Peter Zumthor Debuts David Geffen Galleries at LACMA
Suspended above Wilshire Boulevard like a mirage of stone and shadow, Peter Zumthor’s David Geffen Galleries for LACMA transform the museum into a drifting landscape of light, memory, weather, and human feeling. Source: Peter Zumthor Debuts David Geffen Galleries at LACMA… Continue reading
The Vitra Design Museum Opens the First Geoffrey Bawa Retrospective in Two Decades, and Other News. – SURFACE
The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is opening the first major retrospective of Geoffrey Bawa’s work in twenty years. Titled “Architecture for the Senses,” the show gathers over 250 objects—drawings, models, furniture, film, and photography—tracing the five-decade career of the Sri Lanka-born, London-trained architect who fused modernist… Continue reading
The Coffee Tables in This Modernist-Inspired L.A. Home Are Boulders Excavated From the Site – Dwell
Custom furnishings round out architect Diego Cano Lasso’s reinterpretation of the midcentury post-and-beam style. Source: The Coffee Tables in This Modernist-Inspired L.A. Home Are Boulders Excavated From the Site – Dwell… Continue reading
Tomás Bilbao by Tatiana Bilbao | MAS Context
The work of photographer Iwan Baan is presented in dialogue with the archival material of Tomás Bilbao’s projects. Through this intersection between contemporary photography and original documents—plans, drawings, and records—an expanded reading of each work is proposed, capable of placing it in its origin and in its present.Baan’s photographs look… Continue reading
Tomás Bilbao por Tatiana Bilbao: Un legado que se sigue habitando, transformando y cuidando – Arquine
Del 27 de mayo al 11 de septiembre de 2026, el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro (COAVN), en Bilbao, presenta Tomás Bilbao por Tatiana Bilbao, Source: Tomás Bilbao por Tatiana Bilbao: Un legado que se sigue habitando, transformando y cuidando – Arquine… Continue reading
Geoffrey Bawa: Architecture for the Senses
Geoffrey Bawa: Architecture for the Senses 26 September 2026–28 February 2027 An exhibition by the Vitra Design Museum, M+, and the Wüstenrot Foundation, in collaboration with the Geoffrey Bawa Trust. The exhibition also includes newly commissioned works by photographer Iwan Baan that capture the lived-in quality of some of… Continue reading
Mise en Scène. Fashion photography from the Belle Époque to the present day
Iwan Baan: Foto-Essay anlässlich des 100-jährigen Firmenjubiläums von Akris, 2022.„Mise en Scene. Modefotografie von der Belle Époque bis heute“. Eine Ausstellung im Textilmuseum St.Gallen, 3.7.26-28.2.27.Foto: Jürg Zürcher, 2026 Mise en Scène brings together works by renowned photographers and studios such as Séeberger Frères, Atelier d’Ora Benda, Helmut… Continue reading
Michael Heizer’s “bulldozer art” is a precedent for LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries
“Would you have some time to connect with Michael Govan by phone?” The question, coming from a LACMA comms executive, seemed ominous. Govan, LACMA’s powerful director, had heard I was writing a piece comparing the museum’s new $730 million David Geffen Galleries to the land art of James… Continue reading
Francis Kéré Completes First Permanent Building in Europe | Architectural Record
Berlin-based Francis Kéré has completed a kinderoase, or daycare center, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Designed for the children of staff at TUM—where Kéré has been a professor since 2017—it is the first permanent building in Europe by the 2022 Pritzker Prize winner. Source: Francis Kéré Completes First Permanent… Continue reading
With Sky-Blue Ceilings and Floating Prayer Halls, Houston’s Ismaili Center Demands You Look Up | AD Middle East
Set within nine acres of sloped terraced gardens and reflective pools, the Ismaili Center in Houston, Texas, invites the local community to learn, socialise and dwell among its intimate spaces and calming landscapes. Described by its architect Farshid Moussavi as a building that “celebrates the architectural heritage of… Continue reading
UED 165期
Questioning the Present: Confronting the Crisis of Our Time In an exclusive interview with UED, 88-year-old Toyo Ito reveals how an architect gradually deepens his understanding of the essence of space, publicness, and the social responsibility of architecture, moving beyond the pursuit of avant-garde form and technology. All his… Continue reading
For the Serpentine Pavilion, LANZA Atelier asks, Can a Wall Bring People Together?
Drawing from centuries-old garden walls, LANZA atelier’s founders discuss architecture as an act of attention, the social life of public space, and why beauty remains essential to how we experience the world. Source: Whitewall: LANZA Atelier and the Serpentine Pavilion 2026… Continue reading