Milan, Zurich, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm: Our writer devised her own urban grand tour to some of the continent’s most dazzling cities.
Category: Architecture
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Why Is Hollywood Obsessed With Architects? ‘The Brutalist’ Gives Us a Hint.
The trope of the embattled auteur exerting their will is too tempting for filmmakers to ignore.
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Can a Finnish Sauna Improve Society?
Contemporary sweat baths reflect the country’s architectural past — and propose a future in which simple, sustainable buildings can still be sublime.
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After ‘The Brutalist,’ a Few Predictions for the Next Big Architecture Movie
As “The Brutalist” heads into Oscar night with 10 nominations, Hollywood is clamoring for its next big architecture hit. Our illustrator has some ideas.
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On the Japanese Coast, a Carefully Restored Modernist Marvel
The revival of a midcentury home places the work of the unsung architect Junzo Yoshimura in a new context.
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A New York Home Designed for a Real-Life Couple and Their Imaginary Muse
How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.
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150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garner Opera House
It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 performances scheduled for this season.
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Loving an ‘Untouched’ Modernist House, and Then Getting Down to Work
A couple bought a home in Palo Alto, Calif., that was designed by an associate of Frank Lloyd Wright. Happily, they were also smitten with the two-year renovation.
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Clean and Calm, in Grays, Blacks and Whites
A couple found plenty of sunlight in their new house in Chicago, all that was needed was the added ‘coolness.’
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How ‘The Brutalist’ Conjures Up a Grand Building That Doesn’t Exist
It was the production designer who actually drafted an architect character’s vision. Showing it onscreen without constructing it was a film feat.
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The 10 Architectural Sites You Should See in São Paulo
These buildings and places capture the city’s playful approach to concrete-and-asphalt Modernism.
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The Artist Dennis Maher’s Dollhouse-Filled Home in Buffalo, N.Y.
The artist Dennis Maher — who rescued his Buffalo, N.Y., home from the brink of destruction — has always treasured what others have overlooked.