The Modern House launch 'Ornament is Crime' - a new title from our founders Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill
To celebrate the release of the second hardcover book from The Modern House, Ornament is Crime, we partnered with the iconic Isokon Gallery for a mid-summer soiree with our subscribers.
Written by The Modern House founders Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill, the new title is a visual manifesto that offers a celebration and thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture.
Iconic works by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius are examined alongside some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century, arguing for a continuous progression of the movement from its roots through to the present day.
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The book is now available through the Phaidon Store.
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