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November 3, 2025

Reflections: Maison de Verre – ADC

Skip to content Reflections: Maison de Verre John Pardey on how Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoët’s  Maison de Verre (House of Glass) redefined domestic architecture in 1930s Paris — fusing craft and industry, transparency and privacy, transforming a bourgeois townhouse into a luminous, steel-framed gesamtkunstwerk. (Credit: Subrealistsandu  via Wikipedia Commons) Words John Pardey This article […]

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April 22, 2025

Reflections: Grande Arche de la Défense

Completed in 1989, La Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris was designed by Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen as part of President François Mitterrand’s Grands Projets. Architect John Pardey looks back at the building in a monthly essay series on great buildings of the 20th century, introduced here. The Grands Projets Mitterrand’s programme […]

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