An Architectural Fantasy League for New York City
For a global city, New York can be awfully provincial. Its architecture firms export designs across the world, but only a handful of outside auteurs manage to penetrate the city’s insular development world, not always with great success. The reputations of Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Shigeru… Continue reading
Iwan Baan photography exhibition on Las Vegas and Rome opens at SCI-Arc | News | Archinect
An exhibition of the work of photographer Iwan Baan is currently on display at the SCI-Arc Gallery in Los Angeles. Titled Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses, the exhibition is on view from March 20 to April 26, 2026. Source: Iwan Baan photography exhibition on Las… Continue reading
Christian Kerez Bahrain: demolished parking lots in Muharraq, between fake news and reality
The Bahrain Ministry of Culture had commissioned four reinforced concrete car parks in the historic centre of Muharraq from the Swiss architect. Two were demolished in recent weeks, without any official explanation. We interviewed the architect to reconstruct the story. Source: Christian Kerez Bahrain: demolished parking lots in… Continue reading
SO–IL Envisions a Cleveland Public Library as an Open Civic Platform | Architectural Record
Occupying the first two floors of a new residential tower, the relocated Martin Luther King, Jr. branch is anchored by a round concrete stage for lectures, screenings, and the occasional wrestling match. Source: SO–IL Envisions a Cleveland Public Library as an Open Civic Platform | Architectural Record… Continue reading
The Story of Vitra in 410 Pages – ‘Vitra: The Anatomy of a Design Company’ by Deyan Sudjic
Vitra is a Swiss family-owned furniture company that is known best for the production of iconic modern chairs, as well as for office furniture, its eponymous design museum, and the architectural gems dotting its campus in Weil am Rhein, Gemany. This week’s announcement that Vitra will reopen the… Continue reading
Iwan Baan: Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses
In 2022, the American Academy in Rome organized From Las Vegas to Rome, an exhibition that revisited the relationship between Rome and Las Vegas through seventy photographs by Iwan Baan. Both cities carry heavily constructed images, and with them, polar assumptions: Las Vegas is surreal, thin, dishonest, new;… Continue reading
Art Rotterdam / Rotterdam Art Week : UNSEEN Book fair and exhibitions at Dutch Photo museum
The Nederlands Fotomuseum moved to The Santos Warehouse (images 1-10) The origins of the museum is a private funding in 2003, it was situated in the Las Palmas building till 2025. Now, it has found its new home in the renovated historic warehouse situated on the Rijnhaven harbour. It… Continue reading
Inside Riyadh’s Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station and Its Periscope Roof | AD Middle East
Qasr Al Hokm Metro Station is one of the most ambitious stations on the Riyadh Metro network, displaying a rare combination of innovative engineering techniques, rich cultural identity and sustainable architecture. Designed by Oslo-based firm Snøhetta and the winner of several awards, including the most recent world’s best-looking station… Continue reading
Frank Gehry remembered by Rem Koolhaas
I LEARNED OF Frank’s passing while visiting his Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. It was a strange coincidence. All these years, we shared a relationship of mutual respect. I do not believe he resembled any architect of the past. He was a remarkable definer of new possibilities. He… Continue reading
Architect Farshid Moussavi on designing the Ismaili Center Houston – Monocle
The British artichect reflects on being tasked with planning the world’s seventh Ismaili Centre, and maintaining Islamic architectural identity in an American context. Source: Architect Farshid Moussavi on designing the Ismaili Center Houston – Monocle… Continue reading
Iwan Baan: Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses
In 2022, the American Academy in Rome organized From Las Vegas to Rome, an exhibition that revisited the relationship between Rome and Las Vegas through seventy photographs by Iwan Baan. Both cities carry heavily constructed images, and with them, polar assumptions: Las Vegas is surreal, thin, dishonest, new;… Continue reading
20 Years and $720 Million Later, Michael Govan Takes Us Inside the New LACMA Galleries
The museum director’s latest feat may be the most consequential of his career. He talked us through how it came to be. Source: 20 Years and $720 Million Later, Michael Govan Takes Us Inside the New LACMA Galleries… Continue reading