Residences
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Inside Jørn Utzon’s Fredensborg Houses, where architecture and community age well
The foreboding exteriors of the Fredensborg Houses have been compared with a prison. But inside, Jørn Utzon’s revolutionary housing project is as captivating as his masterpiece: the Sydney Opera House.
Better together
Could a co-operative housing estate in Switzerland be the model for a new way of living, helping city dwellers escape high rents? We head to Mehr als Wohnen to find out.
Room to glow
The apartment near Lake Zürich that shows how even a concrete new-build can be warm and cosy.
Inner vision
The artist’s studio overlooks a busy scrapyard but inside it’s a pared-down sanctuary.
Magic touch
Alexandra Champalimaud’s interior-design firm has left its mark on the world’s finest hotels.
Cabinet of wonders
Poul Kjaerholm was one of the greats of Danish design. Here we visit his former home – a testing ground for many of his best-loved classics.
Full steam ahead
Finland’s ambassador to Poland can take the heat, whether relaxing in her sauna or building relations with regional leaders.
Stairway to heaven
The co-operative apartment block in Valencia that’s a brutalist triumph, casting a spiritual spell on its devoted residents.
In Long Beach, Ed Killingsworth’s houses still shape California modernism
The 1960s was a golden era for West Coast architecture. Ed Killingsworth was an overlooked hero of the period, a maverick of modest mid-century housing whose work remains a Long Beach treasure.
High value
At every opportunity the chairman of Christie’s UK makes a bid for relaxation at his country retreat.
