Modern Salvation
A religious twist on a design classic helps us to see the light in a church in East Bohemia.
Monumentalising Architecture
Photographer Kaz Strankowski’s modernist black and white images turn abstract architecture into monochromatic meditations.
French Revolution
One of Europe’s great neo-classical cities, Paris now offers a
surprising wealth of mid-century and modern design and architecture.
As the song goes, we love Paris in the springtime. In fact, we love Paris at any old time of the year. What’s not to love about this magnificent city where history is so elaborately monumentalised at every turn? The glamour of a daytime walk along the Seine admiring the architecture of the Louvre is matched only by the beauty of the Eiffel Tower in the evening, as it sparkles like an enormous Christmas tree...
Saving Grace
With confidence and careful accessorising, monochromes make a striking Canvas for this house.
According to Abigail Turin, the distinctive monochrome scheme in her home wasn’t fashioned around plain black and white. Her bedroom, kitchen and dining room are as luminous and minimalist as the living room is jet-black and decadent. “It’s Modern in style, which for me equates with light,” says the partner at San Francisco and London-based architects KallosTurin. “And to contrast the brightness, I turned the focus in the lounge on dark and mysterious.”
Most people would be sceptical about painting...