Le Corbusier
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How Brazil is restoring and reclaiming its first modernist landmark
Saved from the auction block by public outcry and now lovingly restored, the Gustavo Capanema Palace is a celebration of Brazilian culture in concrete.
Family unit
Refusing to be derailed by natural disasters and ever-rising costs, Samantha Mink’s architectural debut is a remarkable and liveable modernist home for her parents.
Personal space
Architect Junzo Yoshimura’s seaside escape is a private, harmonious ‘mansion’ that is finally ready to be shared with the world.
Safe haven
The modernist Swiss embassy in Canberra is a paean to the possibilities that concrete offered its gifted architects.
New wave
Scattered among the dunes and beaches of a Portuguese coastal resort, a series of holiday homes capture the country’s golden age of modernist architecture.
Artists in residence
An overlooked pioneer of mid-century modernism, Mario Pani filled Mexico City with spacious, meticulously designed apartments now cherished by the creatives who call them home.
Architecture
Denmark’s longest timber building has been rebuilt and the Pavilion Le Corbusier reopens.
Eero Aarnio
Over a beer and steak in an 18th-century coffee house, the celebrated Finnish chairdesigner takes a seat to talk sunsets, saunas and smoking his own salmon.
Architecture
Raf Simons discusses a new range of furniture fabrics, plus the concrete creation rising from the Jordanian desert.
In safe hands
The home of one of Portugal’s leading architects now belongs to a family friend and is a much-treasured modernist masterpiece.
