Articles by Eleanor Gibson

Frank Lloyd Wright subverted typical art-gallery layouts with spiral Guggenheim museum

June 9, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Our week of celebrating the 150th anniversary of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth by examining his most important projects ends with the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, which he designed as a spiral ramp for viewing avant-garde artwork. The Solomon R Guggenheim, commonly referred to as the Guggenheim, is one of Wright’s most iconic

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Frank Lloyd Wright designed Taliesin West as desert retreat for himself and his students

June 8, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Today is the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, and we’ve been marking the occasion all week by looking back at his most important projects. Next up is the American architect’s desert home and studio in Arizona, which serves as a campus for the architecture school he founded. Completed in 1937, Taliesin West was built to accompany Wright’s home and studio Taliesin,

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Frank Lloyd Wright seamlessly integrates architecture into nature at Fallingwater

June 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Continuing our celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday this week, we’re delving into the history of Fallingwater, the admired holiday home that the architect built on a waterfall and was named the “best all-time work of American architecture”. Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater in 1935 for his friend Edgar Kaufmann. The client asked for a holiday home

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Hollwich Kushner reimagines New York’s art-deco landmarks

June 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Hollwich Kushner has remodelled New York’s art-deco buildings, including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, to show what the iconic landmarks might look like if built today. Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) undertook the New(er) York Project to develop more a contemporary version of art deco – a decorative art, design and architecture style that emerged in

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Six films to watch during London’s first architecture film festival

June 7, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The inaugural ArchFilmFest is now underway in London, and Dezeen reporter Eleanor Gibson has selected her top picks – ranging from an insight into the life of ageing architect Gottfried Böhm to a look at the tech infrastructure of New York’s art-deco buildings. Dezeen is media partner for ArchFilmFest London, which takes place from 6 to 11 June 2017 in two locations,

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is an early example of Mayan Revival architecture

June 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In celebration of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday this week, we’re looking back at five of his most pioneering projects. Next up is the Hollyhock House, which was influenced by the style of seventh-century Mayan temples. Located in the East Hollywood neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Hollyhock House was completed between 1919 and 1921. As Wright’s first house

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House was his most “consummate expression” of Prairie style

June 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This week marks the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth and to celebrate we’re looking back at five of the American architect’s most pioneering projects. First up is Robie House, now recognised as a symbol of the Prairie style. Frank Lloyd Wright completed Robie House in Chicago in 1910, seventeen years after establishing his practice and towards

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Shigeru Ban reveals new details of “world’s tallest hybrid timber structure” for Vancouver

June 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

New images have been released of Shigeru Ban’s Terrace House, a 19-storey residential tower for Vancouver that will boast a pioneering hybrid structure of wood, concrete and steel. Designed for the Vancouver waterfront, the Japanese architect first unveiled plans for Terrace House last year. The initial visual showed a mono-pitched timber-framed structure clad in glass that was to be supported

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Andres Stebelski elevates clay-covered house above parking spot near Mexico City woods

June 4, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

The black frames of two panoramic windows protrude from one wing of this clay-covered house in Mexico City, which extends over a sloping driveway to shelter a parking space. Mexican architect Andres Stebelski designed the 500-square-metre family residence for a for a square plot of land, which he split in two to create a garden in the southern half of the

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ORA uncovers “hidden layers” when converting 16th-century property into a guesthouse

June 3, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In transforming a 16th century-Czech Republic residence into this guesthouse, local studio ORA celebrated an assortment of original details including old plasterwork, semi-circular windows and stone steps. The Štajnhaus Guest House is located in the former Jewish quarter of Mikulov, a town in the Czech Republic’s South Moravian Region. The original property was built in the Czech Renaissance period – the

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