#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Aug 2025: General Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City – Bùi Quang Hanh & Nguyễn Hữu Thiện, 1971
Alexandra van der Essen explores South Vietnamese modernism via a building ‘wrapped by a curtain’ of concrete to tackle the tropical climate.
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Alexandra van der Essen explores South Vietnamese modernism via a building ‘wrapped by a curtain’ of concrete to tackle the tropical climate.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Aug 2025: General Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City – Bùi Quang Hanh & Nguyễn Hữu Thiện, 1971
Alexandra van der Essen explores South Vietnamese modernism via a building ‘wrapped by a curtain’ of concrete to tackle the tropical climate.
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Alexandra van der Essen explores South Vietnamese modernism via a building ‘wrapped by a curtain’ of concrete to tackle the tropical climate.
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#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for June 2025: The Faris School, Egypt - Hassan Fathy (1957)
Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’
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Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’
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June 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for June 2025: The Faris School, Egypt - Hassan Fathy (1957)
Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’
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Zaina Abou Seif explores Fathy's radically alternative ethic to Euro-centric modernism, reasserting the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge - or ‘architecture without architects.’
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#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for May 2025: The Church of Ave Maria, Florida (2005-08)
Alan Ainsworth explores a monumental 21st century Catholic church of 'steel modernism', located in the drained swamps of central Florida, and owing its existence to Domino’s Pizza.
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Alan Ainsworth explores a monumental 21st century Catholic church of 'steel modernism', located in the drained swamps of central Florida, and owing its existence to Domino’s Pizza.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for May 2025: The Church of Ave Maria, Florida (2005-08)
Alan Ainsworth explores a monumental 21st century Catholic church of 'steel modernism', located in the drained swamps of central Florida, and owing its existence to Domino’s Pizza.
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Alan Ainsworth explores a monumental 21st century Catholic church of 'steel modernism', located in the drained swamps of central Florida, and owing its existence to Domino’s Pizza.
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#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for April 2025: Tom Goodwin explores the eccentric Mole Manor (1982-87), a subterranean Lord of the Rings inspired home in Gloucestershire, and an example of designer Arthur Quarmby's 'anti architecture' that blends into the landscape.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for April 2025: Tom Goodwin explores the eccentric Mole Manor (1982-87), a subterranean Lord of the Rings inspired home in Gloucestershire, and an example of designer Arthur Quarmby's 'anti architecture' that blends into the landscape.
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#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Feb 2025: La maison à gradins, Paris (1912-14)
Alan Ainsworth heads to the 6th arrondissement, visiting a building that straddles vivacious Art Nouveau and proto-modernist, and found unexpected fame in the Last Tango in Paris.
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Alan Ainsworth heads to the 6th arrondissement, visiting a building that straddles vivacious Art Nouveau and proto-modernist, and found unexpected fame in the Last Tango in Paris.
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February 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Feb 2025: La maison à gradins, Paris (1912-14)
Alan Ainsworth heads to the 6th arrondissement, visiting a building that straddles vivacious Art Nouveau and proto-modernist, and found unexpected fame in the Last Tango in Paris.
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Alan Ainsworth heads to the 6th arrondissement, visiting a building that straddles vivacious Art Nouveau and proto-modernist, and found unexpected fame in the Last Tango in Paris.
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#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Jan 2025 // Lanternhouse in Ulverston, Cumbria, by Francis Roberts (1998).
Converted from a National School building of 1834, this playful Arts & Crafts revival became the HQ for unorthodox arts collective Welfare State International.
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Converted from a National School building of 1834, this playful Arts & Crafts revival became the HQ for unorthodox arts collective Welfare State International.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#C20BuildingOfTheMonth for Jan 2025 // Lanternhouse in Ulverston, Cumbria, by Francis Roberts (1998).
Converted from a National School building of 1834, this playful Arts & Crafts revival became the HQ for unorthodox arts collective Welfare State International.
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Converted from a National School building of 1834, this playful Arts & Crafts revival became the HQ for unorthodox arts collective Welfare State International.
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