modernism news

Svart Eiendom AS, owner and developer of Svart, one of the world’s first energy-positive hotels, has brought in Six Senses as its management company. Designed ... More

Multi-Grammy award-winning musician and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is creating a beachfront resort in The Bahamas in partnership with Miami Beach-based hospitality entrepreneur David Grutman. Named ... More

Svart, the world’s first energy-positive hotel, has appointed award-winning Danish designers Space Copenhagen to lead the property’s interior design. Designed by the Norwegian architect firm ... More

Marcel Wanders has restated his distaste for modernism, arguing there are elements of the “still prevalent” philosophy that are actively unhelpful. Speaking at 100% Design ... More

Ieoh Ming Pei, the architect who conceived the Louvre Pyramid, has died. Born in Guangzhou, China in 1917, Pei emigrated to the US in 1940, ... More

Casa Cook is set to open its first bespoke family-friendly hotel, designed with the postmodern family in mind, on a pristine stretch of Crete in ... More

Global architecture firm Wimberly, Allison, Tong & Goo (WATG) and Studio PCH have teamed up to build the Nobu Hotel Los Cabos – the first ... More

The Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) Angkor – once the official residence of the French governor of the Cambodian protectorate, and a pied-à-terre for journalists and ... More

David Rockwell’s design studio have completed a Los Angeles hotel that pays homage to the city’s iconic mid-century modern architecture. The 178-bedroom Dream Hollywood Hotel ... More

Property company MCR Development has revealed how it will transform the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Center at JFK International Airport into a 505-room hotel. ... More

Designers and gallerists from around the world have travelled to Basel, Switzerland for the 2017 edition of Design Miami/Basel trade fair. Collectors, curators and critics ... More

Acclaimed Irish architect Niall McLaughlin has claimed that award wins and nominations can be a poisoned chalice, as practices become pigeonholed as designers of a ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Nike’s sci-fi gym pop-up in Shanghai to an announcement about the 2017 ... More

The rise of modernism and motorism has created “technocratic, soulless cities which make cars and developers happy, but have no concern for people living in ... More

Here are some of the stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from Kengo Kuma’s Tokyo National Stadium, which is now under construction, to Ian ... More

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held tomorrow (15 December) for the transformation of the iconic Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Center at New York’s JFK ... More

A second Emiliano Hotel is opening next month in Rio de Janeiro, with a location on Copacabana Beach and a focus on wellness. The hotel ... More

Here are some of the most popular stories that appeared on CLAD this week, from a hip hop museum to rainforest built on a tower ... More

The iconic interiors of the Four Seasons restaurant in New York have been dismantled forever after a controversial auction took place in the building yesterday ... More

Unesco has included a new addition to its World Heritage list for 2016, adding 17 sites across three continents, to recognise the work of Swiss ... More

The 19th century Antoni Gaudí-designed Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Spain, is to be turned into a museum celebrating the famous architect to open during the ... More

West Vancouver district staff are looking for design firms to create a proposal for the new 30,000sq ft (2,137sq m) new West Vancouver Museum that ... More

Ross Sanders, the founder of pub company Urban & Country Leisure (UCL), is to open a night club in London called "DIU". The entrepreneur has ... More

David Chipperfield Architects has revealed its winning design for an extension to the Kunsthaus Zurich art gallery in Zurich, Switzerland. The early 20th century building ... More

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has unveiled a three-year strategy designed to enhance arts and culture in the capital. Cultural Metropolis – The Mayor's Priorities ... More