Since June 2011, the modernist has been “exploring under-appreciated 20th century architecture, design and what goes on behind the walls of buildings we may pass every day: Seeing beyond the oft-peddled narratives of ‘industrial greatness’ and Victorian imperialism”.

the modernist considers recent history as a ripe time of culture, creativity and innovation – deserving recognition of its own and looks into life behind the scenes of streets and skyscrapers, celebrating everything from market places and urban estates to motorways’.

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