formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
For most homeowners a request from a passerby to touch the exterior of their house would probably raise eyebrows. But for the owner of Nina’s House, which is covered with unusual and striking cork insulation panels, it is not only … Continued
The country is known for wooden and ceramic creations – yet many argue these concrete behemoths fit with Japan’s traditional aesthetics too. Source: Radical statement or eyesore? Japan’s divisive brutalist buildings – in pictures | Art and design | The … Continued
English Heritage has a portfolio of more than 880 historical places collected by the government from the 1880s to the 1970s to form a national collection of built and archaeological heritage.This amassing of places represents the state’s efforts to ensure … Continued
The presenter and comedian’s live show feeds his obsession with the nation’s post-second world war suburban architecture. Source: From the sublime to the cringeworthy: Tim Ross on Australia’s housing dream (and nightmare) | Culture | The Guardian
The Centenary Building in Salford was described as ‘dynamic and sophisticated’ when it won the first Stirling prize. Now it is to be knocked down as part of a huge development. Source: Praised, then razed: why is UK’s best building … Continued
Brady Corbet’s Oscar-tipped film is clearly based on real-life modernist master Marcel Breuer but brazenly misrepresents him and his revered modernism. Source: Backlash builds: why the architecture world hates The Brutalist | Film | The Guardian