Categories / Architecture, Pets

Modernist-style FishCondo fish tank

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While you may not be able to afford a modernist apartment for yourself, this FishCondo is surely the next best thing: a Le Corbusier style development for your fish. 

A world away from the faux bridges and treasure chests usually associated with fish tanks, this design is all gleaming white and straight lines. What's more, the Condos are stackable so you can buy a few and build your own fishy development, worthy of a Ville Contemporaine. 

Each FishCondo costs £40. 

Buy it from The Balcony Gardener

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: 1960s Edward Schoolheifer-designed house on Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17

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A distinctly 60s house that still has a touch of the cutting edge about it – this three-bedroomed house on Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17.

Designed by the Swiss architect Edward Schoolheifer for the Lyon Group in 1964, it has a spacious and light open-plan living area downstairs, arranged around a central 'pod' that features a kitchen, cloakroom and staircase. Upstairs, there are three bedrooms and a bathroom.

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Keeling House and Trellick Tower cushions by Wingate

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If you happen to be a fan of Brutalist architecture, you just might like to snuggle up with these Keeling House and Trellick Tower cushions by Wingate.

Featuring stylised images of the imposing and iconic 1960s structures, both are blue/grey and black prints on a cream cotton cushion and sized around 45 x 45cm.

You can buy both from Not On The High Street, £35 is the price for each. See an image of the other cushion over the page.

Find out more at the Not On The High Street website

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For sale: Early 80s-designed ‘High-Tech’ house in Crawley Down, West Sussex

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I don't know what to make of this. A touch of midcentury, a touch of the 'Bond lair', but overall, this early 80s-designed house on Crawley Down, West Sussex is actually associated with the 'High-Tech' style of architecture that was pioneered by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and others in the 1970s.

You really need to see all the images to appreciate what a striking property this is, both inside and out. The work of Brian Cooper and completed in the early 1980s, it sits on a secluded 5.5 acre plot near the village of Crawley Down in West Sussex and is sold either as the existing 4-bedroom house with potential to be extended, or more worryingly, as a demolition project should someone want the land for a new house. Yes, really.

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For sale: Art Deco Skye Haus in Graces Walk, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex

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Yes, we're still being overrun with stylish 1930s properties, this time a mix of classic and modern with the Skye Haus in Graces Walk, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.

A three-bedroom detached house on a private road on the Frinton Park Estate that's just a stone's throw from the sea, it was built in 1934-5 by architect J T Shelton under the guidance of Oliver Hill. It was one of 35 houses built on a development that was intended to showcase the best in British modern design, all under the guidance of the most innovative young architects of the day. Even now, it's a head turner, despite its modest size.

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Bronwen Deane Gateshead car park pin

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On Friday we ran the story that Gateshead car park is being demolished this week. As an alternative way of honouring this icon of brutalist architecture, how about this Gateshead car park pin, made by Bronwen Deane?

The piece is made from a combination of acrylic and silver, featuring a digital image of the car park that's been manipulated to get the strong colours. She also sells a bangle based around a different image of the same location. 

Bronwen's work is all about the contrast between the severity of the architecture and the preciousness normally associated with a piece of jewellery. Take a look at her website for more pieces that featuring subject matter like tower blocks, Glasgow Barrowlands and, of course, the Trellick Tower. 

No exact cost given but the price guide on the website indicates prices start at £25 for pins. You need to contact her directly to place an order. 

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