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Framing Nature with TEN Studio

Jenn Thornton February 7, 2024

A patch of land on Avala Mountain in rural Serbia sets the stage for a gridded, steel-frame structure by TEN Studio.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Man of Steel, Bronze & Glass Curtain Walls

Constance Dunn October 4, 2023

Perhaps no one better understood how to positively exploit the potential of technology and engineering than van der Rohe, a founding father of Modernist architecture who was central to the Great Age of the Skyscraper during the 1950s and 1960s—a time when many city landscapes would shift from horizontal to vertical.

Inside David Chipperfield’s Careful Restoration of Berlin’s Iconic Neue Nationalgalerie

Jenn Thornton March 22, 2023

David Chipperfield Architects has completed the six-year refurbishment of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, a temple of modernity and one of the last works by German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Completed in 1968, the building had been unattended for 50 years and required a present-day architect to restore it with great skill.

Philip Johnson’s Clarity of Vision with The Glass House

Jenn Thornton December 7, 2017

The Glass House, designed by architect Philip Johnson, reflects the beautiful landscape of Southern New England. Johnson, known for his modernist approach, incorporated historical elements into his designs. The Glass House, completed in 1949, sits on a hill, nestled among trees, and offers stunning views of a manmade pond.