Swimming and style – a brief history
The Design Museum’s deep dive into swimming shows that people have always felt the urge to get into the water, for survival, sport or fun
Why Mies van der Rohe’s designs are here to stay
The architect’s pioneering modernist buildings have outlasted critics and changing trends, as a monumental new biography makes clear
‘The work of a lifetime’ – Interwar by Gavin Stamp, reviewed
The writer’s survey of interwar architecture is a monumental achievement that reminds us that modernism was only part of the 20th-century story
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
Bastion House – the passing of a London landmark
140 London Wall is an imperious piece of 1970s architecture – so why is it being replaced by a generic office block, at great environmental cost?
London has its own Dracula’s castle – and a stake is about to be driven through its heart
The planned renovation of Minster Court in the City says much about the attitude of developers to our postmodern buildings