Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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Lighting auction at Rudolph Schindler’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House, LA
By Carren Jao Last updated
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Inside Brian Housden’s masterpiece of British modernism
A meeting with De Stijl master Gerrit Rietveld inspired architect Brian Housden (1928-2014) to throw away the timid first drafts of his London home – and instead design one of Britain’s first brutalist dwellings. In November 2014, 78 South Hill Park achieved Grade II-listed status, the same week that the late architect passed away
By Edwin Heathcote Last updated
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Lord Richard Rogers announces new fellowship scheme at Wimbledon House
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Minimalist interiors inside Álvaro Siza’s New York residential building revealed
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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London’s brutalist Balfron Tower opens two eclectically designed show apartments
Ab Rogers Design and Studio Egret West have combined restoration, creativity and collaboration to design the interiors of two show apartments in one of London’s most iconic residential towers
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs retreat is renovated with nostalgic 1960s interiors
By Mayer Rus Last updated
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Seattle’s art deco Asian Art Museum gains a modern extension
LMN Architects brings the Seattle Asian Art Museum into the 21st century with a modern glass and sandstone extension that makes a surprisingly seamless addition to an iconic art deco institution at the heart of public culture in the Pacific North West region
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Ship shape: nautical modernism takes to the trees in a Highgate house
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Ripple effect: the Palm Springs hotels making waves
There must be something about all that sunshine and blue-on-blue sky, but Palm Springs has long lured a particular tribe of traveller – savvy, design-conscious, and fastidious about their choice of lodgings. Aiding the cause is the area’s haul of classic mid-century architecture, many of which, thanks to generous proportions and outdoor spaces, have been successfully co-opted or refurbished as bright and cheerful hotels.
By Daven Wu Last updated
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The architects who built Palm Springs: Hugh Kaptur
Inspired by midcentury aesthetics and philosophy, some of Kaptur’s (b. 1931) most famous commissions include homes for actors Steve McQueen (1964) and William Holden (1956). While Kaptur played with local vernacular and Spanish heritage, he always merged his influences with the International Style’s teachings.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Pleasure island: the decadent interiors of Australia’s first lady of modernist design
By Adam Štěch Last updated
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Space, light, structure: the jewellery of Margaret de Patta
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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RIBA goes beyond Bauhaus with its latest exhibition in London
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Inside Europe's modernist estates and their distinct cultures
Stefi Orazi welcomes readers inside her book Modernist Estates Europe, where she speaks to residents about daily life inside these 20th-century domestic experiments
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Country life: celebrating the rich creative cache of Sussex modernists
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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The rustic allure of Brazil modern design gets a new French audience
By Tom Howells Last updated
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Lucy Williams exhibition at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Modern architecture in LA: a sneak preview of a new exhibition programme
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A 1930s Melbourne duplex is transformed into a richly layered contemporary home
Architecture journalist and Wallpaper* contributor Stephen Crafti welcomes us into his newly renovated home in Melbourne to explore its pavilion-like extension
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Peter Womersley's High Sunderland restored by Loader Monteith
Young architecture studio Loader Monteith restores Peter Womersley's High Sunderland, a house designed for textile designers Bernat and Margaret Klein in the Scottish Borders
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Minimalist office pops up at London brutalist icon the Smithson Tower
ConForm Architects creates minimalist office at London’s Smithson Tower, uniting brutalist architecture, modernism and a comfortable, almost domestic working environment
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Balkrishna Doshi exhibition opens at Vitra Design Museum
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Converted London post office delivers sushi and modernist design
Child Studio converts a former 1960s London post office into a new outlet for Maido Sushi
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Palm Springs house makes the perfect 21st-century retreat
Los Angeles architects Woods + Dangaran reveal Desert Palisades, a minimalist, contemporary family retreat in Palm Springs
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A Prague exhibition celebrates the life and work of an unsung hero of Israeli architecture
By Adam Štěch Last updated
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Sub set: a new exhibition traces African modernist architecture
By Stephanie Murg Last updated
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Sun, fun and architecture at Palm Springs Modernism Week 2022
Palm Springs Modernism Week is back with an extended 2022 edition that promises exciting events, elegant buildings and design inspired by the desert California landscapes
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated