1930s

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Leisure as an architectural problem

01 Dec 1938
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The culture of the Hadhramaut and the spread of European Barbarism

10 Sep 1936
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Timber as a crop

01 Feb 1936
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Modern flats in Hampstead, UK by Wells Coates

18 Sep 1934
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Penguin Pool in London, UK by Tecton

15 Jul 1934
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Just stop oil painting: architects prefer Shell

01 Jul 1934
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Editorial: electricity

03 Nov 1933 and
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'New Delhi, the individual buildings' by Robert Byron

14 Jan 1931
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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia

18 Jun 1930

Essays about Modernism

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