Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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Hotel Marcel: the sustainable rebirth of a Marcel Breuer original
Hotel Marcel, a Marcel Breuer-designed, modernist architecture original, launches as sustainable hospitality in New Haven, Connecticut
By Daniel Scheffler Published
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Hampstead House revives neglected Trevor Dannatt modernist home
Hampstead House by Coppin Dockray is the sensitive restoration of an overlooked Trevor Dannatt modernist home
By Shiori Kanazawa Published
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Anupama Kundoo on Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi’s legacy
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi's recent passing shook the global architecture community; here, leading Indian architect Anupama Kundoo looks back at his legacy
By Anupama Kundoo Published
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‘Brutalist Paris’ is a book that lays bare the legacy of the city’s concrete architecture
Architectural cartographer Blue Crow Media launches ‘Brutalist Paris’, its first book, a photographic study of the French capital’s surviving brutalist treasures and concrete impasses
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Mapping modern Cambridge architecture
A modern Cambridge architecture map offers immersive tours through the British city’s 20th century gems
By Martha Elliott Published
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In memoriam: Balkrishna V Doshi (1927 – 2023)
Balkrishna V Doshi, one of India’s preeminent architects and the world’s greatest modernists, has died at the age of 95. To honour his memory, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Take a Sarasota tour of modernist architecture with us
Join our ultimate Sarasota tour of modernist architecture, to explore some of the finest built-environment heritage in the region
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Roll up! It‘s the Faro Modernist Weekend’s inaugural edition
Faro Modernist Weekend, a festival dedicated to mid-century architectural delights in the Portugal’s Algarve, has just launched its first iteration
By Stacy Suaya Last updated
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Take the ultimate Carlo Scarpa tour of Venice
A Carlo Scarpa tour to end all tours; join our survey of modernist buildings by the Italian midcentury master in and around Venice
By Natasha Levy Last updated
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Jasmina Cibic on feminism, nation building and modernist architecture
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Feilden Clegg Bradley unveils refresh of South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Silver lining: Guard Tillman Pollock trace 25 residential projects over 25 years
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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LA modern: Schindler's Van Dekker house receives LA Conservancy award
By Adam Štěch Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian architecture uncovered
Jason Oddy’s photographic study of Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian buildings, set alongside research and archival documents, explores the architecture’s inseparable relationship to revolutionary politics in a new book from Columbia University Press, titled The revolution will be stopped halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer (1907 - 2012)
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Palm Springs Modernism Week 2015: The Coachella valley’s mid-century Mecca comes of age
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Galerie Patrick Seguin installs Jean Prouvé’s demountable house at Château La Coste
By Christopher Stocks Last updated
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Balancing act: a modernist tree-house in Prague by Jan Šépka
By Adam Štěch Last updated
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Remembering Claude Parent's unique take on modernist architecture
We look back on Claude Parent's slant on modernist architecture, five years after the iconic architect's passing, by revisiting Wallpaper* contributing editor Emma O'Kelly's meeting with him in 2007
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Modernism Week 2017 honours Lautner, while a never-built Beadle comes to life
By Ann Binlot Last updated
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André Lurçat-designed school in France scoops 2018 WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The W* Library: flick through February's new titles
By Melina Keays Last updated
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Blueprint for living: exploring London’s post-war housing at the Fitzhugh Estate
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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On the shores of Hyères, Design Parade nurtures new French talent
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Mid-century memories: Taschen rediscovers hidden gems in the Julius Shulman vaults
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Jean Prouvé architecture goes on show at Marseille sculpture park
By Jean Grogan Last updated
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Canvassing the globe, artist Enoc Perez finds sanctuary in American embassies for a new show
By Ann Binlot Last updated