FAIRS & EVENTS Tutto è progetto!1/6/2015Based in Veneto, luminaire manufacturer Foscarini relies wholly on the strength of design. Instead of developing models itself, the company has devised a system whereby it selects convincing designs from projects.
FAIRS & EVENTS What lodged in NKBAK´s minds:8/31/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
ARCHITECTURE What lodged in Ateliermob´s mind:8/24/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
ARCHITECTURE What lodged in Ross Lovegrove`s mind:8/17/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
FAIRS & EVENTS What lodged in Amandus Sattler's and Mikala Holme Samsøe's mind:8/10/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
FAIRS & EVENTS What lodged in Something Fantastic´s minds:8/3/2014Architects and designers naturally have their own view on houses, people and exhibitions. So we asked a few of them for their photographic impressions of the 14th Architecture Biennale. And for their related comments of course.
FAIRS & EVENTS Charles Brooking’s world of windows6/25/2014So have we simply accepted the fact that nowadays one window looks just like any other?This wonderful collection from England demonstrates just how much variety in window shapes and materials there once was.
FAIRS & EVENTS The dream of an open society6/20/2014The Dutch pavilion celebrates Jaap Bakema and with him the achievements of a form of post-War Modernism whose architecture is shaped by the institutions of the welfare state.
FAIRS & EVENTS Import – Export6/18/2014Modernist architecture as a symbol of emancipation or occupation? Freedom or disenfranchisement? The country contributions from and about African countries provide many an idea in this regard.
FAIRS & EVENTS Modernism and its uncle6/17/2014A fun-loving uncle resides in the French pavilion. He’s called Hulot, was invented by Jacques Tati, and shows in an amusing way all the things that can go wrong in the world of Modernism.
FAIRS & EVENTS A Clockwork Modernism6/17/2014What course did Modernism take in Britain? “Clockwork Jerusalem” takes a glance at William Blake to paint a surprising picture.
FAIRS & EVENTS Please touch6/16/2014A new pragmatism has changed Japanese architecture as if it has bid farewell to dreams – as can be discovered in the Japanese pavilion: “The Real World” is an unusually cluttered exhibition.
FAIRS & EVENTS Germany’s Ex-Top Models6/15/2014In the form of “Bungalow Germania” Alex Lehnerer and Savvas Ciriacidis have created one of the best exhibits in the Biennale and realized an unsettlingly instructive piece on the political instrumentalization of architecture.
FAIRS & EVENTS Architecture Know-How in Museum and Archive6/13/2014A great deal of hard work went into the 14th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. The curators of the national pavilions kindly searched the archives and Rem Koolhaas had all manner of architectural elements brought to the Giardini. A tour of a surprisingly didactic exhibition.
FAIRS & EVENTS Italian affairs6/11/2014For the exhibition “Monditalia” 41 teams were asked to design a piece about the country of Italy. The result: a show that is diverse, chaotic and at times pure kitsch.
FAIRS & EVENTS If you want to understand Modernity you need to have fun with it6/10/2014“Fair Enough” reads the lettering heading the pavilion of the Russian Federation. In other words: Very well! Or could it indeed imply that someone is fed-up with economization? In any case, this pavilion is great fun – while smart and critical at the same time.
FAIRS & EVENTS Rem Koolhaas’ foundations6/10/2014Rem Koolhaas has assembled a marvelous architecture biennial that mines Modernism to uncover its foundations in a bid to address the urgent issues of building in the 21st century.
FAIRS & EVENTS Gondola! Gondola!6/3/2014June 7 sees the opening of the 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice. Rem Koolhaas has chosen the basics of building as the main theme, along with “Absorbing Modernity 1914 – 2014”. So whom has gondoliere Rem welcomed on-board for the ride?
FAIRS & EVENTS XXL Koolhaas3/18/2014In Berlin, Rem Koolhaas has just presented the program for this year’s architecture biennial in Venice. The expectations are high: This biennial is to be larger, longer, and of course completely different.