Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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'Soviet Modernism 1955-1991: Unknown Stories' exhibition, Vienna
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Dive into Milan's modernist swimming pools in pictures
Tour Milan's numerous swimming pools through the lens of photographer Stefan Giftthaler, who has created a mesmerising photo series of those oft-overlooked Italian architecture marvels
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Revisiting an architecture icon: Richard Meier's Smith House
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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We step inside a renovated unit in Mies van der Rohe’s iconic 860-880 Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House is brought back to life at the Elmhurst Art Museum
By Audrey Henderson Last updated
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LA architect Ray Kappe’s duo of houses pair modernist and organic ideas
Los Angeles-based architect Ray Kappe is renowned worldwide for his contributions to the modernist movement. From forming his own practice in 1954 to founding SCI-Arc (the Southern California Institute of Architecture) in 1972, he is still in practice to this day. In 2006, Wallpaper* visited a pair of Kappe builds: one the home and office of Dr Esther Benton, the other the architect’s own Kappe House in Pacific Palisades, a Cultural Heritage Landmark
By Paul McCann Last updated
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Langlands & Bell's modernist box in rural Kent is a work of art
By Doris Lockhart Last updated
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A photographic trip through America’s roadside façades
In her ongoing series, The Mother Road, Hayley Eichenbaum documents the tainted romanticism of roadside architecture on Route 66 in the American Southwest
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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A tribute to architect Trevor Dannatt (1920-2021)
British architect Trevor Dannatt OBE RA (1920-2021) was known for his thoughtful and sensitive designs, which wove humble, traditional materials and modernist ideas. For our May 2012 issue (W*158), his son, art critic Adrian Dannatt, gave an account of one of the architect's new projects at the time, a private house in Petersfield. Here, we republish it in tribute
By Adrian Dannatt Last updated
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Haunting photos capture the secrets of Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia ghost house
Photographer Jason Oddy takes us through his series on Casa Niemeyer, the house in Brasilia that legendary modernist Oscar Niemeyer designed for himself and lived in while the Brazilian capital was under construction
By Jason Oddy Last updated
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Tropical modernism gets a new look in this Floridian paradise home
A tropical modernist home in DelRay Beach, Florida, was revamped to perfection by Miami architecture studio Sanchez + Coleman
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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California tract home's dramatic transformation into modernist villa
Explore the transformation of a modest tract home in California into a modernist-inspired house by Tim Gorter Architect
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Jean Prouvé and Neil Hutchinson’s magnificent Villa Seynave hits the market
We pay a visit to Villa Seynave by Jean Prouvé and Neil Hutchinson and its finely tuned modernist architecture – currently on the market in the south of France
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Belgrade's House for a Craftsman draws squarely on modernist ideas
An experimental yet functional family home for a craftsman is a workbench for ideas, materials and techniques that draws on modernist ideas, designed by TEN architects in Belgrade
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Eileen Gray's renovated E-1027 villa reopens in Côte d'Azur
Eileen Gray's iconic residence, E-1027, completes extensive renovation and throws open its doors in France's Côte d'Azur
By Minako Norimatsu Last updated
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The postwar public art that became a symbol of the British modernist dream
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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New French fragrance maison Ormaie references modernist design greats
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Welcome to Sarajevo: transforming the Historical Museum in Venice
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A photographer’s pilgrimage around Europe’s most spectacular modern churches
Photographer Jamie McGregor Smith captures some of Europe’s most striking religious architecture – modern churches
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Saving the IIM Ahmedabad dormitories by Louis Kahn
We discuss the threat to the Indian Institute of Management's Ahmedabad dormitories by Louis Kahn with Noor Dasmesh Singh (architect, urbanist and principal of award-winning NOOR Architects Consultants based in Chandigarh, India)
By Noor Dasmesh Singh Last updated
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Hidden gems: exploring the modernist architecture of Essex
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Farrow & Ball and Christopher Kennedy team up for Modernism Week
By Tom Howells Last updated
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Inside the home of Denver’s most important mid-century-loving couple
As originally featured in the September 2010 issue of Wallpaper* (W*138)
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Have a modernist architecture sleepover at Fondation CAB
Charles Zana renovates the sensuous, modernist architecture of a 1950s former art gallery as a new home you can stay in for the Fondation CAB in the south of France
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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Tom Blachford brings Palm Springs houses and classic cars into moonlit focus
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Ricardo Bofill’s La Muralla Roja as captured by Sebastian Weiss
As a tribute to architecture icon Ricardo Bofill (1939 – 2022) we revisit Hamburg-based photographer Sebastian Weiss’ captivating photo series on ‘La Muralla Roja’, first published in 2020
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Mews house in Battersea gets facelift by Groves Natcheva Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated