Latest articles by David Plaisant
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Atelier Caracas' banking office design is a love letter to Hans Hollein
Atelier Caracas' banking office design brings the work of Austrian postmodernist architect Hans Hollein in Venezuela to the 21st century
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In memoriam: Paolo Portoghesi (1931 - 2023)
Postmodernist Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi has died; writer David Plaisant celebrates his life and legacy, recalling his visit to Calcata for a feature in the Wallpaper* April 2021 issue
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Rinascente is reborn in Rome’s Piazza Fiume courtesy of design studio 2050+
Rinascente in Piazza Fiume, Rome gets a makeover by Milan-based interdisciplinary design agency 2050+
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Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022 explores architecture's learnings from food
‘Edible; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism' opens at the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022, exploring the relationship between food and architecture
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Paolo Portoghesi’s postmodernist architecture: curves, Baroque and irony
A love affair with the Baroque, a playful sense of irony, a captivation with curves and a passion for patterns define the life and work of postmodernist Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi
