“The Ground We Have in Common”, Premio Carlo Scarpa 2019

From this starting point the exhibition revisits ideas and themes that have traversed the 30 previous editions of the Award. Bringing together artistic research and scientific investigation, the exhibition unfolds among diverse contributionsto explore the languages ​​chosen by contemporary artists who investigate both the concept of the garden in a broader sense and that of taking care of the earth. (more…)

Ilot Queyries ©Ivan Mathie MVRDV architectes

The quai des Queyries exhibition is dedicated to the project of Winy Maas / MVRDV, here at the Bastide, right bank of the Garonne in Bordeaux, with a perspective of his work in the four corners of the world. “Combining the freedom and social cohesion of neighborhood living with the necessary urban density” (more…)

“Atelier Mendini. Le Architetture” al Museo Nivola di Orani. © Cédric Dasesson

“This is our heresy: the structure of architecture resolves itself in the facade, the function of the object finds its fulfillment in the decorative narration of the surface, everything is the drawing or the sculpture of itself: designing is painting.” This is how Alessandro Mendini in 1994 summarized the philosophy of Atelier Mendini, an extraordinary workshop which, under the guidance of himself and his brother Francesco, started a new way of doing architecture, art and design beyond any disciplinary boundary. (more…)

Expoplástica (1969), José Miguel de Prada Poole © CAAC

The literary magazine El Urogallo devoted its first issue of 1974 to a collective reflection on the contemporary human dwelling. One of the most thought-provoking articles in that publication was “La arquitectura perecedera de las pompas de jabón” [The Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles] by José Miguel de Prada Poole1. In it, the architect defended a new type of architecture, where the material of which it is made determines the duration of its own existence. The use of the word perishable in the title, as opposed to ephemeral- the most commonly used term in architecture for a short-lived structure—is a significant detail: the ephemeral does not last long, but the perishable collapses when its constituent material does. (more…)

CNIT © Cro&Co Architecture

As accustomed to aerialist feats as deep reflection, Cro&Co Architecture invites you to take to the heights and look at the process behind the project, consider the subject behind the object, and divine the intention as well as the resolution. This is the aim of “Upside Down”, an exhibition at the Galerie d’Architecture in Paris, from May 21st. (more…)

Jintai Village Reconstruction, Sichuan Province; Architecture: Rural Urban Framework. © Rural Urban Framework

One of the major global challenges facing contemporary built environments is the future of rural development. In China, rural regions have become a new space for experiments. This creates a new countryside at a speed and scale unseen in the Western world. Drawn by the promise of boundless opportunity, architects, planners as well as capital flow are converging in rural regions across the nation.  (more…)

Museo Archeologico di Cipro, Nicosia © 2A+P/A Gianfranco Bombaci e Matteo Costanzo

The duo have presented their projects and created site-specific installations at several international exhibitions, including the 14th, 13th and 11th Venice Architecture Biennale, the 5th Brasilia Biennial of Architecture and the 1st Orléans Biennale of Architecture. (more…)

San Giovanni Battista Church © Enrico Cano

Mario Botta was one of the key figures behind “new Ticino architecture” in the 1970s. It was in the canton of Ticino – Switzerland’s Mediterranean soul – that Botta made his first foray into ecclesiastical architecture, with the construction of a small chapel at the Bigorio Capuchin monastery. (more…)

Flagrant Delit. 1975. Courtesy Architectural Association

In 1972, Italian art critic Germano Celant coined the term “radical architecture” to describe Superstudio and the Florentine scene. It spread quickly to apply to other European and American artists and architectures, who, like their Italian counterparts, opened up architecture to artistic and conceptual practices. (more…)

Rotterdam Central Station designed by Team CS © Jannes Linders

Whether renovating or modernising existing buildings, or designing entirely new structures, BCA enjoys a reputation of always seeking precise, unique, and effective solutions. (more…)