Xaveer De Geyter wins 2021 BigMat Grand Prize for Architecture
The Belgian architect has been awarded with the highest honour in this special edition of the biannual prize, marking the 40th anniversary of the BigMat Group
Winners to be revealed at the international congress of the BigMat Group this Friday
The award ceremony will take place in Paris on Friday, 12 November, at Pavillon Cambon, and will be part of the international congress of the BigMat Group, where all the brand’s partners will gather to celebrate 40 years of BigMat in Europe. The 14 finalist projects from the over 1000 entries submitted to this year’s […]
KAU Gymnasium by URA Architects
Today we rediscover the BigMat International Architecture Award’15 Belgium National Prize, a gymnasium in the middle of the nature by URA Architects. In words of Oliver Bastin, 2015 member of the BigMat’15 Jury for Belgium, “Belgian architecture has no tradition of impressing monuments since politics have, luckily or not, lost the ambition and comprehension of […]
“Moteur Action Forme” Bruther architectes at arc en rêve
arc en rêve centre d’architecture presents Moteur Action Forme, the first exhibition devoted to the work of Bruther. Established in Paris in 2007 by Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot –member of the jury panel of the ‘21 BigMat Architecture Award- the firm works in the fields of architecture, urban design and landscape design as well as […]
“Pietro Lingeri. Abstraction and Construction” at La Triennale di Milano
Triennale Milano presents Pietro Lingeri: Abstraction and Construction, a special exhibition devoted to the architect Pietro Lingeri (1894-1968), curated by Gabriele Neri and with an installation design by Onsitestudio, who are selected as finalists for this edition of the BigMat International Architecture Award. The event is the outcome of a partnership with the Pietro Lingeri […]
“Lacaton & Vassal – Free space, transformation, habiter” at Museo ICO Madrid
The Museo ICO hosts the exhibition ‘Lacaton& Vassal’, winners of the 2017 BigMat International Architecture Award’s Grand Prize and Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021. This is the first monographic exhibition devoted to the French office in Spain. The firm’s motto ‘Never demolish, remove or replace, always add, transform and reuse’ sums up its architectural practice and […]
BigMat International Architecture Award’21 Finalists revealed
Discover the 14 finalist projects from the over 1000 entries submitted to this year’s edition. Seven Finalists, six National Prizes and a 30,000€ worth Grand Prize will be appointed in the upcoming awards ceremony in Paris.
“Cosmowomen. Places as Constellations” exhibition at la Galleria Nazionale Roma
Cosmowomen, curated by the Spanish architect Izaskun Chinchilla, features the projects of 65 female architects (more than 20 different nationalities) who have studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture in the last ten years. They have been mentored by 22 tutors, 50% of them women, all of them with a great variety of cultural and […]
Renovation and Extension of Ramos Carrión Theatre in Zamora by MGM Arquitectos
Today we rediscover one of the BigMat ’19 finalists for Spain, Ramos Carrión Theatre in Zamora, a significant intervention on a modernist building dated from 1916, creating a new plaza towards the Duero River. Our society is more accustomed to dense space than empty space, to rubbing shoulders and crossing paths with other people than […]
“Snøhetta: Arctic Nordic Alpine – In Dialogue With Landscape” at Jaroslav Fragner Gallery
“Arctic Nordic Alpine” is dedicated to contemporary architecture in vulnerable landscapes, focussing on the influence interventions could have on regions with extreme climatic conditions. The exhibition presents pioneering projects by the internationally renowned architecture and design firm Snøhetta, including the energy-efficient Hotel Svart in Svartisen, the Arctic World Archive Visitor Center in Svalbard Island and […]
