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Hilma af Klint, The SUW/UW Series, Group IX/SUW, The Swan, No. 15 (Serie SUW/UW, Grupp IX/SUW, Svanen, nr 15), (oil on canvas), 1915 [Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY. © Stiftelsen Hilma af Klints Verk, Stockholm]

Rocket Building in Saitama, Japan, built in the 1980s to house an astronomy museum, now mostly apartments.

(Sabukaru)

Le Corbusier, 100 years on: Celebrating the architect's most iconic buildings

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Le Corbusier, 100 years on: Celebrating the architect's iconic designs

The Swiss-French starchitect's foundational book, 'Toward an Architecture', turns 100 this year. The source of both revilement and adoration

The architecture of the future will at once appear alien and familiar. As though it has always existed and as though we have never seen it.

Ark Activity Centre, Ulanqab, by Buro Ziyu Zhuang

Buro Ziyu Zhuang describes its new landmark in Ulanqab as appearing like “an alien craft fell from space”. The Ark Activity Centre’s sloping form contrasts with the vast flatland of the site.

A series of openings on the surface of the building, as well as an open viewing platform on the roof, will offer visitors a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape.

Image courtesy of Buro Ziyu Zhuang

Baransky Volcano Hot Springs by Natalia Zakharova

156 years ago today in Parma the conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) was born. One of the most famous conductors.

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries

Arturo Toscanini: Conductor

NBC Symphony Orchestra

Gömbkilátó observation deck in Budapest, 1963, before it was moved to its current site in Balatonboglár in 1967. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.