Sir John Soane’s Townhouse Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Fields is one of the most popular museums in London. Its neo-classical Georgian architectural design has certainly earned a place on the list of ‘essential visits’ for architecture students worldwide. What most…
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“The journey is a constant contradiction between two counterparts: enclosed to open, dark to light, delicate to massive,” – Neri & Hu During my trip to Seoul, there were two particularly significant contemporary architectural projects that were on top of…
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“….a structure that embodies multiple aspects that are often perceived as opposites…” – Bjarke Ingel This year’s Serpentine Summer Pavilion designed by Bjarke Ingel’s firm BIG, made of interlocking fibreglass bricks, may look like a simple structure, but in…
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“In a labyrinth, one does not lose oneself; In a labyrinth, one finds oneself. In a labyrinth, one does not encounter a Minotaur; In a labyrinth, one encounters oneself.” – Unknown Although it was Casa Di Giulietta that brought me…
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“The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt” – Karl Kraus This is how Karl Kraus described Vienna in one sentence and it is probably the most appropriate statement to describe this…
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