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ARCHITECTURE, Page 10

Sou Fujimoto Architects + OXO Architects, Cie de Phalsbourg et OGIC

ARCHITECTURE:Japan-ness, Part I

To exhibit Japanese architecture is to offer a broader perspective that clearly shows the diversity of this scene and the defining place in Japanese culture of architects’ works, often ignored by the Western world. The challenge is also to contextualize the movements and schools which, inspired by reflection, controversy and …

Peter Zumthor, Dear to Me, 2017, Exhibition view third floor, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Photo: Markus Tretter, Courtesy of Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner, © Peter Zumthor, Kunsthaus Bregenz

ARCHITECTURE:Peter Zumthor-Dear to Me

Kunsthaus Bregenz is an internationally active institute for the presentation of Contemporary art. It was designed by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor …

Diébédo Francis Kéré, Serpentine Pavilion 2017, Serpentine Gallery London (23/6-8/10/17), © Kéré Architecture, Photo: © 2017 Iwan Baan, Courtesy Serpentine Galleries

ARCHITECTURE: Serpentine Pavilion 2017

Diébédo Francis Kéré is the seventeenth architect that accepted the Serpentine Galleries’ invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its grounds. Since …

Forensic Architecture, Exhibition views, Photo: Miquel Coll, Courtesy Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

ARCHITECTURE:Forensic Architecture

In 2010, Eyal Weizman created the Forensic Architecture (FA) research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London. It brings together archives of …

ARCHITECTURE:Alvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza, is perhaps the most renowned Portuguese architect of the 20th century. Siza’s profile is embedded within the Modern movement, yet …

Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem & Ramon Vilalta

ARCHITECTURE:Pritzker Prize 2017

The Pritzker Prize is considered the Nobel of Architecture and is the highest honor and recognition for every Architect. 2017 marks the …

OFFICE (Kersten Geers &David Van Severen), Weekend House, 2013, Collage, Courtesy of OFFICE KGDVS & Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

ARCHITECTURE:Spaces Without Drama

The exhibition “Spaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth” at Graham Foundation examines the recent proliferation of …

Martin-Gropius-Bau

ARCHITECTURE:Martin-Gropius-Bau

The architects Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden originally designed the building in the Renaissance style to house an arts and crafts museum. …

Francis Bitonti Studio Inc., Molecule Shoe, 2015, 3D print, © Francis Bitonti, Photo: 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Vitra Design Museum Archive

DESIGN:Hello Robot

Whether in the form of delivery drones, smart sensors, or Industry 4.0 , in recent years, robotics has found its way into …

Veronika Kellndorfer, Installation for the exhibition with motives from Casa de Vidro, 2017, Photo: Nasjonalmuseet / Annar Bjørgli, Courtesy The National Museum – Architecture Norway

ARCHITECTURE:Casa de Vidro

Architects used the glasshouse as a symbol of mental liberation throughout the entire 20th Century. Around the time of the First World …

REVIEW 2016: ARCHITECTURE

Alvar Aalto: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=10193 Jørn Utzon: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=7706 Peter Zumthor: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=12338 Herzog & de Meuron: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=12697 Philip Johnson: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=3570 Richard Rogers: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/web/?p=3794 Glenn Murcutt: …