Madelon Vriesendorp

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‘If at first you don’t succeed, cry, cry again’: Madelon Vriesendorp on being written out of history

Vriesendorp, winner of the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize 2018, explores refreshing alternatives to professional modes of practice in art or architecture

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Madelon Vriesendorp: ‘There's a “coming out of hiding”’

Winner of the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize 2018, Madelon Vriesendorp talks Lina Bo Bardi, bitches and cosmic jackets following the Women in Architecture awards in March ...

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Folio: Madelon Vriesendorp's all-seeing mannequin
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Trophies by Madelon Vriesendorp
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Madelon Vriesendorp speaks out at the Women in Architecture awards
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In what style shall we build?
This photograph of the museum and memorial to Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, USA, features in the exhibition. Designed by Venturi Scott Brown and Associates, it places the museum underground in order to give over the exterior to a public space, which

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