All Reviews articles – Page 2
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ReviewBeyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
Amin Taha dissects the latest edition of Five Critical Essays, weighing the value of intellectual dissent against the blind spots of culture-war rhetoric
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ReviewFaith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
Joe Holyoak reflects on Mahtab Hussain’s photographic survey of 160 Birmingham mosques, featured in the Ikon Gallery exhibition What Did You Want To See?
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ReviewBetween colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Source: Jean Molitor Parkgarage, Accra, Ghana
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ReviewSpeedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
The Design Museum’s latest exhibition explores a century of swimwear, culture and design, revealing how our relationship with water has shaped everything from fashion to public space, writes Sarah Simpkin
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Review‘Would you rather be sold religion or soap?’: Venturi and Scott Brown’s story
Source: Courtesy of Jim Venturi National Gallery. Exterior view from street (no bus!) Oriana Fernandez reviews Stardust, a film that reveals the human story behind Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s groundbreaking partnership
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ReviewVector Architects: Gong Dong and the Art of Building
Nicholas de Klerk reviews a new book on the work of the renowned Chinese practice
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ReviewOutrage lives on: Ian Nairn’s critique still haunts Britain’s landscapes
Ben Tosland reviews the 70th-anniversary reissue of Ian Nairn’s seminal critique of Britain’s built environment
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ReviewSaint, state and stone: the politics of preserving Old Goa’s Basilica de Bom Jesus
Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar’s new book examines how colonial power shaped the visual and political representation of Goa’s Basilica of Bom Jesus, revealing the role of photography in framing its legacy. Oriana Fernandez explores how the study sheds new light on the basilica’s evolving cultural identity and the ongoing debates over ...
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ReviewFilm review: The Brutalist – It isn’t really about brutalism…
Architecture is the device to explore wider themes in Brady Corbet’s ambitious three-and-a-half-hour-plus epic that looks set to sweep The Oscars, writes Sarah Simpkin
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ReviewThe bold brilliance of Edwardian Baroque: rediscovering Edwin Rickards
Andy Foster reviews a biography of Edwin Rickards, a key figure in Edwardian Baroque architecture
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ReviewRogue Goths: the flamboyant and eccentric architects who reimagined Victorian Gothic Revival
David Frazer Lewis reviews Edmund Harris’s new book, which delves into the lives and designs of three Victorian architects whose bold, unconventional take on Gothic architecture both shocked and fascinated their contemporaries
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Review‘Where sculpture and building come together’: a history of collaboration between sculptors and architects
Timothy Brittain-Catlin reviews John Stewart’s exploration of architectural sculpture
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ReviewWhy inclusive housing design benefits us all
Georgie Revell reviews the Inclusive Housing Design Guide
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Review‘New methods for the old’: how Minnette de Silva redefined modernity
Sumita Singha reviews a new monograph on Minnette de Silva that explores the legacy of Sri Lanka’s first woman architect
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ReviewModern Architecture in a Post-Modern Era
Jon Wright finds Elie G. Haddad’s book to be a succinct exploration of post-war modernism, mapping the evolution of key architectural styles over six decades
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ReviewMaterialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Paul Rudolph’s visionary architecture helped shape mid-20th-century modernism, yet his work faces an enduring struggle for recognition and preservation. A new book, to accompany a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers a vital reappraisal, finds Jon Wright
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ReviewNithurst Farm: ‘an uncompromising engagement with architecture in all its spatial, material, and symbolic richness’
Charles Holland reviews a new book on Adam Richards Architects’ Nithurst Farm
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ReviewWho was to blame for the unseaming of Britain’s cities?
Nicholas Boys Smith finds Simon Jenkins’ new book A Short History of British Architecture to be both a celebration and critique of British architecture, tracing two millennia of design while unflinchingly exposing the postwar attitudes that reshaped – and sometimes ruined – the nation’s cities
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ReviewInterwar: Gavin Stamp’s tribute to Britain’s forgotten architectural diversity
Giles Heather delves into the late Gavin Stamp’s exploration of the eclectic architectural styles that defined Britain between the wars
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ReviewNavigating the complexities of modern practice management
Chris Bryant explores the latest edition of the RIBA Handbook and finds it a valuable resource for both seasoned architects and part 3 students