of Skupaj Arhitekti, a Slovenia-based practice working primarily across residential architecture. The studio operates through a reduced and precise design language, engaging architecture through tectonic clarity, material logic, and a direct reading of the site. House on the Edge of the Plain reflects this approach, where structure ...

Interview with Xiang Huang and SongYan Mao Primary Architects

Anton Giuroiu — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:46:33 +0000

Xiang Huang and SongYan Mao are Chinese architects and co-founders of Primary Architects, a China-based practice established in 2020 that works across architecture, planning, interiors, and landscape through an integrated, context-driven approach. The studio positions design as a response to site, use, and perception, engaging spatial experience, construction logic, and everyday life while resisting predefined ...

Eames House / Charles and Ray Eames | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:40:21 +0000

Architects: Charles and Ray EamesArea: 140 m² (1507 ft²)Year: 1949Photography: eamesfoundation.org, eamesoffice.com, Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith, Stephen Canon, An Amateur, edward stojakovic, Dystopos, ercwttmn, “Ilpo’s Sojourn”, rpa2101, architecture-history.org, architectenwerk.nlCity: Los AngelesCountry: USA Eames House residential building designed by Charles and Ray Eames in Los Angeles has redefined postwar domestic architecture through prefabrication, spatial ...

Wainwright Building / Adler & Sullivan | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:20:47 +0000

Architects: Adler & Sullivan (Dankmar Adler, Louis Sullivan)Year: 1891Photography: Adler & Sullivan, Cole Woodcox, Emil Boehl, William A. Zbaren, University of Missouri, Missouri History Museum, Reading Tom, bluebike, fitzgene, pasa47, w_lemayAssociate Architect: Charles K. RamseyClient: Ellis WainwrightCity: St. LouisCountry: United States Wainwright Building, an office building designed by Adler & Sullivan in St. Louis, has ...

Lever House / SOM | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:09:46 +0000

Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Gordon Bunshaft, Natalie de BloisArea: 26,903 m² (289,584 ft²)Year: 1952Photography: SOM, Lever House Art Collection, Lucas Blair Simpson, Ezra Stoller | Esto, Florian Holzherr, Columbia University, Elisa.rolle, Beyond My Ken, Irene A. Banks, Seth Tisue, Osvaldo valdes 165443, Epicgenius, H. GrobeEngineers: Jaros, Baum & Bolles, Weiskopf & PickworthInterior Design: ...

MIT Chapel / Eero Saarinen | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:44 +0000

Architects: Eero SaarinenYear: 1955Photography: Eero Saarinen and Associates, Iñaki Bergera, Gunnar Klack, Trevor Patt, Wikimedia Commons, Madcoverboy, NateBergin, archjourney.org, j.czliao, caribbeanfreephoto, isabelle, kathia shiehCity: CambridgeCountry: United States MIT Chapel, a religious building designed by Eero Saarinen in Cambridge, has redefined non-denominational sacred space through controlled light, material restraint, and spatial introspection, completed in 1955. MIT ...

Sigurd Lewerentz: Biography, Works, Awards

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:15:34 +0000

Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975) was a Swedish architect whose work moved from Nordic Classicism to austere modernism, shaped by engineering training at Chalmers University of Technology and apprenticeships in Germany and Stockholm under Carl Westman, Ragnar Östberg, and Ivar Tengbom. Lewerentz’s practice began in 1911, with the 1915 winning entry for Skogskyrkogården with Gunnar Asplund, followed ...

Glenn Murcutt: Biography, Works, Awards

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:09:12 +0000

Glenn Murcutt, born in London in 1936 and raised in Australia, is an Australian architect known for climate-responsive design and critical regionalism. Murcutt received his architectural education at Sydney Technical College, where he completed his Diploma of Architecture in 1961. He founded his practice in 1969 and developed a body of work focused on lightweight, ...

L Residence / LANZA Atelier

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:58:14 +0000

Architects: LANZA AtelierArea: 58 m²Year: 2016Photography: Onnis LuqueLead Architects: Isabel Abascal, Alessandro ArienzoArchitects Team: Alejandro Márquez, Jéssica HernándezManufacturers: Helvex, Kommerling, MasluzMaterials: Brick, locally produced materials, glazingLocation: Valle de BravoCountry: Mexico The L Residence by LANZA Atelier reinterprets the relationship between circulation and domestic space through a compact extension embedded within an existing house in Valle ...

PP Nutritionist Office / LANZA Atelier

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:57:07 +0000

Architects: LANZA AtelierArea: 16 m²Year: 2019Photography: Luis YoungLead Architects: Isabel Abascal, Alessandro ArienzoDesign Team: Sofía ValdovinosMaterials: Mortar, pigment, wood, tile, paintClient: Peggy PoliduraCity: Mexico CityCountry: Mexico PP Nutritionist Office is a compact adaptive reuse project located within a residential garden in Mexico City. Designed by LANZA Atelier, the intervention transforms a former laundry drying area ...