Rudolph de Harak's Work In today’s age of microtrend-driven materialism, it is easy to forget that trends once lasted not for days but for decades. Movements were monumental, progressing slowly and by cultural consensus, with virtually the entire world marching in a given direction with its choices in music, art, writing and design. A cultural moment could be felt everywhere, by anyone.   So it was with modernism. It would be difficult to find anyone from the world of art and design who does...

Henry Christensen recounts the shortcomings of what was intended to be a utopic plan for New York City in the post-World War II era.