Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995) was an esteemed Venezuelan architect, critic, historian and photographer. He spent his life championing the country’s artists and published more than 60 books, including his influential three-volume …
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Minh T is an art director and photographer based in California. With a background in graphic design and architecture, his work eschews an overly technical approach and instead runs with feeling, …
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Brick is one of the oldest and most versatile man-made materials used for construction today. Some of the earliest dried mudbricks, dating before 7,500 BC, have been found in the …
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named the John Morden Centre – a retirement day centre in London by Mæ – as the winner of the RIBA Stirling …
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Concrete is the second most-used substance in the world after water. For centuries, it’s been integral to the construction of solid and hardy structures. During the Roman Empire, a simple …
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Salva Lòpez’s work focuses mainly on the publishing world, photographing for Monocle, Kinfolk, Openhouse, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, New Yorker and Bloomberg Businessweek amongst others. As a …
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“Less is bore.” Architect, Robert Venturi’s iconic quote summarises the essence of Postmodern architecture. It simultaneously expresses a distance from Modernism, which Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe framed as: “Less …
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Even immobile objects are in a kind of flux. This is one of the insights of artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen’s Static, a film that instigates new perspectives on one …
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Florida, often referred to as the “Sunshine State,” is showcased in glamorous images of aquamarine seas, limitless beaches, towering palm trees and modern structures on a simple online search. However, …
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Brutalist architecture emerged in the late 1940s. Its significant features include monolithic forms, expressive structures, rough surfaces and unusual shapes. The term “brutalism” was first used by British architect Alison Smithson to …
