Modernist architecture

Serge Cajfinger swaps Paris for a Bahia beach house by Marcio Kogan

Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designs a dream house out of concrete blocks and a eucalyptus-stick pergola for Paule Ka founder Serge Cajfinger

By Amy Serafin • Last updated 7 October 22

Barbi Benton’s Colorado home is filled with delicious disco deco

By Richard Cook • Last updated 7 October 22

Gagosian brings a taste of Casa Malaparte to London

London's Gagosian Gallery presents a collection of furniture reproductions from Casa Malaparte, Curzio Malaparte's legendary villa perched atop a promontory on the island of Capri

By Ali Morris • Last updated 7 October 22

Painting architecture: Tommy Fitzpatrick’s fractured modernist visions

Tommy Fitzpatrick’s new series of electric-hued architectural paintings capture the American artist's 30-year fascination with modernism

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 7 October 22

Rawlins Design breathes new life into midcentury Fire Island House

Rawlins Design respectfully remodels a midcentury gem on New York’s Fire Island, a 1969 house originally designed by architect Harry Bates

By Alfredo Mineo • Last updated 7 October 22

Modernist posters reimagine the architecture of James Bond

James Bond is brought to life in new and wonderful ways through these modernist illustrations from the films

By Hannah Silver • Last updated 7 October 22

Sybold Ravesteyn's modernist house in Utrecht opens to the public

By Adam Štěch • Last updated 7 October 22

Magnificent Miami: houses to covet in the city or beach

These breathtaking abodes in Miami and its surrounding area offer a healthy mix of glamour, art, modernist and art deco heritage, and contemporary design – making us crave the sun-drenched beaches of Florida 

By Ellie Stathaki • Last updated 6 October 22

Preservation easement secures the future of Eliot Noyes’ 1954 family home

By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated 6 October 22

Melbourne apartments channel the spirit of Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut

Le Corbusier’s chapel, Notre Dame du Haut, inspires this Melbourne apartment complex by property developer Beulah International and Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors

By Jonathan Bell • Last updated 6 October 22

Meet the people saving The Hamptons’ modernist architecture

The newly established Hamptons 20 Century Modern vows to celebrate and preserve eastern Long Island's wealth of modernist architecture

By Pei-Ru Keh • Last updated 6 October 22

At home with Daniel Arsham

 Speaking from New York, prolific pan-creative Daniel Arsham discusses dream collaborators, Star Wars, and advice for the next generation, and shares images of his work, travels and home on Long Island

By Harriet Lloyd-Smith • Last updated 6 October 22

Architecture in film: modernism, futurism and beyond

Ahead of the Oscars 2022 ceremony, we look back to the relationship between architecture and the movies. From modernist houses to futuristic landscapes, the built environment and the ambience it creates play a key role in visual storytelling

By Ewa Effiom • Last updated 6 October 22

Testing the water at Copenhagen's 1960s modernist swimming baths

Here, we revist our feature from the July 2012 issue of Wallpaper* (W*159), when we explored a refreshingly-designed Copenhagen public bathing complex

By Emma O'Kelly • Last updated 5 October 22

Bauhaus residence of entrepreneur Mati Broudo in Tel Aviv renovated by AN+ architects

By Ali Morris • Last updated 30 September 22

Tour West Vancouver’s considerable cache of midcentury modernist homes

By Hadani Ditmars • Last updated 28 September 22

Modern Latin American architecture through the lens of Leonardo Finotti

By Siska Lyssens • Last updated 23 September 22

Battersby Howat creates bold geometry for a ravine-hugging home in North Vancouver

Challenging topography and a triangular lot inspired this modernist mountainside retreat designed for an entrepreneur

By Hadani Ditmars • Last updated 23 September 22

John Lautner’s modernist landmark Garcia House restored to former ‘rainbow’ glory

By Dominic Bradbury • Last updated 23 September 22

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 23 September 22

Revisiting an architecture icon: Richard Meier's Smith House

By Sara Sturges • Last updated 22 September 22

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 21 September 22

Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House is brought back to life at the Elmhurst Art Museum

By Audrey Henderson • Last updated 20 September 22

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 19 September 22