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'nail houses' of China - in pictures

Posted by texter1 on December 21, 2019

"nail house" Anhui Guangxi Guangzhou Hubei Shanghai Yunnan

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Final clubs around the world

Posted by texter1 on December 14, 2019

Amsterdam Brooklyn Buenos Aires Gurugram India Johannesburg London Shanghai Singapore Somerset Tokyo

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Saving 1970s and '80s architecture of the United Arab Emirate

Posted by texter1 on November 30, 2019

Al Jubail Al-Qasimiyah School Halcrow Group Kalba Kindergarten Sharjah Sharjah Architecture Triennial Sharjah Art Foundation Tecnica y Proyectos

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Postmodernism – In pictures

Posted by texter1 on November 23, 2019

AT&T Building Ettore Sottsass London Manhattan Memphis MI6 HQ Michael Graves Philip Johnson Terry Farrell TV-am Building Vauxhall

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Inside Tower Bringe - in pictures

Posted by texter1 on November 11, 2019

London Tower Bridge

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