Each month we highlight a building of our period, at home or abroad, that we think deserves attention.
Sergei Serafimov, Samuel Kravets & Mark Felger, by Owen Hatherley The Gosprom (Russian) or Derzhprom (Ukrainian) building in Kharkov was designed by Sergei Serafimov (1878-1939), Samuel Kravets (1891-1966) and Mark Felger (1881-1962) in 1925, ...
Builder Willie Logan, by Ruairidh Campbell Moir Stornoway, main town of the Isle of Lewis, is formed within a natural harbour, flanked by rocky headlands - the Minch channel to the mainland beyond. These headlands are witness to much colourful h...
by Roland Jeffery Bletchley Park was at the outbreak of the Second World War in rural Buckinghamshire, beside a small sleepy railway town which was to become part of Milton Keynes. The estate had been purchased by the Government Code and Cipher S...
Leonard Manasseh & Partners, 1960-5, by Timothy Brittain-Catlin Leonard Manasseh & Partners was formed early in 1950 when Leonard Manasseh won the competition for a luxury restaurant at the Festival of Britain. The restaurant was not in the...
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...
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