Articles by Eleanor Gibson

Frank Lloyd Wright merged eastern and western architecture at Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Our Frank Lloyd Wright 150th anniversary series ends with the American architect’s best-known building in Asia, the now-demolished Imperial Hotel, where he combined his western design principles and a fascination with Japan. After travelling to Japan in 1905, Wright developed a keen interest in Japanese art and architecture. He was therefore keen to win the bid to

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Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. Maynard, the co-founder of Melboure-based Austin Maynard Architects, was prompted to improve his access to vitamin D after his doctor suggested that a lack of natural light was probably

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Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. Maynard, the co-founder of Melboure-based Austin Maynard Architects, was prompted to improve his access to vitamin D after his doctor suggested that a lack of natural light was probably

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Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. Maynard, the co-founder of Melboure-based Austin Maynard Architects, was prompted to improve his access to vitamin D after his doctor suggested that a lack of natural light was probably

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Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Oculus continues to leak

June 14, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava’s transportation hub at New York’s World Trade Center has sprung another leak, but so far no one is taking responsibility. The building, known as the Oculus, started to let in water after an intense downpour of rain that took place in New York City in early May this year. As with a leak in

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Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Johnson Wax offices as a forest open to the sky

June 14, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mushroom-shaped columns, pyrex skylights and earthy coloured furnishings feature in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax Headquarters, which is next in our series of the architect’s most important projects, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth last week. The Johnson Wax Headquarters – also known as the Johnson Wax Administration Building – was completed in between 1936 an 1939

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Bam! Arquitectura ramps garden up through centre of Buenos Aires home

June 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A curved concrete staircase weaves around a sloping garden that rises through the centre of this house in Buenos Aires designed by local studio Bam! Arquitectura. House MeMo occupies a site in a densely packed area of San Isidro, a municipality located in the north of Buenos Aires province, which the architects wanted to fill with greenery. Planted with native vegetation,

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Built-in bed and white cabinetry feature in renovated New York apartment by Stadt Architecture

June 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Stadt Architecture has paired existing brickwork walls with walnut floors, bright white cabinets and purple furniture in the renovation of this apartment in Manhattan. The UWS Apartment occupies the first floor of a narrow 1970s condominium conversion in New York’s Upper West Side, which is split across three levels. The kitchen and dining room are on the lowest storey,

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Built-in bed and white cabinetry feature in renovated New York apartment by Stadt Architecture

June 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Stadt Architecture has paired existing brickwork walls with walnut floors, bright white cabinets and purple furniture in the renovation of this apartment in Manhattan. The UWS Apartment occupies the first floor of a narrow 1970s condominium conversion in New York’s Upper West Side, which is split across three levels. The kitchen and dining room are on the lowest storey,

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Built-in bed and white cabinetry feature in renovated New York apartment by Stadt Architecture

June 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Stadt Architecture has paired existing brickwork walls with walnut floors, bright white cabinets and purple furniture in the renovation of this apartment in Manhattan. The UWS Apartment occupies the first floor of a narrow 1970s condominium conversion in New York’s Upper West Side, which is split across three levels. The kitchen and dining room are on the lowest storey,

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