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London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre: Sculpture and Decay on Holloway Road

Posted on August 15, 2007 by camille

Daniel Libeskind’s LMU Graduate Centre overlooking Holloway Road As if to make up for its historical reluctance to, and often outright disavowal of, modern architecture, England and London in particular have become a hotbed of architectural advancement and ingenuity. Home … Continue reading →

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Zaha Hadid

Posted on August 5, 2007 by camille

As a current architect, Zaha Hadid seems to reach toward the future. Although critics tout her as the visionary of modern-day architecture, Hadid’s work, characterized by free-flowing forms, streamlined shapes, and even at times gesturing towards, as one puts it, … Continue reading →

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Table at Mackintosh’s Hill House

Posted on July 23, 2007 by camille

Walking into the south-facing drawing room of Mackintosh’s Hill House, this little table is what first caught my eye.  Well-known, often revered, and more often copied, Mackintosh furniture holds a particularly special place within his buildings, almost always explicitly intended … Continue reading →

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Frederic C. Hamilton Building

Posted on July 15, 2007 by camille

Daniel Libeskind’s extension to the Denver Art Museum, recently completed in October 2006, is a baffling piece of architecture. An archetype of deconstructivism, the building shies away from formal analysis– it appears to be built upon a logic of its … Continue reading →

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