‘Thinking Forward Through the Past’

Camino Real Polanco, Mexico City

Uncompromising, bold colours, in-your-face geometry and the brilliant use of natural light

If you have a hankering to experience the vigour, invention and imagination of world-class street art a short walk from the Barbican Centre then head for Whitecross Street.

Sasha Braulov and the Inspiration of Constructivism

Recreating the monumental forms of modernist buildings in traditional needlework techniques.

Haludovo Palace Hotel, Croatia:

Penthouse Magazine founder Bob Guccione had one hell of a party on the island of Krk which came with a $45 million dollar price tag.

Interview with Barnabas Calder:

Barnabas Calder (Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism) now, in  Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency? has written an aeon spanning architectural history that encompasses architecture’s role in causing and solving the crisis

The Fiat car company and its founders the Agnelli family are the perfect medium to understand the development of Italian politics, industry and design in the 20th Century. 

Futuro House: If you spotted a Futuro Pod in need of some serious care, could you just walk on by?