Sverre Fehn’s 1962 Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is a building that transfers Nordic light to Venice. Read More
My favourite Modernist architecture is the Whanganui War Memorial Hall. Read More
This question responds to the idea that ugliness Read More
The Farnsworth House in Southern Illinois by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is for me a clear, quiet statement of Modernist architecture. Read More
“Ugly,” “monstrosity,” “sticking out like a sore toe,” “heavy and sombre,” “stark,” “awfully severe,” “Elwood’s erection” – Read More
The news that the Department of Conservation will demolish John Scott’s Aniwaniwa Read More
Modern Memories by MM
My earliest memory of modern architecture was watching a reel-to-reel movie in an old pre-fab at intermediate. Read More