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Publications
Those who suffer from bouts of the green-eyed monster, look away now. Residents: Inside the Iconic Barbican Estate is a self-explanatory publication that affords the many a moment inside the world of a few. 'I wanted to allow the public to get a...
Art & Culture
Blue Crow Media have released its second map dedicated to Brutalist architecture. Diverting attention across the pond to the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., the guide features 40 well and lesser known structures and architectural gems; from the...
The Edit
Converting the rooftop of Le Corbusier’s incredible La Cité Radieuse (locally nicknamed La Maison du Fada, or 'The House of Madness') to an art institution in 2013, Ora Ito has welcomed esteemed names Xavier Veilhan, Daniel Buren, and Dan Graham...
Art & Culture
Sadly, Brutalist architecture remains undervalued among the public at large, despite a recent resurgence in design-minded circles. A new collaborative project aims to address that oversight. The movement that Le Corbusier built dominated...
The Edit
The Cité radieuse in Marseille is perhaps the most famous example of Le Corbusier's innovative post-war urban housing design known as the Unite d'habitation. The cast concrete building, protected by the French government for its architectural...
London
Designed in the late 1960s by Hungarian Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger, and completed in 1972 as the balloon of high-rise living had already burst under the pressure of crime and poverty; west London's Trellick Tower — Grade II* listed in...
London
Whilst many of the world's post-war urban utopia experiments have failed miserably — 1960s Naples suburb of Scampìa, famed for its gloomy role in Gomorrah, a prime example — London's effort to repopulate the war-ravaged City of...
City Notes
Toronto pizzeria, North of Brooklyn, open their 7th property, the small chain setting up home at 1728 Avenue Road, Toronto, with a beautiful new restaurant built by Carbon Build, and brought to life by Montreal-based architecture and design studio...
The Edit
Marcel Duchamp dressed as the Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman; a Garfield telephone and a Bart Simpson water bottle as part of an ode to a Claes Oldenburg classic. Sylvester the Cat and Dolly Parton; Eminem covering himself in mustard. Whether...
City Notes
Located within an architecturally rich 1947 building, Hotel San Fernando is a reimagined hotel from hospitality group Bunkhouse. Set across five floors, the boutique property is home to 19 guest rooms, a lobby bar and lounge, as well as a rooftop...
Journal
Festivals are awash with acts and performances that define ‘moments’ in time. Moments in their careers, moments that define a sound or a scene. Ageing headliners who triumph for one last time; young upstarts who reach a juncture in their career....
Dispatches
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Dispatches
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