From Modernism to Ikea mugs, how universality shaped design
Official Swiss Railways Clock (1944) by Hans Hilfiker for Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) – this iconic design reflects the bold directness of the Swiss School’s
The China Design Museum in Hangzhou is European modernism writ large
China Design Museum in Hangzhou. Photo: Qian Yunfeng / Shi Zheng It is a fortress designed by Portuguese Pritzker-winner Álvaro Siza to house a collection
Out of Aalto’s shadow: The country where modernism still thrives
A string of publicly engaged projects, including the revamp of Helsinki’s Glass Palace, show how Finnish architects still embrace the humane modernist values of the
The cult of German design tells of industrial strength driven by the functionalist legacy of the Bauhaus. But is this traditional narrative anything more
This heady, informative guide shows Nairn at the pithy peak of his powers, before disillusionment and drink began to blunt his prose Ian Nairn has long
The institution’s travertine fortress is Richard Meier’s magnum opus – the perfect embodiment of a contemplative approach to culture now vanished The original Getty was
Cambodia’s modernism is a poignant reminder of the post-independence era
Daniel Bruce writes about and photographs the stylish, angular buildings from the period of New Khmer Architecture Soon after Cambodia gained independence from France in
RIBA exhibition – Mies van der Rohe & James Stirling: Circling the Square
Above: Mies van der Rohe’s unrealised Mansion House Square proposal Curator Marie Bak Mortensen discusses the two proposals for Mansion House in the City of
Book review – Lost Futures: The Disappearing Architecture of Post-War Britain by Owen Hopkins
Owen Hopkins provides a welcome antidote to the histrionics and heroising that blight our understanding of modernist architecture, says John Jervis Published in 2009, Owen
