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Robert Venturi: a postmodernist pioneer

Robert Venturi is one of the most original and notable architects from the late 20th century Regarded by many as the founder of postmodenrist architecture,

Architecture
Postmodernism: The flamboyant rejection of Modernism

Postmodernism: The flamboyant rejection of Modernism

Isle of Dogs Pumping Station.Photo by Reading Tom via Flickr Popular between the 1970s and 90s, postmodern architecture featured houses with curving forms, bright colours

Design

A new book expands the purview of postmodernism, one of architecture’s most misunderstood movements

Michael Graves: Team Disney Building, Burbank, California, USA, 1986. Picture credit: © Michael Graves Architecture & Design Alamy Stock Photo From brutalism to the neo-shingle

Architecture

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

Robert Venturi’s ‘Ghost Houses’ are playful reminder of the great architect’s continuing influence

Franklin Court ‘Ghost Houses’, Central Philadelphia Photograph by Mark Cohn. Courtesy of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc. Robert Venturi’s Philadelphia ghost houses barely count

Design

Why the revival of post-modernism is a sign of the times

The revival of postmodernism is more than next-generation nostalgia. It reflects a society, economy and entire political system in a profound state of flux writes

Architecture

Denise Scott Brown: As influential as ever at 86

All photos from the archive of Denise Scott Brown As a new exhibition of Denise Scott Brown’s photographic efforts opens in London, Icon considers why

Architecture

Long live the starchitect!

Peter Smisek on why this much-maligned group matters, and should continue to No one likes being called a starchitect. Especially anyone who, by all accounts,

Opinion

Postmodernism

The mood was set nicely. The busker in the subway that connects South Kensington underground station to the V&A was playing Rick Astley’s Never Gonna

Opinion

What We Learned

Images of Las Vegas by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. The photos are part of a tourning exhibitionl, on show at the Museum of

Opinion

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Ismael Medina Manzano

A home for tomorrow

Henry Holland brings contemporary flair to traditional patterns in a new collection for Floor Story

The National Museum of Norway explores how New Nordic Cuisine sparked an international phenomenon in new exhibition

Six Senses Ibiza installs off-grid sundial sculpture by Sabine Marcelis at resort’s subterranean Beach Caves

New Designers

New Designers celebrates 40 years of nurturing UK creative talent

Design in a Real World exhibition at Villa Marie celebrates Tuscan heritage and contemporary design

The Brecon designed by Nicemakers combines local craftsmanship and Welsh design touches to create midcentury-inspired interior

layered rugs

Revolutionary architectural colour theory

The new cabin suites of Sea Containers London honour the golden ages of transatlantic travel




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Ismael Medina Manzano

A home for tomorrow

The Brecon designed by Nicemakers combines local craftsmanship and Welsh design touches to create midcentury-inspired interior

Return of a legend: Gathering revives Cologne’s iconic Café Central

worc casa simera

worc.studio blends earthy colours and natural materials at Casa Símera in Polanco, Mexico City

Meet the creative duo preserving a slice of history in the Cilento National Park

StudioAC adds soft pink curves and stainless-steel to interior of popular cookie shop in Toronto

Exterior Build of Site

How do we define completeness in architecture? Build of Site examines the case for building on what’s already here

Sutton House

Pelletier de Fontenay transforms century-old home in Quebec’s Eastern Townships

Georg Jensen Bond Street

Universal Design Studio and AKQA design interiors for new Georg Jensen flagship showroom on New Bond Street


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Henry Holland brings contemporary flair to traditional patterns in a new collection for Floor Story

The National Museum of Norway explores how New Nordic Cuisine sparked an international phenomenon in new exhibition

Six Senses Ibiza installs off-grid sundial sculpture by Sabine Marcelis at resort’s subterranean Beach Caves

Design in a Real World exhibition at Villa Marie celebrates Tuscan heritage and contemporary design

layered rugs

Revolutionary architectural colour theory

The new cabin suites of Sea Containers London honour the golden ages of transatlantic travel

Can Lis

Love story: the Ferm Living x Utzon – Can Lis Collection

Miminat London

Modern roots: This new London showroom, atelier and gallery space is a masterclass in minimalism

Octaevo x Partida Continua 00 112

Octaevo marks 10th anniversary with design exhibition In the Middle of Lands


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Ismael Medina Manzano

A home for tomorrow

Henry Holland brings contemporary flair to traditional patterns in a new collection for Floor Story

The National Museum of Norway explores how New Nordic Cuisine sparked an international phenomenon in new exhibition

Six Senses Ibiza installs off-grid sundial sculpture by Sabine Marcelis at resort’s subterranean Beach Caves

New Designers

New Designers celebrates 40 years of nurturing UK creative talent

Design in a Real World exhibition at Villa Marie celebrates Tuscan heritage and contemporary design

The Brecon designed by Nicemakers combines local craftsmanship and Welsh design touches to create midcentury-inspired interior

layered rugs

Revolutionary architectural colour theory

The new cabin suites of Sea Containers London honour the golden ages of transatlantic travel