«Lambda Files» exhibition at La Virreina
Edvard Munch bequeathed his work to Oslo so that it could be housed in a new museum. This exhibition presents for the first time the whole process of design and construction of the building under the supervision of Estudio Herreros until it was inaugurated in October 2021. The exhibition documents a new way of practising […]
Pirelli Learning Center by Onsitestudio
The project for the new Pirelli Learning Center, BigMat National Prize in Italy 2021, is located within the historic industrial district of Bicocca, north of Milan, the subject of a profound urban transformation at the end of the 1980s according to Vittorio Gregotti’s masterplan. The building than will contain the learning centre and the canteen […]
Pelleport housing in Paris by Bruther
This housing complex and commercial areas by Bruther, Jury members of the past BigMat ’21 International Architectural Award, dialogue with its suburban context by its strong architectural volumetries. To develop a housing building in a typical Parisian (and suburban) context, means to negotiate with particular constraints, linked with the Parisian density. The aim is to […]
Kervalet house extension by Exercise
Today we rediscover the French BigMat National Prize 2021, the Kervalet house extension in Brittany, France, by Exercice architects. This extension in Brittany opens the house widely to the outside space by large sliding anodized aluminum frames. The structure is designed as a superposition of different materialities that let in as much light as possible. […]
«Eileen Gray. E.1027, Total Art» exhibition at MNAC Lisbon
The exhibition reflects on the many facets of Eileen Gray, from her well-known work as a furniture designer to her recently recovered architectural work, the villa E.1027. From November 28, 2021 until February 27, 2022, the National Museum of Contemporary Art hosts the exhibition ‘Eileen Gray. E.1027, Total Art’. This will be the fifth edition […]
«Prague Eyes» by Petr Janda / Brainwork
The Revitalization of Prague’s Riverfront by Petr Janda / Brainwork, a project that has been developed during the last 10 years, was awarded with the BigMat National Prize in the Czech Republic’21 in the latest edition of the international award. In 2019, after ten years of work, the architecture firm Petrjanda/Brainwork finished restoring part of […]
Melopee School in Ghent by Xaveer De Geyter
Melopee School, completed in 2020 by the Belgian architect, was awarded with the highest honour in the latest BigMat International Architecture Award and has recently won the Brussels Architecture Prize in the «Extra Muros» category. Melopee School by XDGA followed the Power Plant for the “FOZ TUA” DAM by Souto de Moura, the FRAC Nord-Pas […]
«Scarpa/Olivetti. Songs of a shared story» exhibition at MAXXI Rome
The exhibition «Scarpa/Olivetti. Songs of a shared story» tells the extraordinary twenty years of collaboration between Carlo Scarpa and Adriano Olivetti and, more generally, with the Ivrea-based company. The exhibition itinerary opens with a timeline in the corridor of the Archives Center that traces the salient episodes of over twenty years of relationships, from the […]
Alberto Campo Baeza, Spanish National Architecture Award Ceremony
The architect, also winner of the BigMat International Architecture Award ’15 Grand Prize, was granted the highest honour for architects in Spain in recognition for a lifetime’s dedication to architecture and teaching. On December 2, 2021, the public ceremony for the presentation of the National Architecture Prize was held in Cadiz, in the church of […]
«Architects At Play» exhibition at Garagem Sul CCB Lisbon
«Architects at Play» is an exhibition delving into play and the imagination, built experiments, and mythological narratives. The exhibition is essentially centered on the idea of ‘Creating Worlds.’ It attempts to bring together two characters: the architect and the child. Garagem Sul at Centro Cultural de Belém—the Lisbon gallery dedicated to architecture—inaugurated a Portuguese iteration […]
