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In 1530 Portugal began a radical rejection of the decorative wealth of the Manueline style, turning instead to a minimalist aesthetic with roots in military architecture, which for quite some time had become a status symbol in Portugal, one of Europe’s leading colonial powers.
So it was that by the time Philip II of Spain assumed [...]
Located in the stylish St. Martin’s Lane Hotel in the heart of London’s Convent Garden,... Read More »
Auguststrasse, in Berlin’s Mitte District, is rapidly becoming gentrified, attracting artists and... Read More »
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The Complex belongs to a shooting range and is located next to a sand dune. Main View of Moscow... Read More »
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Besides reconstructing a historic villa destroyed in 1997, the architect added... Read More »
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Louvre Pyramid I. M. Pei For centuries the Louvre has served as the architectural representation... Read More »
This restaurant for the staff of a sportswear manufacturing company... Read More »
Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna Built in two phases in 1903-6 the Vienna Post... Read More »
Steel, moulded glass, shattered glass, glass punctured by bullets, fibber optics systems and enlarged circuit... Read More »
Leo von Klenze, Walhalla, near Regensburg, 1830-42 Symbol of the concept both archaeological... Read More »
The building is really a garbed entrance to the territory of a factory. Its compact and small... Read More »
Early in the 18th century Tsar Peter the Great founded the city of St Petersburg.... Read More »
The prestigious shopping and office center is built right next to its older counterpart, leaving... Read More »
Located on the central Slava square, next to the seat of regional government... Read More »
Showroom, office, press box, or artist’s atelier – there are almost no restrictions to the... Read More »
While the impracticalities of life in a glass box rendered the Farnsworth House an unlikely... Read More »
The initial proposal was an interior design scheme for the bar of a hotel facing Marlene DietrichPlatz... Read More »
There are literally only a handful of buildings in Reykjavik which are around 100 years old. So even though... Read More »
Haus Trub is designed by Agps Architecture (Marc Angehl, Sarah Graham, Manuel Scholl, Reto Henninger,... Read More »
Aerial view of New Mariinsky Theater The appearance of this reasoned geometry creates an architectonic... Read More »
The piano nobile of the house with the rounded corner is clad in red brick, while its... Read More »
Who knows how many jewels are hidden on the countless islands of the... Read More »
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