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  • Most "nice architecture" built before 1900 says Alain de Botton's The School of Life collective

    A collective led by author and Living Architecture founder Alain de Botton has attacked the "dispiriting, chaotic and distasteful" architecture of urban environments in an essay titled Why is the Modern World So Ugly? More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 13 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • First photographs of Grayson Perry and FAT's house for Alain de Botton

    News: structural work has completed on A House for Essex, the holiday home designed by British artist Grayson Perry and London architecture firm FAT for Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project. More

    Anna Winston | 7 August 2014 | 31 comments
  • Temple to Perspective by Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson for Alain de Botton

    Following last week's announcement that writer Alain de Botton plans to build a series of temples for atheists, here are some more images of the first structure planned for the City of London. More

    Amy Frearson | 30 January 2012 | 30 comments
  • Alain de Botton plans temples for atheists


    Dezeen Wire:
    writer Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK. The first will be a 46 metre-tall black tower designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson, constructed in London to represent the idea of perspective.  More

    Rose Etherington | 25 January 2012 | 69 comments
  • Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects photographed by Edmund Sumner

    Here are some photographs by Edmund Sumner of the completed Balancing Barn holiday home in Suffolk, UK, by MVRDV and Mole Architects, including a swing under the 15 metre cantilever. More

    Rose Etherington | 14 October 2010 | 35 comments
  • Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture

    Five holiday homes by architects Peter Zumthor (above), MVRDV, Nord Architecture (below), Hopkins Architects and Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects are nearing completion in England as part of the Living Architecture project initiated by writer Alain de Botton. More

    Marcus Fairs | 6 July 2010 | 8 comments
  • The School of Life by Susanna Edwards

    Sophie Howarth - with a group of collaborators including author and philosopher Alain de Botton - has opened a shop in London, designed by artist and designer Susanna Edwards, and graphic designer Joseph Harries More

    Matylda Krzykowski | 26 September 2008 | 14 comments

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