Public Library in Azores by Inês Lobo Arquitectos
Another example of respectful work in historic context by Lisbon architect Inês Lobo, Jury member of the BigMat ’21 International Architectural Award, the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library is located in an annex of the Silveira e Paulo Palace in Angra do Heroismo, Azores.
“Flying on the raven’s wing” exhibition within HORST 2021 festival
“Flying on the raven’s wing” is a cross-disciplinary exhibition appropriating ASIAT in Vilvoorde as a site of new promises. The artistic interventions hover between autonomous artworks, inventive dancefloors, collaborative commissions and circular architecture.
BigMat ’21 selected projects will be revealed in September
The selected projects from the over 1000 entries submitted in this year’s edition will be revealed next September. The BigMat ’21 Jury Meeting took place on the 9th of July at the Technical University of Madrid – School of Architecture.
“BMX starting ramp” by Architekt Ondřej Tuček
Today we rediscover the BigMat ’19 Finalist from Czech Republic, a translucent multipurpose building featuring a 5m height BMX ramp. Its solping roof serves as a starting area for the races, covering the changing room, toilets, warehouse, cafetería and common room below.
“Composite Presence” Belgian Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale
Featuring 50 reference projects by 45 contemporary Belgian practices, curator Dirk Somers (Bovenbouw Architectuur) will show the contemporary city in Flanders and Brussels in all its complexity.
Jury Meeting in Madrid: BigMat ’21 Finalists to be revealed soon
The BigMat ’21 Jury Meeting took place last friday at the Technical University of Madrid – School of Architecture. The international Jury reviewed the selected projects from the over 1000 entries submitted in this year’s edition of the prize.
“Natural History of Architecture” exhibition by Philippe Rahm at Pavillon de l’Arsenal
The Natural History of Architecture highlights the natural, physical, biological and climatic causes that have influenced the course of architectural history and caused its figures to emerge, from prehistory until today.
Law Court offices in Venice by C+S Architects, an “archetypical monolith”
Today we rediscover the BigMat ’17 National Prize for Italy, an example of seamless integration within a complex urban setting, as it successfully fuses the traditional old warehouse styling with the stereometric volume of the multi-storey car park.
Bruther “Swiss Architectural Award 2020” exhibition at Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio
The work of the Paris-based office founded by Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot –upcoming member of the jury panel of the ‘21 BigMat Architecture Award- will be the main focus of the “Swiss Architectural Award 2020 exhibition”.
More than 1000 entries to the BigMat ’21 International Architecture Award
Who will follow the Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner in 2019, as the new Grand Prize? More than one thousand projects have been submitted to this year’s edition of the BigMat Architectural Award.
