African Modernism – Architecture of Independence
Exhibition and Book Book authored by Manuel Hertz Architects and published by Park Books, Zurich Order the book at Park Books, at your local book store or on Amazon Exhibition Tour: May 20, 2016 – June 30, 2016, Maison de l’Architecture, Pavillon SICLI, Geneva, Switzerland January 29, 2016 – April 16, 2016, Graham… Continue reading
Serpentine Pavilion 2015
Championing the possibilities of new ideas in contemporary art since opening in 1970, the Serpentine has presented pioneering exhibitions for almost half a century, showing a wide range of work from emerging practitioners to the most internationally recognised artists of our time, providing a place for them to experiment and… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson: Riverbed
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2015 In the fall of 2014 the internationally acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) showed the major solo exhibition Riverbed at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. The exhibition included a monumental site-specific intervention―a huge landscape of rocks and streaming water―occupying the main… Continue reading
Olafur Eliasson: Contact
This striking catalog, designed by Irma Boom, showcases the spectacular work of world-renowned contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson. Contact, Olafur Eliasson’s inaugural exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, addresses the themes of light—or rather, darkness and shadows—space, and time in installations that create a visceral experience for the spectator. Continue reading
ZOOM! Architektur und Stadt im Bild – Andres Lepik
Contemporary architecture is faced with a host of exceptional dilemmas: within the context of continuing global urbanisation, the increasing challenges posed by immigration and social inequality, and amidst crumbling cities and the relentless expansion of slums, architecture now has to prove its social relevance for the future. Architectural photography plays… Continue reading
Museo Jumex
First published by Fondación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City Order the book on Amazon This book, produced by Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo and Arquine, narrates the design and construction of Museo Jumex. It includes texts by Miquel Adrià, Patrick Charpenel, Luis Fernández-Galiano, Beatrice Galilee, and a… Continue reading
Views – Rolex Learning Center
First published by EPFL, Lausanne Order the book at EPFL or on Amazon The Rolex Learning Center on the campus of EPFL in Lausanne was inaugurated in 2010. Designed by the noted Tokyo firm Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, the building has since… Continue reading
Barkow Leibinger – Spielraum
The works presented in this volume by American/German architectural team Barkow Leibinger range from prototypes and installations to buildings such as the recently completed Tour Total, in which form and space evolve by means of the handling of material and new technologies and tools. In the end Barkow Leibinger are… Continue reading
