“Parallel Worlds, Exhibition from Macao, China” to be staged at “19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia” presents Macao’s multifaceted urban landscape

Organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government and implemented by the Macao Museum of Art, with the support of MGM, the “Parallel Worlds, Exhibition from Macao, China” will be held from 10 May to 23 November 2025 in Venice, Italy as one of the… Continue reading

Glenstone is reopened, with two new shows to make sense of America – The Washington Post

The Pavilions at Glenstone, the private art museum in Potomac, Maryland, is open again after an 18-month closure. The Thomas Phifer-designed building, the museum’s architectural centerpiece, appears from above as a cluster of giant cinder blocks surrounding a tropical-looking water court and set into a hill. Problems with… Continue reading

Expo 2025 opens in Osaka | Arquitectura Viva

The Universal Exposition of 2025 has opened in Osaka, to run through 13 October. This is Osaka’s second hosting of the event, after Expo ’70, and the theme this time is ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives.’A work of Sou Fujimoto, a huge wooden structure in the shape… Continue reading

At Tippet Rise in Montana, Art and Nature Enhance Each Other – The New York Times

At the Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, the philanthropists Cathy and Peter Halstead are creating a new model of sculpture park where the arts and nature can enhance each other. Source: At Tippet Rise in Montana, Art and Nature Enhance Each Other – The New York… Continue reading

A Pair of Distinct Park Pavilions Rise on Manhattan and Hoboken’s Hudson Riverfronts | Architectural Record

The specter of climate change looms large over the New York City metropolitan region, where, by 2050, it is estimated that the sea level may rise by up to 19 inches, according to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Confronting this threat requires significant investments… Continue reading

ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

NUKUS, Uzbekistan, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Aral Culture Summit (ACS), a cultural and environmental initiative to revitalise the Aral Sea region in Central Asia will take place from 4-6 April 2025. Organised by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), the Summit seeks to foster dialogue… Continue reading

Why are artists, architects and ecologists meeting in Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea Region?

Most visitors to Uzbekistan stick to the Silk Road tourist trail, exploring the mosques and madrasas of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, and perhaps the intriguing mix of Islamic and Soviet modernist architecture of the capital, Tashkent.Amid the remote, arid landscapes of northern Uzbekistan, however, ​​artists, architects, ecologists, and… Continue reading

Central Asian and EU leaders visit Aral Culture Summit exhibit

Among the exhibits were photographs by renowned photographer Iwan Baan, known for his architectural and landscape photography, a floral installation made of reeds, a characteristic plant of Karakalpakstan, and various items from the Aral region, such as saxaul seeds, seashells, natural salt, dried harmala, felt with traditional patterns, and… Continue reading

ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Source: ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME… Continue reading

Château de Beaucastel: A Historic French Vineyard Champions Sustainable Design | Architectural Digest

For more than a century, Château de Beaucastel, a vineyard in Provence, has produced some of France’s finest Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône. During much of that time, owners Jacques and Marguerite Perrin followed the bio­dynamic practices of philosopher Rudolf Steiner, expanding the winery in the 1950s to… Continue reading

Spectacle and Stone: Iwan Baan’s Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses (Review) – Viewfinder Chronicles

On the surface, absolutely nothing, one’s a history-rich, empire-soaked cornerstone of Western civilisation, and the other’s a desert-born shrine to excess and fleeting thrills. But in Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses, Iwan Baan tears up the rulebook, stitching these two wild cities together in ways that’ll… Continue reading

Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard in France | Architectural Digest India

AD100 Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard in FranceBijoy Jain and Louis-Antoine Grégo expand Château de Beaucastel, a historic vineyard in France’s Provence that is behind some of the country’s most celebrated wines. Source: AD100 Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard… Continue reading