Beauty is back in architecture, with the help of Instagram

Arkkitehtuurivalokuvaaja Marc Goodwin on pannut työssään merkille, että uusi arkkitehtuuri käyttää historiaa resurssina, kuten postmodernismi teki joitain vuosikymmeniä sitten. Jokin on kuitenkin nyt toisin, sillä kuvakulttuurista on tullut tiiviimmin osa arkkitehtuuria.

Text Marc Goodwin

In the renovation and extension of a Portuguese historical estate (2019–), designed by Atelier da Costa, new and old materials are combined in an interesting way. All the photos in the article are taken by Marc Goodwin.

CHARLES JENCKS famously declared that “Modern architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972 at 3:32 p.m.”

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Published in 4 – 2026 - Re-use

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