Reactive Architecture
Accessibility, sustainability and humanity take centre stage at Venice Biennale, pushing the literal and figurative boundaries of space.
Accessibility, sustainability and humanity take centre stage at Venice Biennale, pushing the literal and figurative boundaries of space.
Anarchitect, a retrospective of Gordon Matta-Clark’s short but incendiary career, is currently on show at Jeu de Paume, Paris.
Moving towards the end of May, top shows and events investigate what it means to live in an increasingly globalised landscape.
Architects Houses, a new release from Princeton Architectural Press, brings together 30 leading designers to discuss their personal dwellings.
At Fondation Cartier’s Géométries Sud, Du Mexique à la Terre de Feu, Latin American art meets European Modernism in a cacophony of colour and texture.
Exploring the relationship between light, colour and the human condition, Liz West produces installations which illuminate spaces with multi-coloured hues.
A new show opening this week investigates Postmodernism through British buildings, unearthing how designers make use of the past.
Taking place at MoMA, Toward a Concrete Utopia explores the building design that was produced during the 45 years of former Yugoslavia’s existence.
“Creating architecture is like planting seeds of the future.” Innovative architect Sou Fujimoto is celebrated in Japan House London’s new show.
A new publication by Hatje Cantz, entitled Eco-Visionaries, reflects on the relationship between art, architecture and the environment.
This month’s new releases look at the importance of architectural and photographic forms for the continuation of social innovation and progression.
As part of La Triennale di Milano, an exhibition tracks Italian artist and photographer Luigi Ghirri’s engagement with architecture.
“I came to see the buildings as fossils of a time past.” Danny Lyon’s The Destruction of Lower Manhattan documents a period of transition.
Thames and Hudson’s The Spirit of Bauhaus historicises the movement’s origins, reminding readers of the roots which led to an ongoing legacy.
The design for the new National Museum of Qatar by Jean Nouvel is inspired by the desert rose, featuring a series of interlocking discs.
Work by Guido Guidi examines the geometric structure of the built environment through an abstracted visions of colour and form.
Solar Gate, a new 10-metre high sundial, uses solar alignment to mark significant times in Hull’s cultural history.
Examining the changing definition of architecture after modernism, Gordon Matta-Clark’s work offers insight into deconstruction,
This month’s new releases negotiate how senses and visceral appreciations are integral to the creation, purpose and perception of contemporary art.
