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Jean-Francois Rauzier Art

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Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, "Chorégraphie" (Choreography),

Stones Installation,  Galerie Xippas, Paris, France

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Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States,

Designed by Yann Weymouth

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Research Tower, Johnson Wax Headquarters,

Racine, Wisconsin, USA,

Built: 1944–1950

Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright

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Habitat L, Renon, Italy,

Architekt: Andreas Gruber

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Gaetano Pesce (8 November 1939 – 3 April 2024) 

Pescetrullo, Carovigno, Italy,

Italian artist Gaetano Pesce was commissioned to interpret a hectare of olive trees in Carovigno countryside, in Puglia, Italy by creating a series of playful holiday homes.

Commissioned by Caterina Tognon of Caterina Tognon Arte Contemporaneo, the two mini houses are the portrait of the gallerist and her husband with faces full of expression – pink for her and blue for him.

Together with architects Gabriele Pimpini and Cosimo Cardone of Studio Talent, Gaetano Pesce created a playful example of contemporary architecture in a context saturated in history, effortlessly straddling the worlds of visual art and contemporary design.

The houses are clad in tinted polyurethane, a versatile material readily used for insulation purposes. Pesce’s work has often concentrated on the research of new materials, having experimented with polyurethane since the 1970s.

‘Pescetrullo’ has become one of the most innovative examples of polyurethane used in a permanent architectural setting, which affords the houses with passive thermal properties. As a result, they require virtually little heating during winter and conversely, cooling in summer.

Rest in Power !

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Casa Tune, Cariri, Ceará, Brazil,

FB+MP Arquitetos Associados

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Qu Yuan Plus Restaurant, Yangzhou, China,

Courtesy: LDH DESIGN

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Tulip Staircase by Pedro Luis Ajuriaguerra Saiz.

This ornate, wrought iron structure was the first geometric self-supporting spiral stair in Britain when it was installed in the Queen's House, Greenwich, London. Even today the stairs seem to defy gravity, with its captivating spiral linking the upper floors with the dramatic Great Hall.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

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Public Spaces in Cap Roig, Spain

Courtesy: Michele & Miquel

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Amsterdam courthouse, zuidas district

KAAN architecten

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France by Atelier Gaudin Architectes.

Photograph by Takuji Shimmura / Danica O. Kus Photography

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Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (1934 – February 16, 2024)

Kendrick Bangs Kellogg was the pioneer of organic architecture. In the past decades, Kellogg completed over a dozen striking structures (residential and public), each marked with his distinctly curved, irregular, and expressive style. Influenced by his family’s ties to Frederick Law Olmsted, the ‘Father of Landscape Architecture’, Kellogg’s independent architectural journey began after a brief meeting with Frank Lloyd Wright in 1955.

However, unlike Wright and organic architect Bruce Goff, his style explicitly defies categorization, often alluding to a mix of the Sydney Opera House and Stonehenge.

In fact, Kellogg prioritized durability, solidity, and intricacy, a vision reinforced by his collaboration with visionary clients, using high-quality materials like copper and concrete.

Sculpted over 30 years, the Kellogg Doolittle estate in Joshua Tree California is probably the greatest example of organic architecture signed by Kellogg.

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Urban Tangle, Batam, Indonesia,

Redefining Apartment Living Through Innovative Integration

Architecture firm: oxo_arc

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Ginza Onsen Fujiya, Obanazawa, Japan

Kengo Kuma Architect

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Immeuble Clarté, Geneva, Switzerland

Designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret starting from 1928 and built in 1931–32.

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Antoine Samuel Predock, FAIA (June 24, 1936 – March 2, 2024)

Mr Predock was an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was the principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC, the studio he founded in 1967.

Mr Predock first gained national attention with the La Luz community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first national design competition he won was held by the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University.

Mr Predock's work includes the Turtle Creek House, built in 1993 for bird enthusiasts along a prehistoric trail in Texas, the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, and a new ballpark for the San Diego Padres, the Petco Park. He also worked on international sites such as the National Palace Museum Southern Branch in Southern Taiwan and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba.