Architecture

Culture

Otherworldy photos of former Soviet monuments

Brutalism after dark — Photographer Yang Xiao recalls travelling across Eastern Europe to capture a series of Brutalist and Soviet modernist architecture with a distinctly alien feel.

Written by: Huck

Culture

The dystopian megacities of anime architecture

Brave new world — A new book celebrating the creative process behind Japan's animated cityscapes offers both architectural escapism and bold imaginings of a near future.

Written by: Gunseli Yalcinkaya

Photography

A town for tomorrow: Thamesmead’s utopian history

Modernist memories — Despite providing the dystopian backdrop for A Clockwork Orange, Thamesmead was originally envisioned as a bold new future for London housing. Now, a new book is celebrating its futuristic beginnings – and looking ahead to what comes next.

Written by: Niall Flynn

Travel

A peek inside the world’s most unusual nomadic homes

The great escape — A new book from Taschen explores the enduring appeal of the mobile home; from revamped vintage campervans to extravagant, under-water houseboats.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Culture

Why the brutalist architecture of Britain's housing estates matters in 2016

They never were failed utopias — The debate around social housing and the Brutalist architecture that embodies it has been raging for half a century. In London, 2016, it feels like the war being waged against council estates is being won, even though social need is as great as ever before.

Written by: Marianna Manson

Culture

The architect building his own skate oasis in the ruins of the Greek crisis

Athens’ creative renaissance has begun — Latraac is a cutting-edge skate bowl and social space in a drug-infested neighbourhood of Athens - part of a new wave of creative projects transforming the city’s fortunes.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Huck unleashes a terrifying creature upon Shoreditch

The False Beast has risen — Illustrator Toby Melville-Brown kicks off our 71a Gallery window artist takeover project with False Beast.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Photographer Marc Vallée on two decades of documenting youth culture

Shooting, spraying and the streets — Prolific photographer and DIY zinemaker Marc Vallée gives us the lowdown on his self-publishing talk at Tate.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Mar Cerdà: the artist recreating the world of Wes Anderson in miniature

Things That Inspire Me — Spanish artist Mar Cerdà shares what inspires her beyond the weird world of Wes, including paper theatres and French comic Jacques Tati.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Nico Hogg's photography captures the transformation of urban London

Finding beauty in overlooked corners of the metropolis — Nico Hogg's striking London photography is released as photobook Signs & Signifiers, through revered electronic label Keysound Recordings.

Written by: George Kafka

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