Architecture

February 20, 2025

Frida Kahlo Museum: Iconic Painterโ€™s โ€˜Blue Houseโ€™ in Mexico City Offers Insights About Her Life and Work

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is known for her soulful self-portraits, depicting her passions, struggles, and dreams in bright colors. But it's also easy to lose sight of the human behind the artistโ€”a woman full of curiosity, a lifelong art lover, a disabled creator, and even a beloved host and member of her community.

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February 15, 2025

Zaha Hadid Architects Merges Romeโ€™s Past and Present With Stunning Hotel Design

Under the patient hands of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Romeโ€™s rich heritage has become even clearer. The studio has recently completed its transformation of Palazzo Capponi into an innovative hotel, one that beautifully reflects Romeโ€™s architectural palimpsest at every stage. Nestled in Romeโ€™s historic center, Palazzo Capponi was originally built in the 16th century but includes components from a range of time periods.

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February 8, 2025

Organic Beauty of Frank Lloyd Wrightโ€™s Fallingwater Celebrated in New Coffee Table Book

In 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright designed what would become his triumph in organic architecture. Towering above the waterfalls of Bear Run, in southwestern Pennsylvania, Fallingwater is a dramatic response to the natural world, as evidenced by its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now, the international treasure is also the subject of an upcoming book published by Rizzoli. Fallingwater: Living With and In Art weaves a rich narrative about Wrightโ€™s masterpiece.

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January 31, 2025

New Book Explores the Fascinating Role of Optical Illusions in Architecture and Design

Much like a crossword, the confounding images in a new coffee table book, titled Illusion in Design, offer clues while withholding answers until the end. What are we to make of chairs floating in midair, or floors that seem to buckle under their own weight? The challenge in and subsequent reward of deciphering these visual puzzles is the entire point of this mystifying book.

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