The central themes of Modernism have remained remarkably consistent and still have resonance in today’s residential architecture.
This week we’re looking beyond the pages of our Directors’ new title, Ornament is Crime, and expanding our scope to consider the influence of Habitat 67 on the twenty-first-century Ribeirao Preto House.
Habitat 67, Safdie Architects, Montreal, Canada, 1967
Ribeirao Preto House, SPBR & MMBB Arquitetos, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, 2001
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