A walking tour of Carlo Scarpa architecture in Venice Are you a Modern architecture lover visiting Venice on holiday? This tour of buildings designed by Venice-born Italian architect Carlo Scarpa (1906 – 1978) is your ideal afternoon activity.
A short history of The Egg Stores in Stoke Newington, London Lilly Marques recalls the known history of The Egg Stores in London and explores the design of its typographic sign, which has become a cultural reference for the neighbourhood.
London Alleyways Map author Matthew Turner at the Institute of Historical Research – 29 June On the 29th of June, Matthew Turner, author of our London Alleyways Map, will be discussing his research at Senate House in an event co-hosted by the Society of Architectural Historians...
Brutalist Building of the Month: Carlo Scarpa’s Venezuelan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale’s Giardini The Venezuelan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Giardini designed by Carlo Scarpa captures the city's 20th century evolution and shows how the city is not an urban museum frozen in...
Exploring the Brunswick Centre in London with photographer Ste Murray Dublin-based architectural and performance photographer Ste Murray captured the Brunswick Centre in London on its 50th anniversary. Here he tells us about what attracts him to Brutalism and his photographic...
Brutalist Building of the Month: The Sixth Pantheon, Chacarita Cemetery The Sixth Pantheon of the Chacarita Cemetery was built during 1950-58 and designed by one of the first female Argentine architects, Itala Fulvia Villa. Read about it here.
A Lisbon walking tour: from historic to modern architecture Join us in Lisbon to explore the Baixa/Chiado district, the politically historic Praça do Município, the Ribeira das Naus riverfront and the the Lisbon Cruise Terminal.
A walking tour of Paris through its great trees Great Trees of Paris Map author Amy Kupec Larue takes us on a guided walking tree tour fromSt Germain des Près across the Seine to the Jardins du Luxembourg.
Brutalist Building of the Month: the Ángel Mateos Museum April’s Brutalist Building of the Month is the colossal concrete museum and monument to the sculptures of Ángel Mateos, an artist local to the Salamanca region who spent his life...
Brutalist Paris book launch at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL – 27 April Please join us with authors Dr Robin Wilson and Dr Nigel Green for the launch of our new Brutalist Paris book at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL on 27 April 2023.
Brutalist Building of the Month: Oscar Niemeyer's Bourse du Travail in Bobigny Robin Wilson, author of our new book Brutalist Paris, takes a closer look at the Bourse du Travail (Labour Exchange) in Bobigny designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1976.
Brutalist Paris: exploring the Centre National de la Danse (Administrative Centre of Pantin) Totemic signage and concrete rot; an atrium of promenade and performance. Author of the book Brutalist Paris (2023, Blue Crow Media), Robin Wilson provides a unique insight into the Centre...
A walking tour of urban typography in Hackney Join us to visit some locations featured on our new Hackney Type Map. The map highlights historic typefaces in the creative east London borough as seen on the building facades of warehouses,...
Brutalist Building of the Month: Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia Lasdun’s Grade II* heritage listed buildings for UEA are recognised by Historic England as Britain’s ‘first and most successful expression of a university as a small city rather than a...
Spotlight on: Denys Lasdun’s Brutalist New Court at Christ’s College Cambridge New Court by Denys Lasdun is often overlooked because of its private nature; its concrete landscape unfolds majestically within the bounds of Christ’s College – its public facing facade on...
A walking tour of Modern architecture in Cambridge Join us to visit some buildings on the Cambridge Modern Map with Harriet Thorpe, architecture and design journalist, who grew up in the university city and returned to chart some...
Christmas gift guide for architecture lovers What to buy an architect and architecture lover for Christmas? Look no further than the Blue Crow Media gift guide! Here we highlight books and prints from some of our...
Mapping landmarks of Black History in London Jody Burton and Avril Nanton, authors of the Black History London Map, tell us about their mission to improve knowledge and understanding of Black History in London.
Discovering Brutalist architecture in Buenos Aires with Vanessa Bell Here we meet Vanessa Bell, Anglo-Argentine, Buenos Aires-based writer, curator, educator and author of our new Brutalist Buenos Aires Map. Here she tells us how she became interested in Brutalism,...
Tokyo architecture: the Reversible Destiny Lofts by Arakawa and Gins In the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka, the Reversible Destiny Lofts are a remarkable residential building designed by artist/architects Shūsaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins. Completed in 2005, the building is a playful,...
The modernist villas of the Baba Housing Estate in Prague The Baba Housing Estate, also known as the Czechoslovak Werkbund, is a collection of modernist houses built around the 1920s to 1930s which experimented with modern technology and engineering.
Discover London’s history through its street signs Alistair Hall, graphic designer and author of the London Street Signs Map, tells us about the craft behind London’s nameplates and how they can be interesting entry points into the...
Venture down London’s alleyways with writer Matthew Turner Mapping London’s quirky alleyways for one of Blue Crow Media’s latest maps – the London Alleyways Map – is Matthew Turner, senior lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts, who has...
New London Modern festival to launch in 2022 The inaugural London Modern festival launches this year in 2022, so we took the opportunity to talk to co-founder Chris Romer Lee.
Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s last built project: the Marin County Civic Center in California American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s 770th and final commission, the Marin County Civic Center encapsulates many of his defining architectural philosophies from his lifetime of work – referencing the utopian...
Heritage, demolition and sustainability: Understanding Brutalist architecture in London today As we prepare to publish the second edition of our Brutalist London Map, join us on the journey of Brutalist architecture in London from the 1950s to today with Henrietta Billings,...