All articles by Christopher Woodward
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ReviewAnti-Ugly: Excursions in English Architecture & Design by Gavin Stamp
Gavin Stamp’s Apollo columns reveal his passions
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ReviewInigo Jones: The Architect of Kings
Vaughan Hart’s new book reinterprets Inigo Jones’s court buildings
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ReviewWilliam Morris: Story, Memory, Myth at Two Temple Place
The opening exhibition at Two Temple Place captures the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelites
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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
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ReviewGhost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project
Iain Sinclair’s new book is a sprawling global trawl of the built environment
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ReviewThe 18th Century church in Britain by Terry Friedman
Terry Friedman’s formidable tome may test readers’ stamina.
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ReviewLeonard Manasseh by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
The architect’s life shares many of the common motifs of practice in post-war Britain
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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
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ReviewThis Is Tomorrow
The Whitechapel Gallery’s revisit to its seminal 1956 exhibition adds weight to ephemera
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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
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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.
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ReviewVan Doesburg and the many faces of modernism
Tate Modern’s exhibition reveals the multiplicity of movements the artist was engaged in
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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
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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
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ReviewTravels in space and time with Robert Harbison
Harbison’s new book is elegant, erudite and beguiling
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ReviewPowell & Moya, masters of public service
The career of British architectural practice Powell & Moya had a strong ethical basis