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AT Editor2020-08-24T09:31:10+00:00Learning from
The ecclesiastical architecture of Inger and Johannes Exner offers timely lessons in design for collectivity, says Amanda Iglesias
Learning from
The ecclesiastical architecture of Inger and Johannes Exner offers timely lessons in design for collectivity, says Amanda Iglesias
History
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.
Books
A fascinating study of Edwardian domestic architecture brings out its debt to both progressive politics and the romanticism of the age, finds Charles Holland
Viewpoint
There has never been a better time to learn from the post-war new towns, says Katy Lock
Viewpoint
Many architects seek to make ‘timeless’ buildings. Too bad, says Robert Adam – it can’t be done
Exhibition
Within Sir John Soane's Museum artists Langlands & Bell reflect upon architecture's capacity to bear witness to the relationships that define society
Exhibition
'Freestyle: Architectural Adventures in Mass Media' explores the reciprocal relationship between design and communications technologies
Book
Paul Baxter enjoys an in-depth and insightful examination of the cultural currents running between Japan and the West
Viewpoint
Twentieth Century Society chair Catherine Croft looks back at the organisation’s successful campaigns during its first 40 years
Exhibition
‘Re-Imagining the Avant Garde’ explores the continued influence of the radical, speculative architecture of the 1960s and 1970s
Learning from
Acknowledging the layers of history in renovating a neglected building was a fundamental lesson, says Richard Griffiths
Books
Hana Loftus reviews Gillian Darley’s perambulations around 'Excellent Essex'