The three-storey concrete and glass box built into a hillside overlooking the centre of Brno remains a touchstone of Modernism
Museums and galleries, a hotel, reconfigured civic districts and two quarries are among the highlights
The light-filled house in Simon Mawer’s novel The Glass Room has its roots in Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe
Film-makers have long been captivated by the visual possibilities of the home as transparent box
A master designer who built monuments to corporate America
Edwin Heathcote selects his mid-year reads
The Mexican architect becomes only the second solo woman since 2000 to design the annual summer attraction
The Chicago Architecture Biennial intrigues, provokes and, occasionally, frustrates
Women have fared poorly in this male-dominated profession — but are things changing?
RIBA president stood up for the profession against detractors
Technology has transformed how architects work — and how their work is seen
The city of skyscrapers and Frank Lloyd Wright looks to the future
While Coppola shot the streets, Stern turned her lens inwards — portraits, interiors and the psyche
The chair, a cushion sewn from 148 pieces of leather, was created for the 1929 German Pavilion
Vibrant sketches from the greatest names of the 20th century provide an alternative history of modernism
The Chilean architect’s strange design expresses his interests in materials, craft, and the making of architecture through eccentric means
Designer furniture pioneer on value before price
‘I’ve seen ambitious networkers palm off their name cards to the Prince of Wales – and even the Queen’
The changing roster of owners and tenants at 375 Park Avenue – better known as the Seagram Building – is a microcosm of postwar US economic and design history
This user-friendly fair joyfully mixes decorative arts and design with fine art
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Peter Behrens were commissioned by a toymaker passionate about architecture
A change in the fortunes of Indonesia’s national airline, a hotel within Chicago’s IBM building and Easyjet’s new air routes
The houses designed and lived in by their creators and what they reveal
Andrée Putman, interior and product designer, 1925-2013
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