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Menil Collection / Renzo Piano | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:06:22 +0000

Architects: Renzo Piano Building WorkshopArea: 10,900 m² (117,327 ft²)Year: 1987Photography: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Fondazione Renzo Piano, Piano & Fitzgerald, Michael Denancé, Shunji Ishida, Mark Carroll, David Crossley, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Ben Smusz, Marc Riboud, François Doria, D Jules Gianakos, Hickey & Robertson Photography, Paul Hester Photography, Wikimedia Commons, Argos’Dad, WhisperToMe, rothkochapel.orgClient: The Menil FoundationCity: ...

15 Timeless Kitchen Design Decisions That Make A Remodel Last

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:43:29 +0000

Timeless kitchen designs are a collection of decisions that still look right after thirty years, and rarely are these decisions the ones that dominated the mood board. Cabinet color, slab pattern, and hardware finish date on a fashion cycle; layout, prep surface, storage, ventilation, light, and material discipline date on a building cycle, and the ...

16 Iconic House Plans That Changed Architecture

Anton Giuroiu — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:30:14 +0000

Iconic house plans are the architectural drawings where private life becomes spatial order: rooms, thresholds, structure, stairs, service cores, gardens, terraces, windows, privacy, labor, ritual, and view are fixed into a plan before they become a house. This article gathers sixteen residential plans that changed how architects think about domestic architecture, from Villa Savoye, Fallingwater, ...

The Ford Foundation / Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:16:02 +0000

Architects: Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and AssociatesArea: 38,600 m² (415,000 ft²)Year: 1967Photography: KRJDA, Ford Foundation, Ezra Stoller, Esto, Richard Anderson, Rian Castillo, Iwan Baan, Wikimedia Commons, Gigi Altarejos, Sarojini Seupersad, Cc2723, ajay_suresh, Epicgenius, KangZeLiuDesign Architects: Kevin Roche, John DinkelooLandscape Architect: Dan KileyStructural Engineer: Severud AssociatesMechanical Engineer: Cosentini AssociatesInterior Design Adviser: Warren PlatnerContractor: Turner ConstructionClient: Ford ...

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art / Zaha Hadid Architects | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:08:40 +0000

Architects: Zaha Hadid ArchitectsArea: 7,642 m² (82,265 ft²)Year: 2003Photography: Contemporary Arts Center, Tony Walsh, Roland Halbe, Paul Warchol, Hélène Binet, Wikimedia Commons, Lanskeith17, WikiArquitecturaDesign Architect: Zaha HadidAssociate Architect: KZF DesignClient: Contemporary Arts CenterCity: CincinnatiCountry: United States Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art cultural building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in Cincinnati, Ohio expanded the presence of ...

Boston City Hall / Kallmann, McKinnell, & Knowles | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:35:20 +0000

Architects: Kallmann, McKinnell, & KnowlesArea: 47,700 m² (513,000 ft²)Year: 1968Photography: Kallmann, McKinnell, & Knowles, Henry Wood, Thibaud Poirier, Luca Onniboni, Utile, Reed Hilderbrand, Anton Grassl, Esto, Indranil Chakraborty, Ron Perry, Peter Vanderwarker, Raj Das Photography, Washingtonydc, 3 Dots, Wikimedia Commons, City of Boston, Bill Lebovich, Gunnar Klack, Ernst Halberstadt, Daniel Schwen, ajay_suresh, NewtonCourt, M2545, 4300streetcar, ...

How Modern Architecture Made Light Its Most Powerful Material

Anton Giuroiu — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:24:39 +0000

In the winter of 1950, Louis Kahn arrived at the American Academy in Rome as a fifty-year-old architect without a masterpiece. He had built public housing in Philadelphia, collaborated on forgettable International Style boxes, and spent decades in a version of competent obscurity. Then, over the following months — traveling from Rome to Egypt and ...

Interview with Carol Phillips of Moriyama Teshima Architects

Anton Giuroiu — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:56:41 +0000

Carol Phillips is a Canadian architect, Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects, a Toronto-based practice founded by Raymond Moriyama and Ted Teshima, recognized for its civic, cultural, educational, and institutional architecture. A graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Phillips has led many of ...

Villa Roche / Le Corbusier | Classics on Architecture Lab

Anton Giuroiu — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:44:16 +0000

Architects: Le Corbusier, Pierre JeanneretArea: 500 m² (5,382 ft²)Year: 1925Photography: Le Corbusier, Steve Cadman, Harold Hollingsworth, Rory Hyde, Amaury Henderick, Jaques, Oliver Martin Gambier, Hiepler Brunier, Monceau, Hans Jan Dürr, Cemal Emden, Andy Marshall, soft machine, Wikimedia Commons, Radomir Cernoch, WikiArquitectura, architecture-history.orgClient: Raoul La RocheUNESCO World Heritage Site: 2016City: ParisCountry: France Villa La Roche house ...

House for Rejuvenation / JK-AR

Anton Giuroiu — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:37:13 +0000

Architects: JK-ARArea: 951.19 m²Photography: RohspaceLead Architects: Jae K. KimArchitects Team: Jae K. Kim, Gyutae Kim, Yesol Lee, Sookran KwakContractor: Gapbong Kim, Dohyung Kim, Minho Kim (Stuga House)Structural Engineering: Agehara Shigeo (Structural Net), Byeongsoon Park (Theo Structure)MEP Engineering: Jongtaek Lee (Yoosung Engineering)Landscape Design: Jaehyeok Choi (Openness Studio)Materials: European red pine glulam, domestic red pineCity: Gyeongju-siCountry: Republic ...