Each month we highlight a building of our period, at home or abroad, that we think deserves attention.
Barry Byrne, by Ian Tocher The city of Cork seems an unlikely place for a church designed by an American architect trained by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the giants of 20th century modernism. Considering the conservative traditions of the Irish Ca...
John Wimbleton, by Joshua Mardell The parish church of St. Paul’s, Lorrimore Square, occupies a very central position within the Brandon Estate, Southwark. The Brandon Estate was the first large scheme of rehabilitation of existing houses combine...
Artist Constructor, by Rachel Williams Four miles south of Bristol one might be surprised to stumble upon a group of houses such as those at Flax Bourton. But there they stand, bold and bright, sculptural, strange and stark, yet somehow at home in ...
UPACE Limited, 1962-72, by Barnabas Calder Even by the high standard of Canada’s postwar campuses York University, Toronto, has some magnificent Brutalist architecture. Part of a huge expansion in Canadian higher education, York was founded in 19...
Heinz Rau and David Reznik, 1957, by Timothy Brittain-Catlin Very few modern synagogues have attracted the interest of architects worldwide, and in Israel itself there is possibly only one that has achieved this distinction. The tiny Israel Goldste...
Naval Architect: James Ayers; Builder: Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven, 1980, by Bruce Peter Modern cross-Channel ferries, which carry a large proportion of goods imported from our European neighbours, are among the most ingenious examples of cont...
Yekaterina Maximova, by Clementine Cecil The reinforced concrete Maslennikov factory canteen (1930-1932) by architect Yekaterina Maximova has a ground plan in the form of a hammer and sickle. This was one of the earliest experiments in the use of st...
Powell & Moya, by Kenneth Powell Powell & Moya’s Cripps Building at St John’s College, Cambridge, which was listed last year at Grade II*, has enjoyed a good press from the time of its completion in 1967. “A masterpiece by one of th...
Ryder and Yates, by Elain Harwood Trying to find buildings by Ryder and Yates in their native North-East surviving in their original condition is tricky today. The recent book on the practice, by Rutter Carroll for the RIBA/English Heritage and T...
Peter Aldington, 1964-68 (Listed Grade II*), by Alan Powers In 1964, Peter Aldington was a young architect with one project behind him as an independent practitioner. He was newly married, and looking for somewhere to build his own house in the south...
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