Martin Jančok, Czech Republic and Slovakia’s 2025 member of the BigMat International Architecture Award Jury
After Oana Bogdan in representation of Belgium, the latest member of the 2025 BigMat International Architecture Award to be revealed is Martin Jančok. Founder and partner of the Slovak architecture office PLURAL, alongside Michal Janák, Martin Jančok has gained recognition for his innovative and thoughtful approach to contemporary architecture. Established in 2009, PLURAL proposes architecture […]
Oana Bogdan, first member of the BigMat Architecture Award 2025 Jury to be revealed
The new edition of the biannual prize, which rewards architectural quality in Europe, will feature a brand new board of jury members who are still to be disclosed. The first member to be revealed is Oana Bogdan in representation of Belgium. Keep posted to discover who they are in the next few weeks! Oana Bogdan […]
Cultural center in Lons-le-Saunier by du Besset-Lyon Architectes
Today, we revisit the French finalist for the 2013 BigMat International Architecture Award: a cultural center designed by du Besset-Lyon Architectes, combining a multimedia library and an arthouse cinema under the management of local authorities. The existing buildings: the church, the Hotel de Balay and the wall of the prison form an impressive urban setting […]
“O que faz falta” exhibition at Casa da Arquitectura
Casa da Arquitectura is joining the moment of celebration and reflection around the 50th anniversary of the April Revolution with the exhibition “O que faz falta. 50 years of Portuguese architecture in democracy”, which is curated by architects Jorge Figueira (curator) and Ana Neiva (deputy curator). The title of the exhibition pays homage to one […]
25 COLUMNS – Plintsberg, house by OFFICE KGDVS
This essential house built by Kersten Geers David Van Severen, BigMat Award 2023 Jury for Belgium, revolves around a simple scheme: two horizontal wooden slabs supported by a grid of 25 slender columns. The project for this house is conceived as a simple scheme: two horizontal wooden slabs held up by a grid of 25 […]
“Soft Power – The Brussels Way of Making the City” exhibition at S AM
From October 19, 2024 until March 16, 2025, the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum presents the exhibition ‘Soft Power – The Brussels Way of Making the City. An exhibition of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in cooperation with the Bouwmeester Maître Architecte (BMA) and with support of Brussels Capital Region. The exhibition ‘Soft Power: The […]
Place Rogier by XDGA Xaveer de Geyter in Brussels
The renowned Belgian architect, two-times winner of the BigMat International Architecture Award (in 2013 and 2021), designed this landmark square canopy in 2006, which was finalized in 2019. Located in the heart of an existing transport hub in Brussels, the project proposes a four-stage intervention to organize and re-qualify the public spaces and circulation both […]
“Restless Architecture” curated by Diller Scofidio + Renfro at MAXXI Rome
Curated by one of the world’s most famous and influential design studios, which is also featured, the exhibition investigates movement as an internal property of architecture: buildings that change their configuration, have mobile elements and swell or turn to welcome visitors. We live in a world in constant motion. Why should architecture stand still? Since […]
“Dogma: Urban Villa” with the Flanders Architecture Institute at De Singel
The exhibition Dogma: Urban Villa, curated by the Italian firm lead by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara, makes the case for more cooperative and collective housing. Dogma and the VAi both hope that it will kick-start a dialogue around better urban densification and the creation of diverse, collective and affordable housing units. How can we live […]
Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, appointed Spanish National Architecture Award 2023
The architecture office, led by Ángela García de Paredes (member of the BigMat International Architecture Award Jury of 2023) and Ignacio Pedrosa, have been awarded with the highest recognition in Spain for their contributions to the social, technological and sustainable contributions to Spanish architecture. In proposing the award, given by the Spanish Ministry of Housing […]
