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The private house of architect and panter Konstantion Melnikov in Krivoarbatsky Lane in Moscow is the finest existing specimen of Melnikov's work. It was completed in 1927-1929 and consists of two intersecting cylindrical towers decorated with a pattern of hexagonal windows. His flow of..

From the outside, the building appears like a dark, closed block, its roof curving down low on the edges. It is clad in anthracite grey basalt lava on the façades and roof surfaces: thus it is clearly set apart from the adjacent level and seems to emerge from the deep. Large connected interior..

One of Walter Gropius' earlier works still shows expressionist influences which was apparent during the first years of the Bauhaus. Nevertheless the Otte House is an important step towards the functionalist architecture which was to become the trademark of Bauhaus architecture. In a..

Byker Wall is the name given to a long unbroken block of 620 maisonettes in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a part of the Byker Estate which was built between 1969 and 1982 by the late architect Ralph Erskine assisted by Vernon Gracie. It covers an area of approximately..

Jean Nouvel, the building’s architect described the this 23-storey condominium tower on 11th Avenue in New York as “a vision machine” designed to create visual excitement for both residents inside the building and passers-by on the street.

Over ensuing years Nouvel has woven art, history,..

The Sainsbury Wing built by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, in association with Sheppard Robson Architects in 1991 on the only unbuilt site on London's Trafalger Square connects to and reflects the original National Gallery (built by William Wilkins in 1838) while maintaining its own..

Stimulated by the euphoria around the commissioning of Mies van der Rohe for the construction of the New National Gallery 1962 in Berlin, Hans Maria Wingler, founding director of the Bauhaus Archive, asked Walter Gropius, the founding director of the original Bauhaus, if he would like to design a..

The Siemensstadt residential estate was launched by the Berlin Senate in 1928. it was designed by a group of architects, namely Hans Scharoun, Walter Gropius, Otto Bartning and Rudolf Häring, which called itself the Ring. Two further architects, Fred Forbat who worked with Walter Gropius at the..