Second edition of Sphere – Announcements – e-flux
The Houston Archive Project (with contributions from Iwan Baan, Igor Marjanović, and Clare Lyster) publishes contemporary images of the city by visual artists. It documents the diversity and dynamism of Houston, a city described as one of the most pluralistic in the United States. Source: Second edition of… Continue reading
Domaine de Beaucastel by Studio Mumbai & Studio Méditerranée in France
For this historic wine estate in southern France, Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditerranée used local earth as the main building material, combining the concept of genius loci with environmental sustainability. Source: Domaine de Beaucastel by Studio Mumbai & Studio Méditerranée in France… Continue reading
Farshid Moussavi Architecture completes the first Ismaili Center in the U.S.
Houston is a multicultural mecca, and now it is home to the first Ismaili Center in the United States and just the seventh in the world. (The other centers are in London, Vancouver, Lisbon, Dubai, Dushanbe, and Toronto.) The 5-story, 150,000-square-foot building designed by Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA)… Continue reading
How Architect Michael Murphy Is Rethinking The Value Of Design
Architect Michael Murphy is well-known as a co-founder of MASS Design Group, a non-profit architecture firm that worked to find meaningful ways to have a positive impact on the built environment. For Murphy, architecture is a tool to make the world a healthier, happier, more beautiful place.As CEO… Continue reading
Ismaili Center in Houston – Farshid Moussavi | Arquitectura Viva
Houston has inaugurated the first Ismaili Center in the United States and the seventh in the world. The complex is part of the international network of institutions promoted by Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV (1936–2025), creator of a prestigious triennial architecture award. His legacy continues under the leadership… Continue reading
Discover Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum, a tribute to migrant stories – The Washington Post
Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD Architects, says on the museum’s website that the weaving of stainless steel staircases symbolizes the twists and turns that many migrants encounter in their quest for a better life. The steps of the Tornado are shiny on the outside but steep on the… Continue reading
The Ismaili Center, Houston – Architecture Today
Farshid Moussavi Architecture has completed the Ismaili Center, Houston – a five-storey, 14,000 square metre civic and cultural complex that serves as both a place of religious congregation and a space for public dialogue. Set within 11 acres of gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, the… Continue reading
Iwan Baan | See All This Magazine
In Momentum of Light, internationally acclaimed photographer Iwan Baan (NL, 1975) presents a selection of images he captured in 2021 in southern Burkina Faso, documenting the country’s traditional architecture. His photographs reveal how the daily cycle of sunlight is central not only to building practices but also to… Continue reading
Farshid Moussavi completes Houston Ismaili Centre
Farshid Moussavi Architecture has completed a 14,000m², five-storey religious, social and cultural meeting place for Ismaili Muslims in Houston, TexasThe London-based architect – working with AKT II, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and local practice DLR Group – won the Ismaili Centre project in early 2019 after being… Continue reading
His Highness the Aga Khan and Houston Mayor John Whitmire open Ismaili Center, Houston
His Highness the Aga Khan and Houston Mayor John Whitmire open Ismaili Center, Houston as new cultural and architectural landmark for USA Source: His Highness the Aga Khan and Houston Mayor John Whitmire open Ismaili Center, Houston… Continue reading
Houston’s Ismaili Center, the first in the U.S., holds opening ceremony – Houston Public Media
The five-story structure, years in the making, was the site of an opening ceremony Thursday that included Houston Mayor John Whitmire and His Highness Prince Rahim Aga Khan V, the worldwide spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims. Source: Houston’s Ismaili Center, the first in the U.S., holds opening… Continue reading
Arquitectura Viva 278: Herzog & de Meuron | Arquitectura Viva
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have time and again reinvented themselves over the course of their almost fifty-year career, and now they use their experience to undertake cycles and processes with the conscience the moment demands. Arquitectura Viva showcases five of their latest works, which reinterpret types… Continue reading