Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bauhaus
AT Editor2021-01-08T15:38:02+01:00Books A compendium of profiles by Janet Abrams recalls a different age for design, its culture and criticism, says Rosamund Diamond
Structures of Oppression
AT Editor2020-11-16T00:00:39+01:00Books In this moment, ‘Race and Modern Architecture’ is an essential addition to architects’ libraries, says Michael Badu
Stars of Suburbia
AT Editor2020-10-29T12:40:28+01:00Books Joshua Abbott, author of ‘A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land’, picks five favourite buildings from London’s suburbs
Sædden Church
AT Editor2020-08-24T09:31:10+01:00Learning from
The ecclesiastical architecture of Inger and Johannes Exner offers timely lessons in design for collectivity, says Amanda Iglesias
The Classicism of Modernity
AT Editor2020-06-22T18:07:45+01:00History
Furniture designed by the writer Curzio Malaparte for his celebrated house on Capri is now going into limited production, and exhibited at London’s Gagosian Gallery. The richly symbolic pieces can be seen as temples to domestic rituals within an interior classical landscape, says Robin Monotti Graziadei.
Castles, Cottages & Commuter Suburbs
AT Editor2020-06-03T17:38:21+01:00Books
A fascinating study of Edwardian domestic architecture brings out its debt to both progressive politics and the romanticism of the age, finds Charles Holland
Back to the Future
AT Editor2020-04-28T09:59:27+01:00Viewpoint
There has never been a better time to learn from the post-war new towns, says Katy Lock
Eternal Hopes
AT Editor2020-04-20T10:32:30+01:00Viewpoint
Many architects seek to make ‘timeless’ buildings. Too bad, says Robert Adam – it can’t be done
Degrees of Truth
AT Editor2020-03-05T15:29:08+01:00Exhibition
Within Sir John Soane's Museum artists Langlands & Bell reflect upon architecture's capacity to bear witness to the relationships that define society
New Reality
AT Editor2020-02-26T16:22:25+01:00Exhibition
'Freestyle: Architectural Adventures in Mass Media' explores the reciprocal relationship between design and communications technologies
Positive Feedback
AT Editor2020-02-13T12:04:20+01:00Book
Paul Baxter enjoys an in-depth and insightful examination of the cultural currents running between Japan and the West