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24 Worldwide Winning Projects of the Prix Versailles 2023

With a total of 95 new projects recognized by Prix Versailles, the 24 global win...

Phoenix Bridge / Zaha Hadid Architects

The new Phoenix bridge represents the evolution of the Striatus, the first-of-it...

K.house / KCONCEPT + KOHARCHITECTS

K.house is a garden house in the center of Phan Thiet city. It is a new house bu...

World Habitat Awards 2024 Recognize Housing Initiatives...

International non-profit organization World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habi...

With 200 Days Left, Paris Prepares for the 2024 Olympic...

As the countdown to the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris ticks away, the city is ma...

Biosourced Positive Energy School Group / R2K Architectes

2k architecte presents Oiseau Lyre, a school with Nordic inspiration in Noisy-le...

Landscape Of Traces / XRANGE Architects

The Railway Department Park, part of the National Taiwan Museum, occupies a site...

Building Energy Saving Retrofit in Liu Lian Primary Sch...

Pingdi Liulian Primary School is a school scene in the "Five Ones" Energy Saving...

Karry's Peral Restaurant / ZHZ studio

"Kai Zhen(Karry's Peral Restaurant is located in Sanlitun, one of Beijing's bus...

Chamisero House / Elton&Deves Arquitectos + Chamorro A...

The house is developed on a single level and with direct contact to the land at ...

Ocarina House / LCLA Office

Designed for an artist who decided to live near his studio in the countryside, t...

InovaUSP (The Research and Innovation Center of the Uni...

The Research and Innovation Center of the University of São Paulo (InovaUSP) can...

La Guiara Colomos Building / Trópico de Arquitectura + ...

Located in one of the areas with the most trees in Guadalajara, enjoying a micro...

From Red to Green: The Contradictory Aesthetics of Oxid...

For a small child, understanding the concept of time and its passage is very dif...

HOUJIE TIMES Commercial Complex / TurtleHill Architectu...

This project is located in Houjie Town, Dongguan City, which used to be the buil...

Costuming THE CROWN at Winterthur

Last month I went to Winterthur (for the first time no less, can you believe i...

A visit to Winterthur

As I mentioned in my previous post, Costuming the Crown, a few weeks ago I wen...

The Landmark Trust chateau -or the most perfect little ...

On my recent vacation spent touring English country houses one of the best dec...

MGM Style - Cedric Gibbons and the art of the golden ag...

 As long time readers of this blog may remember, I'm a huge fan of movies, par...

The Parisians: Tastemakers at Home

As I prepare for my trip to Paris next week, I'm salivating over the houses f...

Classical Baltimore pied-à-terre for sale

One of my many hobbies is tracking real estate (yes they are all architectural...

The Villa Kerylos and the 'Villa of Delirium' by Adrien...

The Cote D'Azur conjures up all sorts of romantic images, and one of the most ...

Architectural collection at the Palais de Chaillot, Tro...

One of the great tourist attractions in Paris lies in Trocadero, the Palais de...

John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery, S...

While much of the city is on self-imposed quarantine as we figure out Covi...

Learning from Ledoux

Claude Nicolas Ledoux has always been one of my favorite architects but findin...

Architect Mihran Mesrobian at home

Last fall I had the pleasure of touring the home of noted local architect Mihr...

The most beautiful mantel in the world

As so often happens with blogging, time gets away from you.  As time builds you ...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

I wanted to drop by to wish you all a Merry Christmas, from my home to yours.  S...

The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky at Hillwood

I'm back here at the blog to let you know about an amazing exhibit that has rece...