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Get up close and personal with icons of Italian design at Nilufar's summery New York residencyWorks by Gabriella Crespi, Carlo Mollino and more congregate to create a design lover's beach scene at New York's Galerie56
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Three modernist icons have been added to Unesco’s World Heritage ListUnesco’s World Heritage Committee has added 25 new sites to its prestigious list – among them, modernist landmarks in Finland, Poland and Uzbekistan mark a growing shift towards recognising 20th-century architecture
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Richard Lareau's 1961 Bone Residence, a landmark of San Diego modernism, is for saleSet in the canyons of Mission Hills, this post-and-beam residence – with its cedar walls and glass expanses framing views to the Pacific – is one of the finest-preserved works from the architect's career
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A redwood-clad Kendrick Bangs Kellogg remodel brings 1970s organic modernism to marketThe Chapman Residence in California – a standard suburban house totally transformed by Kellogg and the artist couple who lived in it – has been listed for the first time
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The amazing story of Three Chimneys, the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 venueThree Chimneys, a brutalist Barcelona venue used during the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026, is a modernist landmark awaiting to be reborn
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Brazilian modernism: explore the enduring allure of the country's midcentury architectureInfluential and visually arresting, Brazilian modernism has left a mark, not only on the country's history but also on the 20th-century movement's global evolution; our guide explores its impact
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The lesser-known richness of Vietnamese modernist architecture exploredVietnamese modernist architecture may not be the most well-known strand of the midcentury style, but its vocabulary is rich, layered and thrilling; our guide explores the 20th-century style, its components and legacy
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Modern, minimalist Japanese houses inspiring avant-garde livingWe tour the best Japanese architecture designed by international and local architects – houses that blend tradition and modernity in smart, sleek and sustainable spaces
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Brutalist and modernist references unite in a house that challenges suburban livingIn Victoria, Australia, Glenblaith is an unorthodox residence balancing concrete and curves that slowly unveil a secret garden
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RDR architects have completed an elegant new structure for the Swiss AirforceHalle 2 is the new home for Payerne Air Base’s Rescue Standby Unit, consolidating essential functions within a sleek silvery skin
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Track the work of Carl Pruscha across Nepal and Sri Lanka – take our architectural tourThe Austrian architect’s work in the regions melds local traditions with a modern approach. Architect and photojournalist Nipun Prabhakar pays homage with a tour
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Construct your own Socialist Modernist circus with this new monograph from ZupagrafikaCirk is the vivid chronicle of the Soviet-era permanent modernist circus, a unique and elaborate architectural typology that brought together performance, propaganda and populist entertainment
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Take a look inside these modernist cottages – unlikely frontiers for 20th-century designA new exhibition in Prague uncovers a forgotten chapter of architectural history: the modest countryside retreats shaped by avant-garde design ideas in the postwar years
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The Architecture Edit: 10 striking houses we couldn't take our eyes off in MayThe very best residential architecture that the Wallpaper* editors have come across this month, from a Bauhaus-inspired painter's home to a brutalist beauty in Milan
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A modernist home in Montréal gets a renovation that stays faithful to its rootsDesign studio Vives St-Laurent worked with inherited conditions – modest ceiling heights, sloped roofs and decades of modifications – to draw out the home's original early-20th-century character
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What is a spomenik? Tour former Yugoslavia’s lost brutalist symbols of unityA spomenik-spotter’s guide – discover these forgotten brutalist architecture symbols, conceived to evoke Yugoslavian brotherhood and unity
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Explore Los Angeles in 16 Rudolph Schindler homesAn important California modernist, Rudolph Schindler, pioneered an architecture and way of living that resonates to this day; curator, historian and writer Adam Štěch takes us on a tour of the master's residential work in Los Angeles
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Just north of Milan, a hymn to 1970s Italian brutalism is new to the marketMaster of Italian brutalism, Francesco Castiglioni, designed this concrete family villa in Cusano Milanino in the 1970s; now it’s for sale for the first time
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Jean Prouvé’s modernist genius explored through unseen works at TEFAF New YorkGalerie Patrick Seguin brings the demountable architecture of Jean Prouvé to TEFAF New York this May, showcasing Villa Lopez (1953) and the Valençaude school (1954) to the public for the first time
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The story of Chandigarh furnitureHow a furniture commission for the new city of Chandigarh, India, resulted in some of the most important designs of mid-century modernism
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Step inside the world of Christian Gimonet, the pioneering French modernistDiscover the late architect’s work, representing his own gentle expression of regional modernism – and watch our film
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The Architecture Edit: 10 striking houses we couldn't take our eyes off in AprilFrom a pyramid-inspired home in Milton Keynes to a Belgian villa of sinuous concrete curves – these are the finest examples of residential architecture to cross our desks this month
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Frictionless: How the pursuit of optimisation reshaped art, aesthetics and usFrom minimalist architecture to Instagram aesthetics, our visual culture has long worshipped at the altar of optimisation. But as frictionlessness colonises everyday life, artists, designers and theorists are asking what gets lost
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These eight design history books will teach you all you need to know about modernism and beyondFrom sweeping surveys of 500 years of design to focused studies of colour in the 20th century, these landmark volumes will deepen your visual knowledge
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A new book marks 75 years of the Royal Festival Hall, London's iconic ‘egg in a box’‘Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon’ tells the story of one of London's best-loved buildings – designed not for the privileged few, but for everyone
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Tour Los Angeles' finest modernist houses, from shiny icons to lesser-known gemsThe modernist houses of Los Angeles are the stuff of legend. Writer, curator and architectural historian Adam Štěch takes us on a tour of some of the finest examples, from established icons to lesser-known gems
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A landmark modernist house designed by Peter Womersley is now for sale in West YorkshirePioneering postwar home Farnley Hey hits the market for £1.05 million, offering a rare opportunity to own a landmark of British modernism
