Matt Shaw

1 month ago | forbes.com | Matt Shaw

Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour-long Oscar nominee The Brutalist has garnered praise, earning 93% approval from film critics, and 80% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it has been criticized—sometimes harshly—by architecture critics.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Matt Shaw

The “Swedish Grace” movement may not be a household name, but its story is full of design history just like many that are. Around the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau came into fashion in arts and design across Europe. The style grew out of the Arts and Crafts movement that sought to reinstall the artist as the progenitor of style and craft, rather than the machine, which was quickly reshaping the industrial new world.

2 months ago | forbes.com | Matt Shaw

Forbes declared Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, the richest man in America in 1985. When the magazine’s photographers came to take Walton’s picture, he resisted the image of a typical flashy tycoon who showed off his wealth.

Mar 10, 2024 | archdaily.com | Matt Shaw

The definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, Indiana The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community. The dozens of buildings and projects by legendary architects – from mid-century titans such as Eero Saarinen and I. M. Pei to contemporary practitioners Deborah Berke and IwamotoScott – remain integral to its urban fabric.

Mar 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matt Shaw

A hillside home of Spanish architects has a skin made of colorful tubes. A home for Lucía Cano and José Selgas, founders of SelgasCano in Madrid, overlooks the San Fernando Valley. Credit... Iwan Baan This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. Lucía Cano and José Selgas are architects who have no fear of color.