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A Mexico modernist icon enters a new chapter

Feb 10, 2025, 3:04 PMfutureplc
A Mexico modernist icon enters a new chapter
Plus, Rétromobile Paris 2025, and Danny Kaplan’s Manhattan showroom
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Luis Barragán’s Mexico modernist icon enters a new chapter

La Cuadra San Cristóbal is reborn through a Fundación Fernando Romero initiative in Mexico City; we meet with the foundation's founder, architect and design curator Fernando Romero to discuss the plans

 
 
 
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Rétromobile revisits some of the icons of car design, along with their modern descendants

We tour the halls of Rétromobile Paris 2025 and take in remastered automotive classics, futuristic record-breakers and mighty monographs

 
 
 
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Re-style the source of your favourite sounds with the new Bang & Olufsen Atelier service

Bang & Olufsen Atelier brings macro-level colour and material customisation to the Danish manufacturer’s wide range of hi-fidelity devices. We delve into the sample drawer

 
 
 
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Tasneem Sarkez's heady mix of kitsch, Arabic and Americana hits London

Sarkez draws on an eclectic range of references for her debut solo show, 'White-Knuckle' at Rose Easton

 
 
 
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Designer Danny Kaplan’s Manhattan showroom is also his apartment: the live-work space reimagined

Kaplan’s apartment is an extension of his new showroom, itself laid out like a home; he invites us in, including a first look at his private quarters

 
 
 
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Meet Minnette de Silva, the trailblazing Sri Lankan modernist architect

The Sri Lankan architect is celebrated in a new book by author Anooradha Iyer Siddiq, who looks into the modernist's work at the intersection of ecology, heritage and craftsmanship

 
 
 
 
 
 
Wallpaper* March 2025 issue

Embrace fashion’s eclectic new era with the Wallpaper* Style Issue, on sale now

As brands from Prada to Marni explore reinvention, find the sartorially unexpected amid the looks of the S/S 2025 season in the March issue, on newsstands now

 
 
 
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