Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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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
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Preston Bus Station wins WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize 2021
The World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize 2021 goes to John Puttick Associates for the studio's work on the Preston Bus Station in the UK
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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1960s Futuro House hosts sci-fi sleepovers in Somerset
Futuro House, the sci-fi, 1960s pod design of Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, has been transported to Marston Park in Somerset, UK – and now you can even stay there
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Travel to Palm Springs by joining the virtual tour of Wave House
A digital tour now allows virtual tourists to visit the Wave House in Palm Springs, a Modernist residence by Walter S. White for artist Miles C. Bates that has been recently restored by Stayner Architects
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Greek modernism and more celebrated during inaugural Athens Design Forum
The inaugural Athens Design Forum invites visitors inside one of the works of Greek modernist Aristomenis Provelengios – the current home of architect Dionisis Sotovikis
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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John Lautner's modernist Garcia House gets landmark makeover
Take a tour of the uplifting restoration at John Lautner’s 1962 modernist architecture gem, the Garcia House in Los Angeles
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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‘Bauhaus: Art as Life’ at the Barbican Art Gallery, London
By Edwin Heathcote Last updated
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Modernism Week: what to see in Palm Springs 2021
Palm Springs Modernism Week is back, ready to inform and regale us with images of dreamy modernist architecture, desert landscapes and legendary, carefree California parties. As a response to the pandemic, the traditional February programme, has been re-worked for the digital realm, dubbed Modernism Week Online Experience, and held between 1 – 28 February 2021. A second segment is coming up in April, dedicated to more physical events. For now, here are our top picks from this year's virtual programme
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Tim Street-Porter’s photo diary of modernist marvels in Palm Springs
By Luke Halls Last updated
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London icon: inside Centre Point’s facelift by Conran + Partners
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