More performer than fashion plate, her trademark image was a helmet-like bob and exaggerated eye make-up
From trains to fountain pens, style never trumped functional substance in the products for which he became famous
Start with contrasting designs, single-storey plans — and tea with your conservation officer
Dora Gordine’s bronze sculptures, made at her home at Richmond Park, were the first by a woman to be acquired by the Tate Gallery
The London shop has championed resolutely modern designs for 60 years. Now, for its next chapter . . .
The material’s embodied carbon, strength and beauty are finding favour among architects
Her Modernist furniture has been little known but a new exhibition celebrates her centenary and prolific career
Mariano Fortuny began creating his flowing gowns and sumptuous textiles in the Venetian palazzo he restored
‘The chimerical, almost delirious quality of his hyper-detailed treatment of mythical and biblical subjects chimed with public taste in the second half of the 19th century’
From a former milking parlour to an 18th-century barn conversion
The three-storey concrete and glass box built into a hillside overlooking the centre of Brno remains a touchstone of Modernism
Pierre Paulin’s son brings to life his father’s furniture designs in an exhibition in the south of France
This house in south London, a visual archive of the artist’s life, transports visitors from the quotidian to the truly exotic
The London Design Biennale will address real-world problems with 3D showstoppers and virtual virtuosity
Horta’s Brussels home and atelier is the embodiment of flamboyant Art Nouveau design
How Frank Dickinson brought to life his youthful vision of an ideal home in the Arts and Crafts style — on a tiny budget
It’s versatile, affordable, magical — and lethal for the environment. An exhibition explores its glorious past and future solutions
Properties in London’s great postwar buildings can go for millions of pounds. Here are some cheaper alternatives
From an apartment with panoramic views of the city to a riverside mid-century house with a conservatory and gazebo
The furniture company behind Arne Jacobsen’s ‘Egg’ and ‘Ant’ chairs celebrates 150 years in business
3D-printing technology is being used to build homes faster and more cheaply than is possible with traditional methods
Who better than those who helped to enable runaway consumption to show us a way beyond it?
After last year’s ‘fraction of a festival’, the event is packed with post-pandemic punch
Conservation and the flux created by the pandemic are central themes in the show at Somerset House
An LP renaissance is in full swing, but how do you house an expanding collection?
