Demand for Biomaterials Spikes as Architects Look to Reduce Carbon Emissions
23 July 2021 • Mark Westall
It is no secret that the construction process usually leads to carbon emissions, which contribute to global warming. Concerned about… Read More
Tag: Architecture
Parley for the Oceans to present Plasticity, an installation by Italian architect Niccolo Casas at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia
6 May 2021 • Mark Westall
Parley for the Oceans is delighted to present Plasticity, an installation by Italian architect Niccolo Casas in collaboration with the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition… Read More
BASTIAN gallery to open a new exhibition space designed by John Pawson in Berlin
15 October 2020 • Mark Westall
The Bastian family are to establish a new gallery space in Berlin Dahlem, Taylorstraße. With construction already underway, the opening of the gallery space is scheduled for Autumn 2021.
Power Out of Restriction aren’t waiting …
25 September 2020 • Staff
We caught up with Shawn Adams of POoR Collective, a radically inclusive initiative bringing the change they want to see in the creative industries.
Christian De Portzamparc’s latest spaces are conceptual, not physical
6 January 2020 • Herbert Wright
The dark canvases in the show Illuminations have such an extraordinary clarity, it’s as if a camera had been taken into someone’s dreams.
Charlap Hyman & Herrero first solo exhibition opens in Venice
22 May 2019 • Irene Machetti
ALMA ZEVI Projects presents Charlap Hyman & Herrero’s debut solo show Ouvrez-moi. Organized by Clara Zevi, it takes the spectators into a parallel mindset.
The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2019.
14 February 2019 • Mark Westall
The Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, celebrated for his experimental structures that interpret traditional architectural conventions and reflect natural phenomena, has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2019.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
4 November 2018 • Tabish Khan
This week’s Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London include Environmental destruction, a prize, the placebo effect, light, war and perspective.
Stunning new art space for Antwerp
15 October 2018 • Mark Westall
Tim Van Laere Gallery moves after 20 years to a new building on the Antwerp Nieuw Zuid. The new gallery is designed by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen. The opening of the new building is planned for the spring of 2019
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London during Frieze week
30 September 2018 • Tabish Khan
This weeks top 7 art exhibitions to see includes: Oil, time, a swimming pool, a penguin, refugees, Kazakhstan and sneezing out noodle dishes.
My week in the art world – Europa in Marseille
22 August 2018 • Staff
We found ourselves reflecting on the fate of Europe whilst visiting the Domus Europa at MUCEM, Love at Musee d’art contemporaine and Le Corbusier’s Cite’ Radieuse.
Why Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art should be left to rest in peace
30 July 2018 • Mark Westall
In the aftermath of the fire that ravaged Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building in May 2014, I wrote that “restoring the art school to its original design will be impossible”. This was based on my detailed 1992 PhD study of the building, and an exploration of records of that time.
Alberta Pane gallery breaching the limits of architecture
1 July 2018 • Irene Machetti
For the fourth exhibition in its space in Venice, Alberta Pane gallery presented the collective show Extended Architecture. For the… Read More
Catalonia through 6000 fresnel lenses: RCR Arquitectes present Dream and Nature in Venice
25 May 2018 • Mark Westall
Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta are the three architects behind RCR and are all set to unveil a highly sensory experience at the Catalonian pavilion in Venice:
World’s first energy positive hotel to launch by the Artic Circle
12 February 2018 • Mark Westall
World´s first energy positive hotel concept by the Arctic Circle, with 360° view of the Svartisen glacier and arctic nature to launch.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week 04/02/18
4 February 2018 • Tabish Khan
Ruins, Georgian architecture, water filled sculpture, a skyline cut in half, atmospheric domesticity, the underworld and art in a hospital.
The Top 9 Art Exhibitions to see this week in London
18 June 2017 • Tabish Khan
Japanese architecture, Pieta, ghostly ships, spinning smartphones, a diverse artist, electricity, a skip, guns and students.
How down-at-heel Lisbon became the new capital of cool
5 June 2017 • Syndicate
Four years ago, Portugal’s capital felt like a ‘city on its knees’. Now it is being touted as hip, cheap and innovative. But is the socialist government failing Lisbon’s poor in its rush to revitalise?
Beirut to build new modern art museum
13 October 2016 • Mark Westall
BeMA – Beirut Museum of Art – will feature 124-metre tower, with 1,000 works forming basis of first exhibition in 2020
Herzog & de Meuron’s New Tate Modern Masterpiece opens to public
18 June 2016 • Lee Sharrock
Yesterday Tate Modern will open the doors to their new extension, a temple to Brutalist architecture with vast concrete galleries and sweeping staircases designed to transport the anticipated hordes of art-lovers on a globe-trotting journey through contemporary art.
Wolfgang Buttress’s The Hive opens at Kew
18 June 2016 • Staff
The Hive by Nottingham-based artist Wolfgang Buttress has been installed at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. The 17m-high structure was originally built for Milan Expo 2015, where it represented the UK and won the Best Pavilion award
Pablo Bronstein: Historical Dances in an Antique Setting
19 May 2016 • Staff
The latest artist to undertake Tate Britain’s Duveen commission is Pablo Bronstein.
Serpentine pavilion ‘unzipped’: first look at Bjarke Ingels’ design
25 February 2016 • Mark Westall
The Danish architect offers a sculptural space ‘like a mountain of ice cubes’ stretching across the London gallery’s lawn, to be complemented by four radical summer houses
Council rejects plans to turn London car park into 800 artists’ studios
11 November 2015 • Mark Westall
Southwark opts for rival proposal from Mayfair-based property developer that includes only 50 artists’ spaces in Peckham multistorey