Archipelagic Void: Serpentine Pavilion 2024 – Minsuk Cho: Mass Studies
The Serpentine Pavilion publishes Archipelagic Void: Mass Studies, a volume that includes five collections with various contributions from international architects, featuring a text by Stefano Boeri titled Circular Mass, included in the Reflections collection. Designed by Minsuk Cho and his studio, Mass Studies, the Serpentine Pavilion 2024 Archipelagic Void is composed of five “islands” arranged around a central… Continue reading
American Modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus, Indiana
The definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, Indiana. The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of how design can help foster a remarkable community. The dozens of buildings and… Continue reading
Selbstverständlich
«selbstverständlich» is the German expression which, in the mind of Albert Kriemler, best encapsulates the aesthetic ideal that he wishes to accomplish with his fashion designs. For the creative director at Akris, the embodiment of natural modernity is «selbstverständlich» – evident in the wearer and the use and functionality of… Continue reading
Kazuyo Sejima Ryue Nishizawa Sanaa 1987-2005 Vol.1 / 2005-2015 Vol.2 / 2014-2021 Vol. 3
A collection of three volumes that introduces the activities of architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, who are active in the world, and SANAA, which they preside over, from 1987 to 2021 in chronological order. You can see the history of activities and thoughts of more than 30 years, from… 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
Shooting Space: Architecture in Contemporary Photography – Elias Redston
Photography has always played a vital role in how architecture is communicated. For most of us, it is how we experience the most exceptional, arresting, unreachable, beautiful or ephemeral works we cannot visit in person. With immediate distribution and consumption of imagery now so readily available, photography and architecture together… Continue reading