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The rebuilding of cities devastated by the Second World War took very different forms across Central Europe. One curious outcome is that those that seem the most unscathed are often [...]

Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930-1960 Robin Schuldenfrei Princeton University Press, 55 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9780691232669 It was once tactlessly remarked that Hitler was one of [...]

Totalitarian regimes in the 20th century were often enthusiastic supporters of neoclassical architecture--making it a difficult style to resurrect. What forms does classical revivalism take today? The Espaces d'Abraxas is [...]

Critics of the campaign to remove Cecil Rhodes's statue at Oxford have accused it of wanting to erase history. But perhaps we should keep statues where they are--and record the [...]

When people have looked at some of the most famous images produced by Le Corbusier (1887-1965; Fig. 1)--the most frequently used for this purpose are those of the 'Contemporary City' [...]

Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! A Paul Scheerbart Reader Josiah McElheny and Christine Burgin (eds.) University of Chicago Press, $40 ISBN 9780226203003 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915; Figs. 1 & [...]