17 postmodern buildings join UK's listed building register
The fate of 17 of the UK's postmodern buildings has been secured by preservation body Historic England, in a bid to "stem losses of this important style of architecture". More
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Brutalist Breuer building owned by IKEA could become hotel in Connecticut
IKEA is considering plans to transform a concrete structure by modernist architect Marcel Breuer in New Haven into a hotel, according to reports. More
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New owners preserve mid-century modern Indiana home
A 1960s prefabricated dwelling in northern Indiana has been preserved by Karen Valentine and Bob Coscarelli, who purchased the home without ever seeing it in person. More
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Coventry's post-war shopping centre earmarked for preservation in rare listing move
A clutch of post-war buildings in Coventry have been heritage listed, as the city prepares to become UK City of Culture for 2021. More
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Liverpool to introduce building height cap in bid to save World Heritage status
Liverpool plans to clamp down on tall towers after controversial plans to build a pair of high-rise blocks facing the River Mersey threatened the UNESCO World Heritage status of the English city. More
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"550 Madison is worthy of the greatest respect and most careful preservation"
As demolition work begins on the lobby of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, now known as 550 Madison, Municipal Art Society of New York chair Christy MacLear emphasises the building's architectural significance and warns of the limitations of the city's current preservation process. More
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Carmody Groarke unveils plans to build transparent "shield" around Mackintosh's Hill House
Carmody Groarke has unveiled plans to erect a see-through hood over Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House in Helensburgh, Scotland, to help protect it from the elements during conservation works. More
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Commonwealth Institute building destroyed in Design Museum conversion, says heritage body
The transformation of London's former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum has resulted in the loss of a "magnificent post-war masterpiece", according to the Twentieth Century Society. More
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Movie protests demolition of Helmut Jahn's Thompson Center in Chicago
Filmmaker Nathan Eddy has released a movie showcasing architect Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago, in a bid to protect the postmodern government building from demolition. More
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London's Welbeck Street car park could be saved with alternative design by JAA
Architecture firm JAA has developed a proposal that would see a celebrated brutalist-era car park in London preserved – rather than demolished to build a new hotel. More
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Robin Hood Gardens tops Twentieth Century Society's list of lost architectural treasures
Post-war housing estate Robin Hood Gardens has topped a list drawn up by preservation body Twentieth Century Society, ranking the 10 most important 20th-century buildings in the UK to have been lost to the wrecking ball. More
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Post-war architecture shouldn't take the blame for political failures, says Owen Hopkins
With the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens now underway and the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire still fresh, writer and curator Owen Hopkins has called for politicians to stop using Britain's post-war architecture as a scapegoat for today's problems. More
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Historic England lists London cabbies' hut and Yorkshire "hobbit's home"
A London cabbies' shelter, a turf-covered home in Yorkshire and a Royal Navy intelligence-gathering station in Durham are among five new building listings made by Historic England to mark the 70th anniversary of "The List". More
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"Stunning" car park will be demolished to make way for Eric Parry-designed hotel
The demolition of a brutalist-era car park behind London's Oxford Street has been approved to make way for a hotel designed by Eric Parry Architects. More
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Sydney's Sirius building saved from demolition in "triumph for brutalism"
One of Sydney's only examples of brutalist architecture has been given a second chance, after a court ruled against the government decision not to heritage list it. More
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Mid-century Iran villa by Gio Ponti faces demolition to make way for luxury hotel
One of the most famous houses by Italian architect Gio Ponti is set to be demolished, as the owner plans to replace it with a 20-storey hotel. More
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Unions ban construction workers from demolishing Sydney's brutalist Sirius building
Australian trade unions have banned construction workers from demolishing one of Sydney's only brutalist buildings, which failed in its bid for heritage listing earlier this summer. More
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Eight Modernist visitor centres from the USA's Mission 66 National Park programme
The USA's National Park Service celebrates its centenary this week. We've picked out eight of the best visitors centres and amenities designed as part of its Mission 66 project, which took place 50 years ago (+ slideshow). More
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10 of Tel Aviv's best examples of Bauhaus residential architecture
Tel Aviv is home to one of the best-preserved collections of Bauhaus and International Style architecture in the world. Micha Gross from the Israeli city's Bauhaus Center has selected 10 of the most important examples (+ slideshow). More
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Getty Foundation donates over $1 million to preserve Modern architectural landmarks
Lina Bo Bardi's first building and Eileen Gray's villa defaced by Le Corbusier are among the structures that will receive conservation grants from the LA-based Getty Foundation, as part of its initiative to preserve Modernist architecture from the 20th century (+ slideshow). More