«Good News. Women in Architecture» at MAXXI Rome
The exhibition Good News aspires to document how new figures are infusing new forces into contemporary architecture. In particular, concerning the Museum’s Collection and the aim of expanding it, the exhibition pays particular attention to studios’ work directed or co-chaired by female designers and those professional bodies that are more aware of the changes taking […]
«Napoli Super Modern» at S AM Basel
Open until August 21 2022 the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum presents the exhibition ‘Napoli Super Modern’. An exhibition by LAN (Benoit Jallon and Umberto Napolitano) and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. Everyone seems ‘to know’ Naples, even those who have never been there: its setting, its sounds, its people, its tastes, its informality […]
Social Dwellings in Cornellà by Peris+Toral
Housing for all is undoubtedly one of most pressing issues affecting the cities of Europe. The project created by this pair of architects, BigMat Finalist Prize in Spain’21, is a possible answer to the following questions: How will we be living in the near future? What typologies of living will exist? What style of construction? […]
«Flashback / Carrilho da Graça» at Casa da Arquitectura Porto
Based on the collection relating to more than 40 years of work deposited by the architect in Casa da Arquitectura, Flashback / Carrilho da Graça allows to relive the moment of elaboration of several projects represented through drawings, films, models and photographs, to which there are several external references to his work from national and […]
New Park in Leopoldov by n-1
Today we rediscover the BigMat Finalist Prize in Slovakia’21, a transformation of a former cementery into a park with playground in Leopoldov, focused on activating the park boundary, enabling free movement and combining the new with the old. The original fencing along the Hlohovská Street was newly positioned behind the chapel, the enlarged pavement, a […]
New Park in Leopoldov by n-1
Today we rediscover the BigMat Finalist Prize in Slovakia’21, a transformation of a former cementery into a park with playground in Leopoldov, focused on activating the park boundary, enabling free movement and combining the new with the old. The original fencing along the Hlohovská Street was newly positioned behind the chapel, the enlarged pavement, a […]
«Sick Architecture» exhibition at CIVA Brussels
Curated by Beatriz Colomina, the Sick Architecture exhibition gathers examples from across modern history of how buildings can heal us — or make us sick.
Pavilion in Belem by Bak Gordon Arquitectos
This small pavilion on the banks of the Tagus, close to the Belém river terminal and the MAAT gardens, was awarded as BigMat Finalist Prize in Portugal 2021. Bak Gordon Arquitectos proposes a big roof where everything could happen underneath. The Lisbon waterfront is an outstanding environment which is the setting for numerous work and […]
«Garden Metropolis» exhibition by GRAU at arc en rêve
Through a cross-section of these four territories, GRAU invites us to explore the potential of a third type of city, neither center nor periphery, the Garden Metropolis. Since the beginning of urbanisation, towns and cities have been places where people live together: for the opportunities and safety they provide, for economic reasons, to fulfil a […]
Panta Rei Beach by Toffoli Architetti
This small seaside structure by Ubaldo and Gianrico Toffoli was awarded as BigMat Finalist Prize in Italy 2021, featuring structural simplicity accompanied by meticulous attention to detail and a sober and appropriate use of materials. Building a small seaside structure is a tough challenge for an architect, who has to make the building visible but […]
