Purcell Room
An intimate 370-seat concert venue at the Southbank Centre, the Purcell Room champions chamber music, jazz and experimental performance in a Brutalist interior designed in the 1960s.
Centre Point
A 34-storey modernist tower completed in 1966, Centre Point is among London’s first skyscrapers. Its cylindrical form dominates the junction of New Oxford Street and St Giles High Street, close to Tottenham Court Road station.
The lagoon recognises its own: Marco Cavazzin’s Mutrion and a tradition that was invented
The only Italian film in competition at Locarno 79 won Best Direction with a story built on a lagoon custom that does not exist. Its director says so himself.
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Near Ngerulmud: the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon of Palau
Palau has 1 UNESCO site: Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (2012, mixed), 35 km south of Ngerulmud — 445 limestone islands, sting-free Jellyfish Lake, highest coral diversity in the Pacific.
Markuskyrkan
A modernist parish church in Stockholm designed by Sigurd Lewerentz (1958–1963), celebrated for its honest use of brick, timber, and exposed technical systems within a birch grove.
Kaknästornet
A 1967 telecommunications tower in Stockholm designed by Bengt Lindroos, once the Nordic region’s tallest building, now closed to the public for security reasons.
Honan Chapel
A Hiberno-Romanesque chapel on University College Cork’s campus, celebrated as a masterwork of the Celtic Revival with luminous stained glass by Harry Clarke and An Túr Gloine.
Ludwigstraße
One of Munich’s four royal avenues, Ludwigstraße embodies King Ludwig I’s vision of a boulevard worthy of his kingdom, maintaining architectural uniformity since its conception.
Musée Dobrée
An archeology museum in Nantes established by collector Thomas Dobrée, recently modernized after a comprehensive restructuring project completed in 2024.
Petit Palais
An art museum built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle, the Petit Palais houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts and stands as a Belle Époque landmark.