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Image description The modernist building that brought spies and socialism to Belsize Park

The Isokon Building has become an architectural icon, but its own history is full of scandal and Central European emigrés

25 Nov 2024
Architecture

The fall and rise of Paul Rudolph’s reputation

The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again

1 Nov 2024
Architecture

Image description Edgar Miller was Chicago’s answer to William Morris, so why did he fall off the map?

The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and, thanks to the efforts of his champions, the best of his work survives in the city

28 Oct 2024
Architecture

Image description The cult buildings of Carlo Scarpa

The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy

26 Sep 2024
Architecture

Image description London’s most modern building looks to the future

The BT Tower floats above the city, a reminder of 1960s optimism and a faith in technology that is in short supply today

20 Sep 2024
Architecture

Dreaming spires – the restless imagination of Imre Makovecz

The Hungarian architect with a penchant for the fantastical left behind a series of highly provocative buildings

21 Aug 2024
Architecture

Reviving medieval Italy in the middle of London

The Church of St James the Less was the first building designed by the great Gothic Revival architect G.E. Street. A much-needed restoration is allowing its Italianate interior to shine again

6 Aug 2024
Architecture

Turning the page on Pevsner’s architectural guides

The new Staffordshire volume marks the completion of the revised Buildings of England series – and the end of a publishing era

18 Jul 2024
Architecture

Image description What is the point of the people in architectural drawings?

An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem

15 May 2024
Architecture

‘A model of social responsibility’ – almshouses in the modern age

Hostels or hospitals for the old and vulnerable were first established in the Middle Ages, but they still have an important role to play in society

1 Mar 2024
Architecture

Building back better in Britain and Ireland

The Reformation was a disaster for British architecture, argues an impressive new book – and the country’s approach to building design has never been the same

10 Feb 2024
Architecture

The Victorian chapel designed by a high priest of colour

William Burges’s transformation of the chapel of Worcester College in Oxford doubles as an all-out assault on the senses and a scathing critique of the previous architect

8 Jan 2024
Architecture

Building Indian modernism in Ahmedabad

The Sarabhai family were great patrons of modernist architecture in the city – and Gira Sarabhai’s contribution in particular deserves to be better known

1 Jan 2024
Architecture

The magazine that wanted to remake architecture

An exhibition at RIBA reveals how, in the 1960s, Architectural Review took a radical stand for planning that focused on people

1 Dec 2023
Architecture

When French theory shaped high-minded buildings

Deconstructivism wasn’t exactly a movement, but its practitioners – from Frank Gehry to Bernard Tschumi – certainly caused a great stir

2 Nov 2023
Architecture

Man about town – around modern London with Ian Nairn

A reissue of the architectural critic’s guide to new buildings in the capital is just as fresh as it was 60 years ago

24 Oct 2023
Architecture

The baroque Edwardian buildings of Edwin Rickards

The architect’s highly ornamented designs have more in common with the work of his European peers

3 Oct 2023
Architecture
Amos Rex museum Helsinki

Can Helsinki’s modern architecture grow old gracefully?

Finland’s questing version of modernism, as championed by Alvar Aalto, went hand in hand with the development of social democracy

25 Aug 2023
Architecture

Genteel flats for genteel people

The mansion block has often reconciled Londoners who can’t afford actual mansions to the realities of apartment-living

11 Aug 2023
Architecture

The historic naval church that is in shipshape condition again

The former Dockyard Church in Sheerness has been sensitively restored and converted into a community hub

4 Aug 2023
Architecture

The true test of a building is the passing of time

At RIBA a film by Jim Stephenson shows that architecture can have a long and unpredictable afterlife

30 Jun 2023
Architecture

The saving of St Mary-le-Strand

Pedestrianisation means that one of London’s finest churches is now the centre of attention again

27 Apr 2023
Architecture

Is the grand museum entrance now on its way out?

In the pursuit of greater accessibility, institutions are making themselves oddly unapproachable

23 Feb 2023
Architecture

First-class results in Cambridge

A new library at Magdalene College and a dining hall at Homerton make the most of modern craftsmanship

30 Jan 2023
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