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Architectura – modernist house for your dog

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You might not be able to afford a modernist home, but you can afford to buy one for your dog with the Architectura.

And it’s a pretty cool place for your four-legged friend to hang out. Inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, it has slatted walls on two sides for ventilation and room to relax both indoors and outdoors on the roof, both fitted with carpet. Alternatively, there’s a larger version finished for the outdoors.

Available in a choice of natural and orange finishes, prices start at $349 (around £175). Oh yes – and cats can use it too.

Find out more at the Pre-Fab-Pets website

Categories / Architecture, Books

Architectural Masterpieces Colouring Book

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Like bouncy castles and park swings, colouring books are ordinarily the preserve of children, not the done thing once you get above a certain but secretly something we’d probably still like to do from time to time.

People Will Always Need Plates have found a solution to this with their Architectural Masterpieces Colouring Book. Featuring outlines of their 23 favourite buildings, ranging from mansions to tower blocks, it provides a rather grown-up topic for colouring, certainly not one for the children.

It costs £5 and can be ordered from their website.

Categories / Architecture, Design and Interiors

Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933 at MIMA

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Bauhaus

If you don’t know what MIMA is, it’s the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. And if you visit the gallery from late November, you can check out Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933.

It’s claimed to be the most significant Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in the last 30 years, offering a range of design, furnishings, architectural models and films relating to the German design school, plus new photography of surviving Bauhaus buildings, including the Kandinsky/Klee House in Dessau (pictured above).

The exhibition runs from 23rd November 2007 through to 17th February 2008.

Find out more at the MIMA website

Categories / Architecture, Books

London: Atlas Of Architecture

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Like all cities, London is a mix of architecture from all eras, dating back over hundreds of years. London: Atlas Of Architecture by Alejandro Bahamón aims to be your guide through it.

It’s a visual guide, with over 600 photographs, historical maps, paintings and drawings. And for easy browsing, it’s split over three sections. The first is a chronological breakdown, from early Roman buildings through to the latest constructions. Secondly, there’s a breakdown by borough, with maps picking out interesting buildings for each area. And finally, there’s a look at types of buildings, from churches and monuments to hotels and stations.

Available now, the recommended retail price is £20 for the hardback.

Find out more about the book at Amazon.co.uk

Categories / Architecture, Art and Photography

Battersea Powerstation Print by Nick Hannam

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BatterseaAnd while we are on the subject of iconic buildings, they don’t come much more iconic than Battersea Powerstation, the subject of this print by Nick Hannam, but previously seen on album covers by Pink Floyd and later The Orb.

The building’s famous outline is seen here against a backdrop of a very 70s sludge green sky on this screen print. It is a limited edition, restricted to just 33 copies, hence the price tag of £890, although it does at least come framed.

It is available to buy at Places and Spaces.