A little down the hill is one of the most spectacular modern university buildings in the country – the confident and starkly beautiful Arts Tower, a 78m-high Miesian slab by GMW, completed in 1965.

The university has begun to fill in the gaps, first with a library by RMJM (the Information Commons building), facing the Brook [...]

As Modern residential Design celebrates its belated birthday, I thought I bring you couple of Top 5s whilst preparing for the arrival of my second son.
Arthur Casas – House in Iporanga
A true Tropical Jungle residential retreat. Minimalist, contrasting, yet befitting it’s location.
Marcio Kogan – Laranjeiras House
My ideal beachside mansion, open plan, indoors and outdoors blurred, [...]

Architects: Denys Lasdun & Partners, 1961-67.
Early 60s saw a rather unusual brief glimpse of something akin to ‘Modern Baroque’, which even today appears a bit odd. During this period a huge investment in the expansion of Universities was taking place. It is possible that the invigorating traditional University Town architecture and the reaction to post-war [...]

Architects: Chamberlin Powell & Bon, 1962-67. Also did Barbican and Golden Lane in London.
Early 60s saw a rather unusual brief glimpse of something akin to ‘Modern Baroque’, which even today appears a bit odd. During this period a huge investment in the expansion of Universities was taking place. It is possible that the invigorating traditional [...]