Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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Lease of life: a hidden gem of Brazilian modernism reopens as an art gallery
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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Pomo erectus: a perfectly aged temple to wine and architecture
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Di Gregorio Associati's cinematic pergola frames a rural Italian home
A concrete pergola becomes a frame for the landscape, and a sculptural transition between interior and exterior, at a house in the Emilian countryside
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Power games: Calvert 22 examines post-Soviet architecture through art
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Modernism meets industry at Friche de l’Escalette, a French art dealer’s sculpture park
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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The architects who built Palm Springs: William Pereira
While contributing only a few seminal projects to Palm Springs, Pereira (1909-85) defined the town’s rich architectural heritage. Pereira’s most famous scheme in the area is arguably Palm Spring’s J. W. Robinson’s Department Store, a large-scale structure in the centre of town, on South Palm Canyon Drive.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Inside the archives of American photographer Ezra Stoller
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Bauhaus Museum Dessau opens in Germany
Addenda architects has designed a simple glass box for the second largest collection of Bauhaus objects in the world – bringing much needed climate-controlled and flexible space to the city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus School building designed by Walter Gropius, opened in 1926, is located
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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Dessau’s Bauhaus Museum design reflects philosophy taught by the German school
By Giovanna Dunmall Last updated
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The imagined modernist world of 3D artist Alexis Christodoulou
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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MoMA celebrates South Asian architecture in the postcolonial era
The Museum of Modern Art’s latest exhibition, ‘The Project for Independence: Architectures of Decolonization in South Asia 1947 – 1985’, takes us through the aspirations, innovations and visions of South Asian countries after the end of colonial rule in the region
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Wonder walls: a new book celebrates the modernist house as a cultural icon
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A. Quincy Jones’ The Cooper House is a midcentury modern design triumph
By Nate Berg Last updated
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A quiet modernist gem in Suffolk opens its doors in fundraising bid
By Catherine Larner Last updated
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This Dutch concrete villa is a calm symphony of interlocking rectangles
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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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