Year: 1957

Lalbhai Institute of Indology

Doshi worked for years for Le Corbusier, and the institute was one of the first projects he did on his own. His mentor’s influence is thus still readily apparent here. For the institute’s art collection, Doshi built a museum adjacent to it in 1984. …

Harvey Court (Gonville & Caius College)

Together with Langham House this is the classic of brick brutalism. Thanks to the terracing, all the rooms in the residences have balconies. The sections are grouped around a central inner courtyard.

Row Houses “Flamatt 1”

The building is located in a rural setting next to two creeks. The south-facing reinforced concrete structure rests on columns and comprises six bays of similar size. The two western apartments have a different floor plan including a studio. The ones at…

Metropolitan Festival Hall

The Festival Hall is Japan’s first concert hall. In order to blend better into the surrounding parklands, the complex was kept as low as possible. The heavy cornice and roof superstructures are reminiscent of the oeuvre of Le Corbusier, for whom Maeka…

Park Hill

With this building, the architects, including two students from Peter Smithson’s class at the AA, realized the “streets in the sky” idea from their teacher’s “Golden Lane” project: The apartments are accessible from several open access route…

Casa Cate

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