Matthew Marks announces the opening of his new gallery in Los Angeles. The first exhibition in the gallery, Ellsworth Kelly: Los Angeles, opens to the public on January 20, 2012. Located in West Hollywood, the gallery is a newly constructed freestanding building with 3,500 sq.ft. of naturally lit exhibition galleries. Designed by the young Los […]
THe MAK Center for Art and Architecture presents Envisioning Buildings. reflecting architecture in contemporary art photography on view 28 January–22 April 2012. Tobias Zielony, “Vela Azzurra,” 2010. From the series Vele, 2009–2010. © Tobias Zielony / courtesy Tobias Zielony and KOW Berlin ENVISIONING BUILDINGS: reflecting architecture in contemporary art photography surveys the work of 28 […]
The Contemporary Art Fund of the City of Geneva (FMAC) is launching a call for applications to create an artistic work in the context of the construction of a school and public complex comprising a school, with a gymnastics room and a swimming pool, a children’s play area, a multi-purpose room and high quality public […]
The British Council announced that the British Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale will be the culmination of an ambitious global research project designed to make an original and far-reaching contribution to the debate about architecture in the UK. The Pavilion will provide an injection of new ideas based on the collective research of […]
The new Frank Lloyd Wright – Fallingwater mobile app by Planet Architecture features an intuitive interface which presents an extensive collection of photographs,virtual reality panoramas, drawings, renderings, and animations. From the time Fallingwater was featured on the cover of Times Magazine in 1938 until today, its fame and acclaim has only grown. This app lets […]
The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France, designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião, has received a 2011 Annual Design Review Award. About the museum, juror Joe Valerio stated, “The thing that is beautiful about this is the idea that it’s about the surf. You take an architectonic form […]
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors (BOD) voted today for VJAA to receive the 2012 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The Minneapolis based firm, noted for its consistently rigorous approach to research-driven form-making, will be honored at the 2012 AIA National Convention in Washington, D.C. The AIA Architecture Firm Award, given annually, is […]
The Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects to award the 2012 AIA Gold Medal to Steven Holl, FAIA. The AIA Gold Medal, voted on annually, is considered to be the profession’s highest honor that an individual can receive. The Gold Medal honors an individual whose significant body of work has had a […]
Architecture Creates Cities, Cities Create Architecture” is the title and theme of the 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture. Open December 11, 2011–February 18, 2012. The Biennale will portray the unending interaction between architecture and cities, while taking on the discussion of sustainability and urban vitality. Juxtaposing that interaction found in Chinese […]
The masterplan proposal for Harbour Island in Vejle has been developed in a collaboration between Studio Olafur Eliasson, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter and Vogt Landscape Architects, based on plans conceived by Vejle Municipality to create an active connection between the city centre of Vejle and Vejle Fjord. Visualisation of KIRK KAPITAL A/S Headquarters and Harbour […]
The RIBA has announcedthe Manser Medal 2011 winner as Hampstead Lane, London, by Duggan Morris Architects. Originally built in 1968 by an architect couple who lived and worked there until 1992, this Brutalist-style house had undergone unsympathetic renovation and faced demolition until it was spotted by the current owners, another architect couple, who saw the […]
The Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art presents Yona Friedman Architecture Without Building , a retrospective exhibition of Yona Friedman, the architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, in an installation environment offering a special spatial experience. Open 29 October 2011–8 January 2012 . Yona Friedman, “Ville spatiale,” 1959–1960. Drawing, ink and aquarelle on paper. Photo: François Lauginie. Collection […]
