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It is easy to tell that the collages are Mies’ work at a glance; their understated restrained-yet-po werful composition draws the eye.

It’s hard to think of a color more strongly associated with cutting-edge architecture than white.

In this ongoing series, we aim to give you a travel guide to cities around the globe — with an archi tectural twist. These tours offer chances to experience great design away from the traditional tourist hotspots and an alternative angle on the world’s metropolises. After New York City, Los Angeles, Detroit and Havana, we go…

This week, the World Heritage Committee added 17 buildings by the Swiss-born French Modernist archit ect Le Corbusier to the UNESCO World Heritage list, forming a “transnational serial site” encompassing many of his most iconic works. Reflecting the international legacy and influence of the architect, this form of architectural “site” is not restricted to one location:…

“I always believe that we need visual, auditory or tactile cues from parts of a space that we can’t occupy with our bodies, in order to truly perceive it.” Since graduating from architecture school at the University of Waterloo, designer Omer Arbel has carved out a unique practice. His company Bocci is best known for…

New York City is home to some of the best examples of postmodernism’s paradoxical relationship to th e high-rise typology.

With the end of Barack Obama’s presidency fast upon us, many Americans are scratching their heads, w ondering how eight years could have possibly gone by so fast. One group that is not feeling caught off guard, however, is the Obama Foundation, which has been laying the groundwork for the 44th’s post-presidency for some time now.…

In a video series realized in collaboration with Architizer, Dezeen sat down with Amanda Levete to d iscuss her “all-time favorite building” by the late architect Zaha Hadid: the BMW Building. To Levete, the BMW Building is most representative of “Zaha’s strong preoccupation and obsession with the scale of large infrastructure projects.” The building, located in…

In continuation with a video series honoring the great Zaha Hadid — who passed away unexpectedly on March 31 of this year at age 69 — Architizer met with Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, who discusses his discovery of Hadid’s early paintings and first projects. “I started studying architecture in 1993 and of course stumbled upon…