Christopher Woodward
ReviewAnti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture & Design by Gavin Stamp
Gavin Stamp’s Apollo columns reveal his passions
ReviewPost-war Britain starts here
As the ICA marks the 60th anniversary of Parallel of Life & Art, we reflect on the impact of a seminal exhibition
Tablet onlyMies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography
The authoritative biography of Mies van der Rohe has been updated through building records, the recollections of students and a court transcript. It’s a gripping read, even if you’re not a fan, says Christopher Woodward
ReviewStirling & Gowan: Architecture from Austerity to Affluence by Mark Crinson
Crinson’s very readable study traces the origins of Stirling and Gowan’s creative approaches
ReviewBauhaus: Art as Life at the Barbican Art Gallery
With a range of interesting new material on show, the Barbican’s Bauhaus show sees beyond the battles over modernism
ReviewInigo Jones: The Architect of Kings
Vaughan Hart’s new book reinterprets Inigo Jones’s court buildings
ReviewWilliam Morris: Story, Memory, Myth at Two Temple Place
The opening exhibition at Two Temple Place captures the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelites
ReviewBuilding the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935
The Royal Academy’s display of Soviet art and design provides a dim reflection of revolutions past
ReviewGhost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project
Iain Sinclair’s new book is a sprawling global trawl of the built environment
ReviewThe 18th Century church in Britain by Terry Friedman
Terry Friedman’s formidable tome may test readers’ stamina.
ReviewLeonard Manasseh by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
The architect’s life shares many of the common motifs of practice in post-war Britain
ReviewCemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens
A new book charts Lutyens and Baker’s designs to honour the first world war dead
ReviewThis Is Tomorrow
The Whitechapel Gallery’s revisit to its seminal 1956 exhibition adds weight to ephemera
ReviewGerrit Thomas Rietveld: Life Thought Work
Bertus Mulder’s biography, issued in English to mark the ’Year of Rietveld’, is a handy introduction to Utrecht’s most famous son
ReviewThe American Department Store Transformed: 1920-1960, by Richard Longstreth
A new history of the golden age of American department stores is right on the money.
ReviewVan Doesburg and the many faces of modernism
Tate Modern’s exhibition reveals the multiplicity of movements the artist was engaged in
ReviewMcMorran & Whitby book does them justice
A new book by Edward Denison celebrates Donald McMorran and George Whitby as significant figures within the history of 20th century British classicism
ReviewWhat have we done to deserve this?
Cabe’s 10th birthday event featured Simon Schama on Dutch history, a satirical view of procurement and the poetry of localism
ReviewTravels in space and time with Robert Harbison
Harbison’s new book is elegant, erudite and beguiling
ReviewPowell & Moya, masters of public service
The career of British architectural practice Powell & Moya had a strong ethical basis