Last Friday, 25 January, Florence Knoll Bassett, the creative force behind the legendary furniture company Knoll, and designer pioneered of modern open-plan office concept , whose influential…
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Florence Knoll Bassett in 1961. For 20 years she was instrumental in building Knoll Associates into the largest and most prestigious high-end design firm of its kind. Image Ray Fisher/The LIFE Images Collection, via Getty Images

Florence Knoll Basset, office design pioneer, passes away at 101

Chuey House, XX midcentury home constructed by architect Richard Neutra is still looking for a buyer willing to either live in the 1,896-…
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Robert & Josephine Chuey House, designed by Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, CA, 1956. Photograph by Julius Shulman courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

A question, on conditions to preserve a Richard Neutra home

Last Friday, Dr. Valentín Fuster was the guest of the Juan March Foundation. During a long and interesting interview, he himself mentioned the usual phrase "beware of the doctors" among the typical smiles of the audience. The intelligence of the…
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"Beware of doctors" ... or better ... of Stephen Bayley

"Beware of doctors" ... or better ... of Stephen Bayley

In Jan Dalley's FT piece, the British architect expresses his concerns about architecture as a mere tool of the free market, the shrinking role of architects as society builders, and why we are building "horrible cities.", full_html
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David Chipperfield. Photograph by Rolex/Tina Ruisinger

We’ve lost our social purpose. We are discussing housing as if it were a strange product like washing machines...

The architect's profession and its imaginary. A text by Josep Lluís Mateo. , full_html
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"Le bon sauvage". Imagen cortesía de Mateo Arquitectura

"Le bon sauvage" by Josep Lluís Mateo

What is the relationship between architecture and design? Only Design? From what aspects and points of view are the idea and the design concept interpreted? Is the Anglo-Saxon vision of the concept of design the same as the rest of the world, or is…
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Cover of Superhumanity: Design of the Self. Cover design: Liam Gillick

Are Architecture and Design the same? Redesigning the Human: Superhumanity

The morning started early. The first guests were called to be punctual, at 7.15 in the morning, and the rest entered in successive batches according to the color of their different accreditation cards: white, purple, green ... The access was quite…
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Future is now panel. Image © Norman Foster Foundation

Future is now, and more...

German Democratic Republic (GDR) departed from East Berlin railway station to the Soviet Union. The idea of the trip was to learn and gather information to discuss what should be the roadmap of urbanism. , full_html
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Travel to Moscow. The "Anti_Athenas Charter"

Considered one of the most important and influential architects of Brazilian architecture, João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985) has as one outstanding characteristics the embodiment of his political and social ideologies in his works. He was…
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João Batista Vilanova Artigas. Political convictions expressed in his works

Beatriz Colomina is one of the architects who has worked harder to redefine the panorama of thought and architectural criticism. Her books are a reference for any researcher of contemporary architecture. , full_html
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Beatriz Colomina at the Third Istanbul Design Biennial. Photograph © Mahmut Ceylan

Interview with Beatriz Colomina