‘José María García de Paredes: Meeting Spaces’ at ICO Museum
The first major retrospective of the complete works of José María García Paredes, a key figure in modern Spanish architecture during the second half of the 20th century, is available from October 2 to January 12, 2025. ‘José María García de Paredes: Meeting Spaces’ offers an extensive overview of four decades of his professional career […]
“LAN – Spaces without Species” exhibition at Galerie d’Architecture
The Galerie d’Architecture in Paris presents the exhibition “LAN – Spaces without Species,” an inventory of eleven spaces created by LAN, awarded as BigMat Finalist Prize in France’21, whose definition is open. « I would like there to be stable places, immobile, intangible, untouched, and almost untouchable, immutable, rooted; places that would be reference points, starting […]
Abade Pedrosa Museum by Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura
Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura, recipients of the BigMat International Architecture Award National Prize for Portugal 2017, designed the Abade Pedrosa Museum and the International Contemporary Sculpture Museum in Santo Tirso. Architects Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura worked together on the project for the Abade Pedrosa Museum, located in the […]
« SelgasCano Arquitectos: Unstable Zones » exhibition at aut Innsbruck
From July to October 2024, an immersive installation by the Spanish architecture duo SelgasCano can be experienced at aut, in which the premises of the former brewery are transformed into ‘Unstable Zones’ using minimal means. Founded in Madrid in 1996 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, the studio has made a name for itself internationally […]
Lebond Souto Moura by Eduardo Souto de Moura
A year after Alvaro Siza introduced the first Lebond watch, Eduardo Souto de Moura, BigMat International Architecture Award ’19 Grand Prize, unveiled his own design for the brand. The initial model showcased the creative synergy that occurs when renowned architects venture into watch design. For the new model, Souto de Moura, known worldwide for his […]
« Un stade en Irak » exhibition at The Fondation Le Corbusier
With the support of Galerie Eric Mouchet, whose director is also a specialist in Le Corbusier’s work, Louis-Cyprien Rials has set out to give us his vision of an emblematic yet little-known building: the Baghdad gymnasium, designed by the architect at the end of his life and completed after his death, which for a time […]
Zebro viewpoint by Álvaro Siza Vieira
Portuguese architect Siza Vieira, winner of the BigMat’17 National Prize for Portugal, was responsible for designing the Zebro viewpoint, situated on a rocky massif in the Serra do Moradal, near the ER 238 in Oleiros, north-central Portugal. This marks his second viewing platform project, following the construction of a watchtower in the nearby Proença-a-Nova region. […]
« Gae Aulenti » exhibition at Triennale Milano
The exhibition, designed by Tspoon studio, pays tribute to one of the most influential figures in Italian and international architecture and design of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with the first major monographic exhibition covering her entire career, which spanned over sixty years. From May 22, 2024, to January 12, 2025, Triennale Milano […]
« Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence » at V&A Museum
Tropical Modernism was an architectural style developed in the hot, humid conditions of West Africa in the 1940s. After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture. As we look to a new future in an era of climate change, might Tropical Modernism, an architectural […]
Euravenir Tower by LAN Architects
The office building by LAN (Local Architecture Network), finalist of the BigMat International Architecture Award ’15, occupies the last plot of the Euralille masterplan, designed by OMA, around the Lille-Europe railway station in Lille, France. The last project of the first phase of the Euralille district, the Euravenir tower is an urban sculpture that aims […]