Each month we highlight a building of our period, at home or abroad, that we think deserves attention.
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...
Sandy and Norris, by Aidan Turner-Bishop This month marks the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Thirties Society, which was to go on to become the Twentieth Century Society. To celebrate this anniversary November 2009’s Building of the Mont...
McMorran & Whitby, 1960-72, by Edward Denison McMorran & Whitby was among Britain’s most intriguing architectural practices of the 20th century, yet their output remains shamefully unfamiliar. This obscurity was caused largely by their ‘...
Eliel Saarinen, by Brian Carter Winning second prize in the prestigious international competition to design the new Tribune Tower in Chicago in 1922 was a notable achievement for the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. It was also to be the event that...
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