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May 8

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A day at the English seaside today swishing down t

A day at the English seaside today swishing down this sinous staircase designed in 1935 by Erich Mendelsohn- also where Bob Marley first performed in the UK in 1972 #delawarrpavilion #bexhillonsea #architecture #modernism ...

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May 3

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Exploring Santorini - such a fun few days together

Exploring Santorini - such a fun few days together with my fabulous daughter Lola - Thankyou! First pic of me climbing on old church roof in Pyrgos by 📸 @lola.vogel #ancientgreece #architecture #goodtimes❤️ #santorini ...

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Apr 23

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Newly installed bas-relief commission for the entr

Newly installed bas-relief commission for the entrance to the house we are working on in St Paul de Vence by the talented Valbonne-based artist @karenctorza_ceramics #architecture #ceramicart #basreliefsculpture #whiteonwhite #shadowplay #textureart #stpauldevence ...

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Apr 8

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On site in France yesterday putting Le Modulor,Le

On site in France yesterday putting Le Modulor,Le Corbusier’s anthropometric scale of proportion to the test. Devised by the French architect as a visual bridge between imperial and the metric system of measurement, Le Modulor was used to set out many of his buildings. The system is based on the height of a man with his arm raised and standardised human height as 1.75m. Female measurements were entirely excluded of course! #womeninarchitecture #stpauldevence #concreteconstruction ...

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Mar 8

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To celebrate International Women’s Day and to ac

To celebrate International Women’s Day and to acknowledge the bravery of those women in Ukraine I am posting this extraordinary photograph ‘Lee Miller in Hitler’s Bath’. On the day Adolf Hitler killed himself, Miller found herself in Hitler’s abandoned apartment as it had been commandeered by the British regiment with whom she was travelling. As official war correspondent for Vogue, Miller posed ‘luxuriating’ in his bathtub. Crucially, she inhabits Hitler’s intimate personal space, her mud-covered boots that she had been wearing earlier that day while documenting the liberation of the camp at Dachau soiling his bathroom floor. Miller’s action emphasises Hitler’s utter defeat and this performance art by a female artist resident in Britain announces the postwar era. #internationalwomensday #femaleartist #freedom #postwarmodernism ...

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Mar 1

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Work in progress pictures from our ongoing project

Work in progress pictures from our ongoing project for a new guesthouse hidden in a Mediterranean garden in St. Paul de Vence. Inspired by @fondationmaeght nearby, we have designed a simple structure using board marked concrete, local stone and timber that will nestle amongst the green oaks and olive trees. Exciting to see the huge eye 👁windows taking shape - perfect for lying in to survey the mesmerising view of the old village on the hill and the bay of Nice and Cap Ferrat in the distance. #architecture #workinprogress #bétonmatricé #stpauldevence #texturedconcrete #fondationmaeght #oculus ...

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