“Modernist Icon Joins UNESCO Heritage List” – Spiegel online
Dezeen Wire: Spiegel online reports that Walter Gropius’ pioneering 1911 Fagus Factory at Alfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany, will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
UNESCO is still deliberating whether to add works by Le Corbusier to the list. Via Spiegel online
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