Modernism
Explore modernism across art, architecture and design
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Georgie Wolton’s No. 34 Belsize Lane in Camden gets Grade II listingNo. 34 Belsize Lane in Camden, London, by Georgie Wolton, is recognised as a modernist gem
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Hamptons modernism celebrated in 20th Century Modern Home Tour 2023Lovers of Hamptons modernism can take a deep dive into their favourite genre by joining the upcoming 20th Century Modern Home Tour 2023 this summer
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Lubetkin tower apartment in London is transformed for the 21st centuryLubetkin tower apartment in London is transformed for the 21st century by emerging architects Studio Naama
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Sotheby's to buy the Breuer Building in New YorkThe Breuer Building in New York is to be acquired by famed auction house Sotheby's, it's been announced
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Trellick tower apartment’s contemporary makeoverA Trellick tower apartment gets a contemporary makeover by architecture studio Buchholzberlin and interior designer Peter Heimer
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Find the perfect midcentury holiday home with Modernist EstatesStefi Orazi’s Modernist Estates launches a peer-to-peer holiday letting platform for midcentury holiday homes across the UK
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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‘Sun Breakers’ book sees Jürgen Beck’s photography celebrate Eileen Gray’s E-1027 house‘Sun Breakers’, a new book celebrating the work of Eileen Gray, looks at the architect’s E-1027 house through the captivating, intimate photography of Jürgen Beck
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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V&A's Tropical Modernism: a vivid look at architecture culture in newly independent GhanaSubtitled ‘Architecture and Power in West Africa’, V&A's 'Tropical Modernism' is a richly historical show at the 2023 Venice Biennale, perfectly aligned with the overarching theme of inclusion and exploration of modernism’s overlooked cultural impact
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Help save the Church of The Three Crosses by Alvar Aalto in Imatra, FinlandThe Church of The Three Crosses in Imatra, one of master modernist Alvar Aalto's works, is in danger; Tiina Laakkonen has set up a fundraiser to help save it
By Pei-Ru Keh Published
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Hotel Marcel: the sustainable rebirth of a Marcel Breuer originalHotel Marcel, a Marcel Breuer-designed, modernist architecture original, launches as sustainable hospitality in New Haven, Connecticut
By Daniel Scheffler Published
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Hampstead House revives neglected Trevor Dannatt modernist homeHampstead House by Coppin Dockray is the sensitive restoration of an overlooked Trevor Dannatt modernist home
By Shiori Kanazawa Published
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Anupama Kundoo on Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi’s legacyBalkrishna Vithaldas Doshi's recent passing shook the global architecture community; here, leading Indian architect Anupama Kundoo looks back at his legacy
By Anupama Kundoo Published
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‘Brutalist Paris’ is a book that lays bare the legacy of the city’s concrete architectureArchitectural cartographer Blue Crow Media launches ‘Brutalist Paris’, its first book, a photographic study of the French capital’s surviving brutalist treasures and concrete impasses
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Mapping modern Cambridge architectureA modern Cambridge architecture map offers immersive tours through the British city’s 20th century gems
By Martha Elliott Published
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In memoriam: Balkrishna V Doshi (1927 – 2023)Balkrishna V Doshi, one of India’s preeminent architects and the world’s greatest modernists, has died at the age of 95. To honour his memory, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Take a Sarasota tour of modernist architecture with usJoin our ultimate Sarasota tour of modernist architecture, to explore some of the finest built-environment heritage in the region
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Roll up! It‘s the Faro Modernist Weekend’s inaugural editionFaro Modernist Weekend, a festival dedicated to mid-century architectural delights in the Portugal’s Algarve, has just launched its first iteration
By Stacy Suaya Last updated
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Take the ultimate Carlo Scarpa tour of VeniceA Carlo Scarpa tour to end all tours; join our survey of modernist buildings by the Italian midcentury master in and around Venice
By Natasha Levy Last updated
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Jasmina Cibic on feminism, nation building and modernist architectureBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Feilden Clegg Bradley unveils refresh of South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell RoomBy Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Silver lining: Guard Tillman Pollock trace 25 residential projects over 25 yearsBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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LA modern: Schindler's Van Dekker house receives LA Conservancy awardBy Adam Štěch Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian architecture uncoveredJason Oddy’s photographic study of Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian buildings, set alongside research and archival documents, explores the architecture’s inseparable relationship to revolutionary politics in a new book from Columbia University Press, titled The revolution will be stopped halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer (1907 - 2012)By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Palm Springs Modernism Week 2015: The Coachella valley’s mid-century Mecca comes of ageBy Ali Morris Last updated
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Balancing act: a modernist tree-house in Prague by Jan ŠépkaBy Adam Štěch Last updated
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Lease of life: a hidden gem of Brazilian modernism reopens as an art galleryBy Adam Štěch Last updated


