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Louis Kahn: The architect of complex, monumental buildings 

Phillips Exeter Academy Library exterior by Louis Kahn. Photo by Gunnar Klack  Louis Kahn is widely recognised as one of the greatest architects of the

Architecture

Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion heralded the modernist era

The Barcelona Pavilion was a hugely significant temporary structure that forms part of the early modernist canon of architecture Designed by modernism’s golden child Mies

Architecture

How has the industry reacted to Building Better, Building Beautiful report?

Living With Beauty is the final report from the government-appointed commission on the controversial subject of what beautiful housing looks like After 13 months, two

Architecture

How radical was the modernist Frankfurt kitchen?

The Frankfurt Kitchen. Courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s mass-produced, modular kitchen transformed domestic life but shows that modernist efficiency didn’t necessarily lead

Design

Villa Savoye: Le Corbusier’s exemplary modernist building

Villa Savoye is a definitive example of a modernist building. Set in the Parisian suburb of Poissy, it was designed by Swiss architect and modernist

Architecture

Mies van der Rohe: From the Bauhaus to the height of modernism

German-American architect Mies van der Rohe is one of the pioneers of the modernist movement, devising in a paper sketch the world’s first glass skyscraper

Architecture

Review of the year: Top stories of 2019

What were people talking about in 2019? Find out in our review of the year Looking back at 2019 from the aftermath of a December

Architecture

Le Corbusier: The Swiss architect, his life and work

Notre Dame du Haut, built in Ronchamp, France, in 1955. Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel A century since Le Corbusier began his journey as an

Architecture

Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania. Photo via Wikimedia Commons As the work of Frank Lloyd Wright enters the UNESCO World Heritage List, we

Design

Why London’s at-risk Alton Estate must be protected as a rare example of successful British modernism

  Alton Estate (West), part of the site that is Grade II* listed. Photo by Stephen Richards, CC by-sa 2.0 Roehampton’s Alton Estate is one

Opinion

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Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

ICON 219 : Spring/Summer 2026

Colouring The Future

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Arkitek & Noom 30: Redefining Professional Connection

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ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture




Architects

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book

LANZA atelier uses curving brick design for Serpentine Pavilion 2026

This new build in North London features a playful exterior by architecture practice NIKJOO

How architecture studio DEDRAFT revamped a mid-1960s modernist house

MoDusArchitects completes contemporary Alpine home in Val di Non

Fondazione MAST kicks off 7th edition of Foto/Industria with a citywide exploration into the meaning of home


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How designers turn raw materials into objects at Aram’s Mould exhibition

Ele Harper-Colman wins the CDW Award at New Designers 2025

Cape Town Furniture Week celebrates contemporary craft for its fourth edition

Earl of East and Sampha debut Sensory Nectar candle

Design Interventions reshape Clerkenwell Design Week for its 15th edition



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Isola Design Festival presents TEN: The Evolving Now

ICON 219 : Spring/Summer 2026

Colouring The Future

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Editor’s Picks: 10 best new-season design and lifestyle launches

Kasthall and Barber Osgerby debut Atlas and Bonbon rug collections for Milan Design Week

Arkitek & Noom 30: Redefining Professional Connection

OSWELL by INCLASS

ICON Awards 2026: Recognising influential architecture, design, and culture