Lifelong Marxist and proletarian architect Berthold Lubetkin shed light on all things Russian, critically presenting the stories of avant-garde Soviet architecture, Constructivism and Socialist Realism to the rest of the world
Author Archives: Owen Hatherley
Richard Rogers (1933-2021)
Colonies of luxury flats obscure the violence and excitement of Richard Rogers’ finest projects
Alexey Shchusev (1873-1949)
Switching styles whenever they came into fashion, Alexey Shchusev is a reminder that great architecture needn’t be built with strong political or architectural convictions
The Brutal Truth of saving Twentieth Century Architecture?
Owen Hatherly reviews Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the Twentieth Century, an exhibition at Wellington Arch
Dodgy Foundations of the Serpentine Pavilion
An attempt to dig up eleven years’ worth of architectural substance reveals a disappointing display