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Blurps from the E's

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Arne Jacobsen, interior design of the SAS Royal Hotel Copenhagen, 1958-60. Unknown photographer. Via kunstbib.dk

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Stack of drawers by Susi & Ueli Berger

The stack of drawers is a sculpture with utilitarian merits. Drawers of seven different sizes in seven different orientations create a richly varied montage of advancing and retreating planes. The distinctive diagonally applied veneer draws the elements tautly together. Illustration: stack of drawers veneered in Santos rosewood.

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Sainte Marie de La Tourette, the 1960s Dominican convent near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier.

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Mid Century in Malibu designed by Craig Ellwood in 1956

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The Pod, Woonona, Australia - Takt | Studio for Architecture

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Whitney Musuem of American Art in Manhattan, New York - Marcel Breuer

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Four rows of sculptural concrete fins make up the brazenly brutalist facade of Preston Bus Station in Lancashire, England

Completed in 1969 by Keith Ingham and Charles Wilson, of British firm Building Design Partnership, the 170-metre-long structure became the largest bus station in Europe and a poster child for the Brutalist style.

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Moonlit Modernist Villas by Photographer Tom Blachford

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Lansing Central Public Library (n.d.) Kenneth C. Black Associates, Inc. by MI SHPO on Flickr.

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Friis & Moltke - Knud Friis house (Brabrand, Dinamarca 1958)

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Rosewood credenza (model 66 ) designed by Ib Kofod Larsen and manufactured by Faarup of Denmark in the 1950’s. Photo: remodern.dk

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Ray & Charles Eames, sofa 3473. Aluminium, walnut, leather.

This was the last piece of furniture produced by the Eames Office, completed after Charles Eames died in 1978. Its design evolved from 1967 on, the only Eames sofa with arms. It went into production in 1984, made by Herman Miller until today. Via 1stdibs

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Mies van der Rohe exhibition, museum of modern art, new york, 1947 

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Beautiful set of images of a George Nakashima Bench including original design drawings.

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Down The Long Driveway, You’ll See It - A Book By Mary Gaudin & Matthew Arnold

Our friend and contributor Mary Gaudin has just published a beautiful photographic book on modernist New Zealand homes with Matthew Arnold. The book doesn’t merely document the houses in architectural terms, but also gives an idea of the way these houses were and are lived in, as well as showing details of the designs and materials used in the construction.

The title of the book, ‘Down The Long Driveway, You’ll See It’ derives from a phrase in an email from Bruce Martin giving directions to his home at Bridge Paa.

Find out more about the book on the Down The Long Driveway website.

Via : freundevonfreunden

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SB02 Chairs by Cees Braakman.

Dutchman Cees Braakman (1917-1995) meant a lot to Pastoe. From 1945 to 1978, he was head of the Pastoe design team and was responsible for the development of the first modern furniture line. Moreover, he created a clear and coherent collection of furniture conceived as functional objects, which put Pastoe on the map.