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The Latest Breaking News from Le Corbusier

Visionary composer, polymath and ‘true cosmopolitan’: Greece finally pays tribute to Iannis Xenakis

National museum in Athens mounts major retrospective for pioneer of avant-garde music and apprentice to Le Corbusier who was sentenced to death by the military

The Guardian - UK

Shared ownership flat in iconic building where Agatha Christie lived among Soviet spies for sale for £350k

It's a rarely seen opportunity to live in a piece of London design history

Evening Standard

Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before’

The designer says architecture is gripped by a ‘blandemic’ that isn’t merely blotting our streets, but making us miserable, ill and violent. So what’s his solution?

The Guardian - UK

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Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World review – Thomas Heatherwick’s simplistic critique of modern architecture

The designer is right to criticise boring buildings, but picks his targets poorly and shows no inclination to confront the forces that create such structures

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects?

It’s revolutionising building – but could AI kill off an entire profession? Perhaps not, finds our writer, as he enters a world where Corbusier-style marvels and 500-room hotels are just a click away

The Guardian - UK

100 years of Le Corbusier: what does he mean to today’s architects?

The towering and divisive figure who transformed architecture published his manifesto for modernism in 1923. Here leading architects explore his legacy and influence

The Guardian - UK

Modernist architecture: inspiration from across the globe

Modernist architecture has had a tremendous influence on today’s built environment, making these midcentury marvels some of the most closely studied 20th-century buildings; here, we explore the genre by continent

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Chalet with design influenced by pioneer architect for sale

The bungalow has views of surrounding greenery

Liverpool Echo

Ship shape: a classic art deco villa in Belgium with a touch of oceanic chic

Inspired by the great liners of the period, this 1939 Belgian villa is an art deco masterpiece that’s also a perfect time capsule

The Guardian - UK

Nine million people in a city 170km long; will the world ever be ready for a linear metropolis?

Saudi Arabia has unveiled designs for a futuristic megastructure in the desert. But it is an idea that has preoccupied the imaginations of architects – and megalomaniacs – for generations

The Guardian - UK

June Huh, deep thinking and the value of idleness

Letters: Trevor Jones and Tim Watson reflect on an editorial about the mathematician and would-be poet Prof June Huh

The Guardian - UK

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