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recessed.space is a platform for writing about art and architecture, and where the two intersect.

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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ten highlights from Berlin Art Week 2026 Each year the city organises Berlin Art Week with over 100 organisations opening for exhibitions, events, and parties. We went along to find out what’s happening in the German capital’s art scene. Here are our highlights: recessed.space/00333-Berlin...
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00333 - Berlin Art Week 2026 — recessed.space
Ten highlights from Berlin Art Week 2026 A vast & layered city like Berlin can be hard to navigate for the cultural...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RECESSED.SPEAKS 001: AN INTERVIEW WITH HYNEK MARTINEC Our new podcast, recessed.speaks, will bring you interviews from leading figures from the arts & architectures, sitting alongside our online platform & relaunched newsletter. recessed.space/00332-recess...
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00332 - recessed.speaks 001: Hynek Martinec — recessed.space
recessed.speaks 001: an interview with Hynek Martinec Launching our new podcast platform, recessed.speaks, we bring...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
RECESSED.SPEAKS 001: AN INTERVIEW WITH HYNEK MARTINEC Our new podcast, recessed.speaks, will bring you interviews from leading figures from the arts & architectures, sitting alongside our online platform & relaunched newsletter. recessed.space/00332-recess...
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00332 - recessed.speaks 001: Hynek Martinec — recessed.space
recessed.speaks 001: an interview with Hynek Martinec Launching our new podcast platform, recessed.speaks, we bring...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
'Fragments and Futures' is an exhibition of a sideways view of archaeology. @willjennings.bsky.social visited the Greek island of Samos, a place littered with ancient architectural fragments, to discover 16 artists within a diverse & fascinating presentation. recessed.space/00329-Fragme...
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00329 - Fragments and futures at Art Space Pythagorion Samos Greece — recessed.space
Fragments of histories & futures explored on the Greek island of Samos Art Space Pythagorion, on the beautiful  Greek...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Listening to 17,000-year-old architecture: Oliver Beer at Thaddaeus Ropac by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00324-Oliver...
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00324 - Oliver Beer — recessed.space
Listening to 17,000-year-old architecture: Oliver Beer at Thaddaeus Ropac A grand Mayfair Georgian townhouse...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Curiosity triggered: Daiga Grantina’s sculptures dance with architecture at the Mead Gallery by Isabel de Vasconcellos recessed.space/00323-Daiga-...
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00323 - Daiga Grantina Mead Gallery — recessed.space
Curiosity triggered: Daiga Grantina’s sculptures dance with architecture at the Mead Gallery ...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
An enormous hotel for the well-known & wealthy during Folkestone’s heyday is set to become a unique cultural space fusing residential, creative making & performance with the help of Haworth Tompkins. Will Jennings visited to find out about the plans for The Grand. recessed.space/00322-The-Gr...
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00322 - The Grand Folkestone — recessed.space
The Grand in Folkestone: ambitious plans for a Barbican-by-the-Sea An enormous hotel for the well-known & wealthy during...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
OUR TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM PHOTO LONDON AS IT ENTERS A NEW ERA As Photo London relocates into the vast spaces of Kensington Olympia, we visited to bring you our top ten highlights from the annual festival featuring two centuries of photography. recessed.space/00321-Photo-...
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00321 - Photo London 2026 top ten — recessed.space
Our top ten highlights from Photo London as it enters a new era As Photo London relocates into the vast spaces of...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley By Steve Taylor recessed.space/00320-Archit...
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00320 - Architecture X Architecture MAP — recessed.space
Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley  A new book from Californian...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley By Steve Taylor recessed.space/00320-Archit...
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00320 - Architecture X Architecture MAP — recessed.space
Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley  A new book from Californian...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The new Nederlands Fotomuseum reuses a Rotterdam warehouse & offers the city a new architectural approach by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00319-Nederl...
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00319 - Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam — recessed.space
The new Nederlands Fotomuseum reuses a Rotterdam warehouse & offers the city a new architectural approach A...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
AN INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS POHL KOSEDA ON DRAWING, CAPITAL & AI On the day architect & artist Louis Pohl Koseda opens 'Metafictions of Post-Post-Postmodern in our recessed.space gallery in No.1 Poultry, we share an interview originally published on our newsletter. recessed.space/00318-louis-...
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00318 - louis pohl koseda interview — recessed.space
An interview with Louis Pohl Koseda on drawing, capital & AI On the day that architect & artist Louis Pohl Koseda opens...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The essential Palm Springs part 3: the Coachella Valley recessed.space/00317-Palm-S...
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00317 - Palm Springs part 3 - the Coachella Valley — recessed.space
The essential Palm Springs part 3: the Coachella Valley Over our...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The essential Palm Springs part 2: beyond the city limits recessed.space/00316-Palm-S...
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00316 - Palm Springs part 2 - beyond the city limits — recessed.space
The essential Palm Springs part 2: beyond the city limits In our last article, the first...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The essential Palm Springs: the city & desert modernism recessed.space/00315-Palm-S...
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00315 - Palm Springs part 1 - the city — recessed.space
The essential Palm Springs: the city & desert modernism In the first of a three-part...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels: a masterplan for culture recessed.space/00314-Kanal-...
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00314 - Kanal Centre Pompidou — recessed.space
Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels: a masterplan for culture In November, Brussels opens one of the largest...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
At Edinburgh’s RSA, architect Richard Murphy looks at the generational family tree of design recessed.space/00313-Richar...
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00313 - Richard Murphy Generation RSA — recessed.space
At Edinburgh’s RSA, architect Richard Murphy looks at the generational family tree of design At the Royal...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The John Soane x Minecraft collab that allows you to explore ancient architecture The Sir John Soane Museum in London has been recreated in Minecraft blocks, allowing children from across the world to explore incredible architectural museum & ancient civilisations. recessed.space/00312-Soane-...
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00312 - Soane Museum Minecraft — recessed.space
The John Soane x Minecraft collab that allows you to explore ancient architecture The Sir John Soane Museum...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Cerith Wyn Evans glows in MAAT, Lisbon recessed.space/00311-Cerith...
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00311 - Cerith Wyn Evans MAAT Lisbon — recessed.space
Cerith Wyn Evans’ glows in MAAT, Lisbon Cerith Wyn Evans has quietly become one of the...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography by @sam-moore94.bsky.social A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural Association presented maps drawn by author Ursula K. Le Guin as part of her authorial worldbuilding process. recessed.space/00310-Ursula...
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00310 - Ursula Le Guin AA — recessed.space
Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
THE HOUSE AS SELF-PORTRAIT: JOHN SOANE'S WORDS THROUGH AN ARTISTIC GAZE by Rochelle Roberts recessed.space/00309-Crude-...
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00309 - Crude Hints Towards — recessed.space
The house as self-portrait: John Soane’s words through an artistic gaze An 1812 text by John Soane in which...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps recessed.space/00308-Orobie...
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00308 - Orobie Biennial — recessed.space
The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps Turning the idea of an art biennial on its head, GAMeC’s...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The second exhibition in the recessed.space gallery inside No.1 Poultry is by Ground Collective, a group of artists searching for ways to read the city beyond the visible. recessed.space/00307-Ground...
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00307 - Ground Collective at Hypha Studios — recessed.space
Hypha Studios x recessed.space: Ground Collective communicate with silent rivers The second exhibition in the Hypha...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Venice Biennale 2025: part 1, the good recessed.space/00304-Venice...
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00304 - Venice Biennale 2025 part 1 the good — recessed.space
Venice Biennale 2025: part 1, the good To mark the end of the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture we are reproducing...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Temporary & permanent culture fine a place in Middlesbrough by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00303-Middle...
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00303 - Middlesbrough Art Week & The Auxiliary — recessed.space
Temporary & permanent culture finds a place in Middlesbrough The 2025 Middlesbrough Art Week took place...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery by @robfiehn.bsky.social @dulwichgallery.bsky.social recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...
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00301-ArtPlay-Pavilion-Dulwich — recessed.space
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery After Peter Cook’s temporary play...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
THE RECESS 037 including: Terry Farrell / The design of Frieze / Two London institutions to expand / The Louvre hits the news for something else / New heads for Helsinki & Tallinn / Yinka Ilori floods MK with colour recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
From Bauhaus to birdhouse: world famous architects’ avian designs for charity recessed.space/00300-From-B...
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00300 - From Bauhaus to birdhouse — recessed.space
From Bauhaus to birdhouse: world famous architects’ avian designs for charity In an exhibition at Christies...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A Deeper Recess 014: a conversation with Sumayya Vally open.substack.com/pub/recessed...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
In search of oracular places at the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts By Lorenzo Graf & Riccardo Buck recessed.space/00299-Ljublj...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Click here to read & subscribe to The Recess, out twice monthly free newsletter across art & architecture: recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We speak to Mark Leckey freshly after opening his major survey exhibition, with a large body of new work, at the Julia Stoschek Foundation over Berlin Art Week. recessedspace.substack.com/p/a-deeper-r...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Our highlights from Berlin Art Week 2025 We took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the capital city’s cultural scene & in doing so not only discovered a rich breadth of art, but also some incredible architectural settings of all eras & genres. recessed.space/00296-Berlin...
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00296 - Berlin Art Week 2025 — recessed.space
Our highlights from Berlin Art Week 2025 We took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the capital city’s cultural scene over...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Post-industrial clay: the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent by Veronica Simpson recessed.space/00295-Britis...
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00295 - British Ceramics Biennial — recessed.space
Post-industrial clay: the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent This year’s British Ceramics...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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THE RECESS 035
including: London Design Festival highlights / the Shoemakers' Museum / Berlin club at risk / Explore the lost Bank of England / Design Museum to expand / Jupiter Artland
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
TOLIA ASTAKHISHVILI’S ARCHITECTURAL EXCAVATION IN VENICE CHANGES THE WAY ARTISTS USE THE CITY recessed.space/00294-Tolia-...
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00294 - Tolia Astakhishvili Venice — recessed.space
Tolia Astakhishvili’s architectural excavation in Venice changes the way artists use the city The new home of...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A conversation about V&A Storehouse with Brendan Cormier, curator at the V&A, & David Allin of DS+R architects. open.substack.com/pub/recessed...
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A DEEPER RECESS 012: a conversation about V&A Storehouse with architect David Allin & curator Brendan Cormier
We speak to architect David Allin & curator Brendan Cormier on the design process of V&A East Storehouse
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
An interview with Derrick Adams on the spaces of Black America recessed.space/00293-Derric...
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00293 - Derrick Adams interview — recessed.space
An interview with Derrick Adams on the spaces of Black America Derrick Adams is not only an artist, but he is also a...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
A visit to Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA: architecture, gardens, food & art recessed.space/00292-Hauser...
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00292 - Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA — recessed.space
A visit to Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA: architecture, gardens, food & art recessed.space got a tour of Hauser...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Read The Recess 034 here: recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Edinburgh Art Festival 2025: our highlights recessed.space/00291-Edinbu...
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00291 - Edinburgh Art Festival 2025 — recessed.space
Edinburgh Art Festival 2025: our highlights There’s a lot going on across Edinburgh in...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Learning how to live at Venice Biennale by @robfiehn.bsky.social recessed.space/00290-housin...
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00290 - housing at Venice Biennale — recessed.space
Learning how to live at Venice Biennale Architecture biennials can struggle to find their mode...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
A DEEPER RECESS 011: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS POHL KOSEDA ON SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE, THE POWER OF DRAWING & THE IMPACT OF AI open.substack.com/pub/recessed...
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A DEEPER RECESS 011: an interview with Louis Pohl Koseda
We spoke to Louis Pohl Koseda when he had a solo exhibition at Christies, London, having won the Christies Award from the Royal Drawing School.
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00289-Matthe...
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00289 - Matthew Rosier Luton Henge — recessed.space
The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community In a...
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Robert Clayton Photographer @robclayton.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Another great review of my book can be found here: recessed.space/00285-Robert... Thank you @willjennings.bsky.social @recessedspace.bsky.social for an insightful reflection on the themes running through the images and texts
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00285 - Robert Clayton Provision — recessed.space
A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer Robert Clayton ...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
An interview with Ronald Rael about 3d printed mud architecture at Desert X recessed.space/00288-Ronald...
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00288 - Ronald Rael interview Desert X — recessed.space
An interview with Ronald Rael about 3d printed mud architecture at Desert X At this year’s Desert X festival of...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The Recess 033 Read & subscribe here: recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...
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recessed.space @recessedspace.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Discover the culture & spaces that influence leading artists in a new book by @benlukeart.bsky.social recessed.space/00287-What-i...
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00287 - What is Art For Ben Luke Heni — recessed.space
Discover the culture & spaces that influence leading artists in a new book by Ben Luke ...
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