In defence of the modern buildings of Britain
Some of Britain’s finest examples of modern architecture may be under threat, but in Owen Hatherley they have a fierce champion
In defence of Coventry’s post-war architecture
Why is the city so determined to destroy one of the best civic centres of the post-war period?
Cooling towers are a powerful presence in the landscape – and deserve to be saved
It’s time to appreciate the gracefulness of power stations before more of them disappear
Painstakingly perfect and utterly peculiar – the drawings of Jean-Jacques Lequeu
The French draughtsman’s fantasies seem as bizarre today as they did 200 years ago
Cedric Price’s mission to make architecture amusing
Cedric Price believed that architecture should be mobile, lightweight, and temporary. Above all, he thought it should be fun
More can be less when it comes to Eduardo Paolozzi
Paolozzi’s 1950s work is astonishing, but a full retrospective draws too much attention to his duller later work
Finally, a reminder that post-war architecture deserves our praise
Elain Harwood’s magisterial Space, Hope, and Brutalism is a triumph
John Aubrey on architecture: centuries old and more relevant than ever
17th-century writing on ancient buildings never felt so contemporary
Review: ‘Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture’ at the Design Museum
Kahn’s designs have a sense of grandeur unmatched by most modernist buildings
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