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
Dispatches from Egypt: Heneghan Peng on the Grand Egyptian Museum – Architecture Today
Róisín Heneghan and Shih-Fu Peng won the international competition for The Grand Egyptian Museum in 2003 against 1557 entries, with a practice of four. They turned to Snøhetta’s Craig Dykers and Nick Schumann for advice, and describe how the practice has changed since. Source: Dispatches from Egypt:… Continue reading
Iwan Baan: Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses – SCI-Arc
SCI-Arc Gallery March 20, 2026 – April 26, 2026 Opening reception and Artist Talk: March 20 at 6pm 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. Continue reading
Smiljan Radić Clarke Awarded 2026 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Chile’s Smiljan Radić Clarke has been named the 2026 recipient of the heralded Pritzker Architecture Prize for his “optimistic and joyful” modern works. While the 60-year-old’s most recognized structure is likely the 2014 Serpentine Pavilion in London, his works span cultural institutions, civic spaces, commercial residences, and more. Source:… Continue reading
Chilean Architect Smiljan Radic Wins Pritzker Prize – The New York Times
“Through a body of work positioned at the crossroads of uncertainty, material experimentation and cultural memory, Smiljan Radic favors fragility over any unwarranted claim to certainty,” the jury’s citation said. “His buildings appear temporary, unstable or deliberately unfinished — almost on the point of disappearance — yet they… Continue reading