Modernism

Eileen Gray’s E-1027 launches a crowdfunding campaign for restoration of original interiors

A crowd-funding campaign has been launched to raise money for important restorations to Eileen Gray’s modernist villa E-1027 in the south of France. The house, which reopened in 2015 after crucial structural restoration saved it from falling into complete disrepair...

The first book on the philosophy and work of Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy

This first dedicated and cohesive book on Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy (1900-89) compiles an rich amount of diverse material on the modernist architect known for his work developing traditional Arab architecture alongside principles of modernism. The substantial volume combines previously...

‘The Barbican Estate’ by Stefi Orazi celebrates 50 years of modernist living

London’s Barbican Estate is revealed through a social lens by writer Stefi Orazi and photographer Christoffer Rudquist on the advent of the 50-year anniversary of when residents first arrived. Uncovering all the eccentricities of living inside a modernist experiment, The...

Tropical modernism: a subversion, an escape and a global influence

The tropical climate subverted and softened modernism into a new form – taking the formal qualities and essential concepts of modernism, yet adapting the style with local materials and techniques better suited to the environment. Methods of passive cooling and sustainable...

Bergen-based architect Todd Saunders’ home is a soaring symphony in Norwegian wood

Describing his latest project, a house for his own family in a leafy suburb of Bergen, Todd Saunders says, ‘It’s like three sticks, stacked on top of each other.’ At a stretch, the analogy holds – the house is...

From Vertigo to Psycho, how Hitchcock changed the role of architecture in film

Architecture in LA: sandcastles, swimming pools, pavements and post-modernism

Post-modernism grew up here on the boulevards between Sunset and Venice, behind nameless shop-fronts on the strip; it learnt its limits, abused them and reached a mid-life crisis. The city sprawled, we followed: houses in the Hills, Downtown rising – speed up to see the city from the...

Light box: Marcio Kogan brings translucent clarity to São Paulo retail for Micasa

Floating among the dense tree canopy of São Paulo’s leafy Jardins suburb is architect Marcio Kogan’s latest offering, an artfully created box named Volume C. It is the second space the Brazilian architect has created for furniture and design store...

Born again: modernist design icons are given a new lease of life

While the hunger for new contemporary design continues, there is still something alluring about revisiting those lesser known chapters of 20th century design to uncover the stories of classic products and their creators. Furniture companies and gallerists continue to mine...

Italian modernist Osvaldo Borsani’s innovative home opens up in Milan for Salone del Mobile

Osvaldo Borsani was born at the crossroads of craft and modern manufacturing. The son of a cabinetmaker, he trained as an architect in Milan in the 1930s, when the city was a centre of technological advancement and flourishing artistry, with...

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jørn Utzon, Danish architect of the Sydney Opera House

Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect whose accomplishments include the Sydney Opera House and a Pritzker Prize amongst many other remarkable architectural feats, was born in Aalborg, Denmark on 9 April 1918 and lived until he was 90 years old. In celebration of his 100th...

The imagined modernist world of 3D artist Alexis Christodoulou

Alexis Christodoulou wasn’t always an artist, though his dreamy 3D renders of imagined modernist interiors belies his brief tenure as one. A former copywriter at an advertising agency, Christodoulou began experimenting with the 3D modelling program SketchUp during a particularly...