Elain Harwood
FeaturesWhat makes post-modernism?
Appropriately enough, post-modernism means different things in different places. Elain Harwood explains how she charted its history for a new book
FeaturesSix of the best twentieth-century houses
Elain Harwood picks some favourites from a new book for the Twentieth Century Society which she edited with Alan Powers – Houses: Regional practice and local character
Building StudyRevisiting the Shopping Building, Milton Keynes
More than 30 years after completion, Derek Walker, Stuart Mosscrop and Christopher Woodward’s recently listed Shopping Building in Milton Keynes still holds an austere charm.
ReviewRevisiting Denys Lasdun’s UEA
Half a century on, Denys Lasdun’s campus for the University of East Anglia remains as striking and popular as ever.
FeaturesNottingham Playhouse: In the round
Even with the raw board-marked concrete painted over, Peter Moro’s strong geometric composition for the Nottingham Playhouse — a circle within a rectangle — still excites
ReviewFarewell to brutalism
A new book on the Tricorn Centre raises some difficult issues about conservation