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Classics: Vanna Venturi House // Robert Venturi

Architects: Robert Venturi. Location:  Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Year: 1964. Photographs: Via #1 #2 . The Vanna Venturi House is perhaps the ur-postmodernist building; the font from which the style sprang. Post-modernism is a reaction to the failure of modernism, rejecting the idea of an ‘international style’ and instead reviving the historical languages of architecture, albeit in an ironized, self-referential manner. […]

Classics: Siedlung Halen // Atelier 5

Architects: Atelier 5. Location: Bern, Switzerland. Year: 1961. Photographs: via Atelier 5 + References Caruso ethz. In a forested location close to Berne, Switzerland, Atelier 5 built the residential community known as The Halen Estate (Siedlung Halen). The development, which was built in 1961 as a demonstration of high-density, low-rise construction, is a significant piece of Modernist architecture from the 20th century […]

Classics: Kino International // Josef Kaiser

Architect: Josef  Kaiser. Location: Berlin, Germany. Year: 1963. Photographs: via Kathrin Behrens,+ +. Berlin’s Kino International movie theatre was constructed between 1961 and 1963. It is located on Karl-Marx-Allee in former East Berlin. It is a historically significant structure that serves as one of the locations for the yearly Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). It has a reinforced concrete frame that is three […]

Svartlamoen housing // BRENDELAND & KRISTOFFERSEN

Architects: BRENDELAND & KRISTOFFERSEN. Location: Trondheim, Norway. Year: 2005. Photographs: David Grandorge, Johan Fowelin. The Svartlamoen community in Stavanger, Norway, is a testament to the potential of timber construction and its ability to foster sustainable, communal living. The area consists of a series of buildings designed and constructed by the architectural firm Brendeland & Kristoffersen, including housing, a kindergarten, and […]