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DARK SECRETS: Oscar niemeyer - The Real Truth

Is this the world’s most eye-popping restaurant? The architectural marvel – in a Leipzig industrial estate

This extraordinary diner is the final wonder of the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who dreamt it up at the age of 103. And it’s a fine place for a sunset kombucha and gin

The Guardian - UK

From Byzantine cottages to vulvic stadiums: the brilliance of female architects

A RIBA report says “stark displays of sexism” are driving women from the profession. If we don’t fight this systemic misogyny, we won’t just lose dazzling designs – we’ll have a world only fit for 6ft tall policemen

The Guardian - UK

5 Alternatives to Iconic Capitals That Are Molding the Future of Design — Meet the Talents and Places That Make Them Must-Sees

We've asked local creatives to help us navigate the best things to see and do in the cultural capitals of the future, from Lagos to Kobe

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Used To Fresh Air, Brazil's Modernist Capital Chokes On Wildfire Smoke

Brasilia's iconic futuristic buildings, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, have been engulfed in a thick haze of smoke in recent days.

International Business Times

A modernist São Paulo apartment finds a new lease of life

A spacious modernist São Paulo apartment in the neighbourhood of Higienópolis gets a thorough renovation by Brazilian architects Bloco Arquitetos

Wallpaper

‘Midcentury modern is as American as punk rock’: 22RE on its latest full-scale project

The new LA offices of music branding agency Ceremony of Roses, designed by local studio 22RE, are a real conversation starter

Wallpaper

Niemeyer’s modernism celebrated in Oscar Ibirapuera, an example of 21st-century São Paulo living

Perkins&Will completes Oscar Ibirapuera, next to Niemeyer’s modernist landmark park in São Paulo, Brazil

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Royan Architecture Month showcases French modernism by the sea

Royan Architecture Month 2024 launches in the French city, where many travel to see midcentury builds by the sea, from Notre Dame church to Palais des Congrès

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Nick Waplington photographs architect Joseph Grima for Stone Island’s ‘research project’

Marking the latest Stone Island Ghost collection, Joseph Grima is photographed by Nick Waplington against the backdrop of Oscar Niemeyer’s 1970s-built Palazzo Mondadori in Milan

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44 Examples Of Beautiful Interior Design Collected By This Dedicated Instagram Account

44 interior design and architecture pictures that are just satisfying to look at, shared by this dedicated Instagram account. The post 44 Examples Of Beautiful Interior Design Collected By This Dedicated Instagram Account first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda

How Brazil’s ‘ugly sister’ might actually be its Cinderella city

It’s time for the usual layover in unloved, less-attractive Sao Paulo to be turned into a sleepover, says Chris Moss – just don’t expect much to get much shut-eye in this energetic metropolis

The Independent UK

OPINION - Treasured spaces: why London needs pavilions

A new pavilion at the Serpentine Galleries in Hyde Park is now firmly established as a regular moment in London’s annual calendar. Provocative, thoughtful or both, the prestigious architectural commission has seen work by Zaha Hadid, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Ai Weiwei and Sumayya Vally. Now the Lebanese/French architect Lina…

Evening Standard

Lebanon Hopes UNESCO Danger Listing Could Save Crumbling Modernist Fairground

Its arch is cracking and its vast pavilions lie empty, but the crumbling Rachid Karami International Fair in Lebanon's port city Tripoli now has hope of revival, having been added to the United Nations' list of world heritage sites in danger. Designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1962, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon hopes UNESCO danger listing could save crumbling modernist fairground

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Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger

Odesa in Ukraine has been added to the cultural sites that UNESCO is highlighting. Also being included are ancient sites in Lebanon and Yemen.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 14 January 2023

Xi Jinping is acting boldly, but it's not in the direction many feared. This week we delve into the constraints that spurred a widespread softening of China's internal and external policies

Evening Standard

Away Game: That New Brazil

Liam Freeman writes home about the dizzying art, architecture — and new hotel — reshaping São Paulo

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