Posts tagged 'modernism'

Five big ideas that changed design

Ideas are at the heart of design and central to the development of different movements. We take a look at a new book that celebrates

Design

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

Design

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

Architecture

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

Architecture

Selling Germany: Design as Propaganda

The cult of German design tells of industrial strength driven by the functionalist legacy of the Bauhaus. But is this traditional narrative anything more

Architecture

Ian Nairn: Modern Buildings in London

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

Design

The Getty Center: Meier’s masterpiece at 20

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

Design

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

Design

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

Architecture

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

Opinion