Edwin Heathcote is the architecture and design critic of the Financial Times and the author of The Meaning of Home.
Unused postcards may seem like a blast from the past, but they can still send a powerful message
The mystically inspired polymath was never a professional architect, but his haunting buildings are among modernism’s most curious structures
The Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall has finally reopened – and it remains as forward-looking as ever
It may be an unassuming little shelter, but the beach hut tells of a British infatuation with property and propriety
They’re the classic way to embellish a building – and for all their suspicion of ornament, even modern architects went in for them
George Mayer-Marton was an accomplished, influential émigré artist – and his Crucifixion for the Church of the Holy Rosary in Oldham must be protected
Door handles can be the first and only part of a building we touch, but their design is all too often an afterthought
The critic and architect fervently believed that architecture should promote social justice
Perhaps it’s time to catch up with the sculptor-turned-architect who has always been ahead of the pack
The Belgian painter-turned-designer was a prominent figure in the early history of modernism – although his precise role is not so easy to pin down
