Jakobsgut Settlement

The exposed concrete is treated in an extremely sculptural fashion, as is often the case in Otto Glaus‘ designs. Receeding, protruding and interlocking elements define the façade’s vivid character that is continued on the inside. The roof is finish…

Casa Waldo Perseu

This villa is remarkable for ist combination of raw materials. Heavy concrete and brick surfaces are counterbalanced by large glass panels, forming an angular overall composition. Adjacent polygonal volumes create an impression of dynamic restlessness.

Hannah Playhouse (Downstage Theater)

The Hannah Playhouse was built to house Downstage Theatre Company with funds from a bequest provided by the late Sheilah Winn OBE (1917-2001). The auditorium, into the design of which Downstage Theatre designer Raymond Boyce (MBE Hon LitD) had substanti…

68th Precinct, NYC Police Department

“An aggressive, arbitrary, tricky, cubistic set of volumes and voids. In the loose civic commissions of the mid and late 1960s architectural histrionics were in favor, rather than any truly urbane attempts to blend into the scale and style of the …

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