All Inspirations articles – Page 3
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InspirationsAlex Mowat's inspiration: Santa Caterina Market by EMBT
Eight years after its completion Alex Mowat remains in awe of EMBT’s Santa Caterina Market both for its contrast of textures and its social inclusivity
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InspirationsSarah Featherstone's inspiration: Ralph Erskine's Byker estate
Sarah Featherstone admires Ralph Erskine’s Byker estate in Newcastle, which pioneered community involvement in architecture
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InspirationsMarie-José Van Hee's inspiration: Maison Louis Carré by Alvar Aalto
As a student, Marie-José Van Hee knew Alvar Aalto’s Maison Louis Carré through plans in a book. But on her first visit she found its mix of intimacy and display hit exactly the right note
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InspirationsJonathan Ellis-Miller's inspiration: Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre
Jonathan Ellis-Miller admires the way in which Hopkins Architects combined industrial practicality with poetic otherworldliness in the design for the Schlumberger research centre in Cambridge
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InspirationsCraig Hamilton's inspiration: Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll
Craig Hamilton stands in awe of the mighty Thorvaldsens Museum by MG Bindesbøll, who took elements of Greek, Roman and Egyptian design to create a Nordic neoclassicism
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InspirationsDavid Marks and Julia Barfield's inspiration: Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
David Marks and Julia Barfield hail the flowering of Victorian innovation at the Palm House, Kew Gardens
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InspirationsTerry Farrell's inspiration: Nash Mile, London
Terry Farrell admires the way in which John Nash’s transformation of a mile-long slice of London created the city we know today
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InspirationsGraham Haworth's inspiration: Erco Technical Centre, Lüdenscheid, Germany
Graham Haworth admires Uwe Kiessler’s uncompromising technical approach to creating a human-scale workplace for Erco
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InspirationsPaul Williams' inspiration: Castelvecchio museum, Verona by Carlo Scarpa
Paul Williams revisits the Castelvecchio museum in Verona, where Carlo Scarpa’s integrated vision and clarity of detail first set him on the path towards exhibition design
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InspirationsTed Cullinan's inspiration: Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier
Ted Cullinan revisits Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel and finds that, while its surroundings may have changed, the building’s power remains undiminished
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InspirationsMichael Squire’s inspiration: Grundtvig’s Church, Copenhagen
Michael Squire admires Grundtvig’s Church in Copenhagen for its poetic use of brick and the way the architect interpreted local traditions in a contemporary way
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InspirationsDavid West and Christophe Egret's inspiration: Zollverein coal mine, Essen
David West and Christophe Egret of Studio Egret West look to OMA’s regeneration of the Zollverein coal mine in Essen as an example of reinvention that maintains a connection with place
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InspirationsNicholas Grimshaw's inspiration: Clifton Suspension Bridge
Nicholas Grimshaw is fascinated by the engineering genius and iconic simplicity of Brunel’s masterpiece
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InspirationsTom Grieve & Hana Loftus' inspiration: the Smithsons’ Economist Plaza
Hat Projects’ Tom Grieve and Hana Loftus admire the Smithsons’ Economist Plaza as an example of what a fearless architect can do
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InspirationsAdam Khan's inspiration: La Tourette & Vieux Port, Marseille by Fernand Pouillon
Adam Khan admires the timelessness and craft of Fernand Pouillon’s La Tourette housing in Marseille- a model of relaxed urbanity in the post-war city
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InspirationsSimon Hudspith's inspiration: Castle Drogo by Edwin Lutyens
Lutyens’ castle in Devon is grand on the outside, but domestic inside
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InspirationsGreg Penoyre's inspiration: The Golden Lane Estate, London
As the Golden Lane Estate marks 50 years since its completion, Greg Penoyre reveals its humane charms
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InspirationsPeter St John's inspiration: Housing at the Gallaratese Quarter by Aldo Rossi
Aldo Rossi’s Gallaratese housing in Milan showed Peter St John that modern architecture could incorporate classical themes
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InspirationsQuinlan and Francis Terry's inspiration: Somerset House, London
The father and son team revel in the glory of William Chambers’ classical building on the Strand
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InspirationsJulian Lewis’s inspiration: the 1960 Olympic Village, Rome
Julian Lewis of East looks to the outskirts of Rome for an example of rich urban placemaking