Philip Jodidio

Christo in his New York studio in 2019, with a preparatory drawing for the project.

A Final Interview with Christo

On Wrapping the Arc de Triomphe

September 12, 2021

The final project by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude will open in Paris on September 18, with the wrapping of one of the city’s greatest monuments.

Our Lady of the Conception Chapel

Paulo Mendes da Rocha juxtaposes the past and present for a personal work, Our Lady of the Conception Chapel in Recife, Brazil.

Philip Jodidio

June 19, 2009

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Ten miles from the city of Recife on Brazil’s northeast coast, Our Lady of the Conception Chapel, completed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha in 2006—the year he won the Pritzker Prize—shows a reserve that came to the 80-year-old architect late in his career.

Our Lady of the Conception Chapel Project Portfolio

Philip Jodidio

June 19, 2009

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Project Specs Our Lady of the Conception Chapel Recife, Brazil Paulo Mendes da Rocha << Return to article the People Architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha Eduardo Colonelli Estructural Project Engedata Technical Projects JME Air Conditioning Interplan Ancient Walls Restoration Jorge Passos Contractor AB Corte Real Images Leonardo Finotti Materials Cerâmica Brennand (tiles); Lumini (lighting) the Products

YTL Residence

Agence Jouin Manku combines the exotic and the organic in its design for Kuala Lumpur's YTL Residence.

Philip Jodidio

April 1, 2009

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Is this the moment to build a 32,292-square-foot private house? In all fairness, the house in Kuala Lumpur, which was completed in 2008 after five years of design and construction...