Commonplace is a photographic magazine celebrating modernist buildings and places across Britain and Ireland.
Born from a collaboration between the modernist and Uhm! Publishing, it explores the in-between places and small sites that lie beyond the mainstream modernist canon—those commonplaces that deserve a second look.
Issue One turns its lens to Brighton, a city known for its Regency elegance, progressive politics, and pebbled seaside charm. While most visitors gravitate towards the Royal Pavilion, the Victorian pier or The Lanes, Commonplace: Brighton invites readers to reconsider the city through nine post-war buildings that are angular, bold and unapologetically modern.
Stefano Samà’s photographs capture a town hall, car park and law courts—monuments to municipal ambition—while other sites, including a community centre, hotel and cinema, add concrete heft to the South Coast’s architectural mix.
Photographer: Stefano Sama
Publisher: The Modernist Society & Uhm!
Format: Paperback/Magazine
Pages: 32
Publication Date: November 2025