All Architects' inspirations articles
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InspirationsSam Jacob’s inspiration: Avebury stone circle
Wiltshire’s other mysterious Neolithic circle is architecture in its purest form and would give Mies a run for his money, says the FAT co-founder
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InspirationsEdmund Fowles’ inspiration: Roosenberg Abbey, Flanders
The Feilden Fowles director on a remote Belgian monastery designed by a monk who devised his own version of the golden ratio
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InspirationsRichard Griffiths’ first project: The Old Dispensary, Stratford
The architect recalls putting quality over cost, winning over hostile workmen and an electric shock
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InspirationsHow No1 Poultry almost lost its stripes
The project architect on Stirling’s masterpiece recounts the extraordinary story behind his luckiest break
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InspirationsJane Kennedy’s inspiration: Manchester Town Hall
The Purcell partner on a building that had a guiding influence at the start of her career and has continued to delight ever since
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InspirationsMurray Kerr’s inspiration: SESC Pompéia, São Paulo
The Denizen Works director recalls his first visit to the social and cultural centre in a Brazilian barrel factory
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InspirationsDelvendahl Martin’s inspiration: Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto
Nikolai Delvendahl and Eric Martin explain how the modernist view of the imperial palace misses all the emotion
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InspirationsAngela Brady’s inspiration: Aarhus town hall, Denmark
The former RIBA president first went to Denmark as a student to study co-housing but fell in love with this gesamtkunstwerk
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InspirationsAlan Stanton’s inspiration: Lovell Beach House, Newport Beach, California
The architect recalls his first visit to Rudolph Schindler’s inventive ocean house that has remained in his imagination ever since
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InspirationsAmin Taha’s inspiration: Pergamon Altar, Museum Island, Berlin
The architect returns to a glorious Greek altar from his childhood and reflects on the questions its long history raises
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InspirationsSadie Morgan's inspiration: Plymouth Lido
The art deco pool has a place in the heart of the dRMM co-founder and BD Female Architectural Leader for many reasons, including a rather personal one
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InspirationsJe Ahn’s inspiration: Tongdosa temple complex, South Korea
Studio Weave co-founder finds himself continually drawn back to a place he first encountered as a child
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InspirationsJohn Puttick’s inspiration: Fundació Joan Miró, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Josep Lluís Sert’s 1975 gallery is supremely simple - but its design is not passive
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InspirationsCarl Turner's inspiration: The High Line, Manhattan
This conversion of a redundant railway line into a linear park is a model for successful regeneration, says Carl Turner
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InspirationsPhil Coffey's inspiration: Can Lis, Majorca
Jørn Utzon’s family home in Majorca perfectly sums up the fundamentals of architecture for Phil Coffey
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InspirationsDonald Insall's inspiration: Windsor Castle, UK
Donald Insall’s work on Windsor Castle after the 1992 fire gave him a deep understanding of the building’s history
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InspirationsRoz Barr's inspiration: Coventry Cathedral, UK
Roz Barr explains how Spence’s radical approach to artistic collaboration and storytelling in the ruins of postwar Coventry has informed her own work
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InspirationsAnna Liu's inspiration: Palazzo del Lavoro, Turin, Italy
Tonkin Liu director Anna Lui admires Pier Luigi Nervi’s ability to synthesize engineering, art and construction
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InspirationsNick Hayhurst and Jonathan Nicholls' inspiration: Villa dall’Ava, Paris, France
The directors of Hayhurst Co on OMA’s ‘structurally bonkers’ house
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InspirationsChris Dyson's inspiration: Phillips Exeter Academy Library, New Hampshire
Chris Dyson frequently references Louis Kahn’s clarity of vision and craftsmanship in his own work