All Architects' inspirations articles – Page 4
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InspirationsStephen Hodder’s inspiration: Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Stephen Hodder recalls how he was set to be a champion of vernacular architecture until he visited Foster Associates’ Sainsbury Centre
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InspirationsCany Ash’s Inspiration: Unité d’Habitation, France
The co-founder of Ash Sakula Architects reveals the enduring impact of Le Corbusier’s town in the sky on her work
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InspirationsJonathan Woolf’s inspiration: Mies van der Rohe's Krefeld villas, Germany
For architect Jonathan Woolf, Mies van der Rohe’s Krefeld villas offered a masterclass in how to approach the design of his own Brick Leaf House
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InspirationsHans van der Heijden's inspiration: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The co-founder of BIQ on how his relationship with Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has shadowed his own evolution as an architect
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InspirationsJon Buck and Dominic Cullinan’s inspiration: Leicester Engineering Building
Jon Buck and Dominic Cullinan of Scabal Architects explain how Stirling & Gowan’s Engineering Building at Leicester University has been a point of influence for them and their work
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InspirationsEric Parry's inspiration: Chilehaus, Hamburg
Eric Parry revisits Fritz Höger’s Chilehaus 1920s office building in Hamburg and applauds its urban rationalism and expressionist use of brick and ceramic
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InspirationsTakero Shimazaki's inspiration: Hexenhaus, Germany
Takero Shimazaki explains how the Smithsons’ collaboration with a German furniture manufacturer gave him a new approach to design.
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InspirationsPaul Monaghan’s inspiration: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
Paul Monaghan of AHMM tells how the boldness of Frederick Gibberd’s Catholic cathedral made a far-reaching impression
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InspirationsTony Fretton's inspiration: Woodland Cemetery
Tony Fretton explains why the calm beauty and powerful symbolism of Stockholm Woodland Cemetery, designed by Asplund and Lewerentz, makes it a place to which he repeatedly returns.
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InspirationsRab and Denise Bennetts' inspiration: St Catherine’s College
Rab and Denise Bennetts explain how a visit to Oxford’s St Catherine’s College as students led them to set up their own achitecture course
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InspirationsRoger Hawkins and Russell Brown’s inspiration: Koolhaas’s Kunsthal in Rotterdam
Russell Brown and Roger Hawkins explain how Koolhaas’s Kunsthal cultural building has been a starting point to much of their work
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InspirationsSergison Bates’ inspiration: Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire
Stephen Bates and Jonathan Sergison explain how studying Hardwick Hall has helped them broaden their architectural education.
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InspirationsTom de Paor’s inspiration: St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork, Ireland
Tom de Paor admires William Burges’s all-encompassing approach to the design of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral
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InspirationsStephen Witherford and William Mann’s inspiration: Utrecht City Hall
The eclectic collision of old and new in Miralles Tagliabue Architects’ Utrecht City Hall creates a unique spirit that has made a strong impression on Witherford Watson Mann
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InspirationsTom Holbrook’s inspiration: The Adelphi, London
The Adam brothers’ Georgian Adelphi development appeals as much for its entrepreneurialism as its architecture
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InspirationsTim Ronalds’ inspiration: Gothenburg Law Courts Extension
Tim Ronalds explains why he rates Asplund’s building not only for its beauty but also for the way it marked the evolution of modernism and its reflection of a more democratic society
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InspirationsDavid Kohn's inspiration: Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan
The ambiguous, eclectic style of Portaluppi’s Milanese villa keeps drawing David Kohn back to experience the magic of its interior.
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InspirationsNeil Spiller's inspiration: Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
Bartlett professor Neil Spiller explains how Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece has resonated with him through the different stages of his career
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InspirationsMichál Cohen’s inspiration: Hellerup School
Michál Cohen of Walters & Cohen Architects explains why this Copenhagen school, built only eight years ago, transformed her notions of what a school could be like, and tells how she has fared trying to introduce its ideas to British clients
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InspirationsRenato Benedetti’s inspiration: Rome’s Pantheon
Renato Benedetti explains how the 2,000-year-old Pantheon, with its adaptability over the centuries has influenced him at a fundamental level