Fantasy: The Imagination of Yakov Chernikhov
For an artist who seems to so effortlessly capture the Soviet Constructivist zeitgeist, Yakov Chernikhov bore little allegiance to any…
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For an artist who seems to so effortlessly capture the Soviet Constructivist zeitgeist, Yakov Chernikhov bore little allegiance to any…
by Jo Phillips
Having recently read Jill Stoner’s “Towards a Minor Architecture“, XXL provides the perfect opportunity to introduce some of the ideas…
by Jo Phillips
This week .Cent turns the spotlight on The Favela Painting Project in Rio De Janeiro, which caught our attention with…
by Jo Phillips
British architect John Pawson is world renowned for his minimalist style, approaching fundamental problems such as space, light and materials…
by Jo Phillips
‘Juxtaposition’ cropped up early on in my first year of Architecture school. After that, it never really went away, fading…
by Jo Phillips
REALITY LAB.ISSEY MIYAKE INTERIOR The Aoyama district in Tokyo has just witnessed the opening of the latest store: REALITY LAB.ISSEY…
by Jo Phillips
Few, if any architectural styles are as brazen as brutalism. For me, to be brazen is to be bold, undisguised…
by Jo Phillips
Built in the 1970s to transform war-torn London, the Barbican Estate is the result of a Utopian vision. A self-contained…
by Jo Phillips
MZ Architects – Valley City, Qatar For the 10th time the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards are going to honour those…
by Pascal Ebner
Image: Grant Associates Grant Associates, UK award-winning design team responsible for Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, has been commissioned by…
by Jo Phillips
We are a population where the majority of us are urbanized. That is to say, more than half of the…
by Jo Phillips