Sir Michael Hopkins obituary
One of Britain’s leading architects admired for the Mound stand at Lord’s, Westminster tube station and the 2012 Olympic velodrome
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One of Britain’s leading architects admired for the Mound stand at Lord’s, Westminster tube station and the 2012 Olympic velodrome
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art now owns a housing micro-unit salvaged from the demolished Nakagin Capsule Tower that once stood in Tokyo.
Brutalist architecture is a great divider. Its many haters aside, it also has loyal enthusiasts, including Bond villains and dastardly dictators. If you haven’t caught the bug for this raw – and sometimes foreboding – style, here’s an opportunity to learn about its utilitarian magnificence.
The mid-century Hampstead House by Trevor Dannatt has undergone a sensitive restoration by architecture studio Coppin Dockray in north London.
In October 1995, the U.K. Cannock Mercury newspaper reported on a series of very weird events that were then occurring in