AA Retro 10 December 2024 AA Rétro: The Great House At once ‘essential and derisory’, the mansion is a field of experimentation for architects. In December 1978, AA dedicated its 200th issue to ’The Great House‘, featuring built villas and paper projects by architects from all over the world. From Robert Mallet-Stevens’s Villa Cavroix to a ‘House on a Defunct Skyscraper’ designed by Claude Parent, and various in the United ...More about
AA Retro 5 December 2024 AA Retro: overview of the agricultural landscape In an essay entitled ‘Relations between forms of land occupation’, ...More about
AA Retro 8 November 2024 AA Retro: In 1976, Peter Eisenman presents his House VI In 1976, AA devoted issue 186 to the city of ...More about
AA Retro 4 November 2024 AA Retro: mobile homes in the United States in 1971 In 1971, AA devoted issue 157 to the United States ...More about
AA Retro 15 November 2019 AA Retro: Revisiting Ivry In 1982, Renée Gailhoustet delivered the “Le Liégat” in Ivry-sur-Seine, ...More about
AA Retro 6 June 2019 AA Retro: Richard Rogers, the language of industry In June 1982, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui entitled its 221st issue “Industry”. ...More about
Architecture 17 May 2019 AA Retro: Pei’s pyramid in 1987 Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei died on Wednesday, May 15, ...More about
AA Retro 1 May 2019 AA Retro: Ettore Sottsass, “the necessity of decoration” In March 2001, 333d issue of L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui was soberly entitled “Ornament”. ...More about
AA Retro 6 March 2019 AA Retro: Tribute to Kevin Roche On March 1st, Irish architect Kevin Roche passed away. L’Architecture ...More about
AA Retro 13 February 2019 AA Retro: Learning Architecture, by Walter Gropius In February 1950, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui dedicated its 28th issue to ...More about
Architecture 23 January 2019 AA Retro : Mies van der Rohe’s first private commission In September 1958, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui dedicated its 79th issue to ...More about
Architecture 29 October 2018 AA Retro: subsea architecture in 1974 In 1974, AA dedicates its September-October issue to “Living in ...More about
Architecture 8 October 2018 AA Retro: Bernard Huet’s commitments In terms of commitment, Bernard Huet, AA’s editor-in-chief from 1974 ...More about