Edwin Heathcote is the architecture and design critic of the Financial Times and the author of The Meaning of Home.
The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again
The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy
The Hungarian architect with a penchant for the fantastical left behind a series of highly provocative buildings
Norman Foster’s City Hall has been denied listed status a second time. But the more important question is: when will the capital be run from County Hall again?
The sculptor saw possibilities in steel that no one else had before, creating works that altered viewers’ perception of space
Deconstructivism wasn’t exactly a movement, but its practitioners – from Frank Gehry to Bernard Tschumi – certainly caused a great stir
In the pursuit of greater accessibility, institutions are making themselves oddly unapproachable
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
Unused postcards may seem like a blast from the past, but they can still send a powerful message
The mystically inspired polymath was never a professional architect, but his haunting buildings are among modernism’s most curious structures
The Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall has finally reopened – and it remains as forward-looking as ever
It may be an unassuming little shelter, but the beach hut tells of a British infatuation with property and propriety
They’re the classic way to embellish a building – and for all their suspicion of ornament, even modern architects went in for them
George Mayer-Marton was an accomplished, influential émigré artist – and his Crucifixion for the Church of the Holy Rosary in Oldham must be protected
Door handles can be the first and only part of a building we touch, but their design is all too often an afterthought
The critic and architect fervently believed that architecture should promote social justice
Perhaps it’s time to catch up with the sculptor-turned-architect who has always been ahead of the pack
The Belgian painter-turned-designer was a prominent figure in the early history of modernism – although his precise role is not so easy to pin down
In her drawings as in her architecture, the Italian-born Brazilian modernist was ‘radical and magical’
Philip Johnson was not the most talented modern American architect, but he was certainly the most important
Het Schip and other buildings of this early 20th-century movement are both hyper-modern and curiously medieval
Béla Lajta was one of the most innovative architects of the early 20th century
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
As London’s former industrial areas are being redeveloped, artists are running out of affordable studio space. Can a city be a thriving cultural centre if its artists have nowhere to work?
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
The cult buildings of Carlo Scarpa
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It’s time for the government of London to return to its rightful home
Norman Foster’s City Hall has been denied listed status a second time. But the more important question is: when will the capital be run from County Hall again?