ARCHITECTURE NEWS blog
Vatican Pavilions on the Island of San Giorgio, Venice Biennale
Scattered across the lagoon-facing parkland behind the great Santa Maria Maggiore church, you will find eleven temporary pavilions commissioned by the Vatican. The pavilions have been designed by renown international architects, including Norman Foster, Smiljan Radic, Edouardo Souto de Mora and Terunobu Fujimori. It is a rare collection of contemporary sacred… Read more
New Serpentine Summer Pavilion by Frida Escobedo
Danica O. Kus has photographed Serpentine Summer Pavilions since 2009. The latest by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo is the tenth that she has documented. The architectural quality of each temporal Pavilion and their unique characteristics has been an enduring inspiration for her photographic work. An exhibition showcasing her photographs of… Read more
Venice Biennale – Giardini Pavilions
How is the idea of ‘Freespace’ interpreted in the national exhibitions of the Giardini – Curated by Dublin-based architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, the 2018 Architecture Biennale offers a broad view into the complexities of contemporary environments. With emphasis on details instead of the grand concepts of the previous… Read more
Torre – Fondazione Prada’s Milan venue now complete
Designed by Rem Koolhaas and his team at OMA, the new tower in white concrete offers an architectural experience of transitions and variations within its 60 meters high structure. Photos by Danica O. Kus Divided into nine floors, each one developing some kind of special vista into the surrounding landscape,… Read more
Zhang Ke – beauty in béton brut
A small concrete building, stained black and sculpted into a cosy looking sculptural form, was one of the Arsenale highlights for me at Venice Biennale 2016. The elemental yet subtle use of materials in this building by Chinese architect Zhang Ke seemed to derive from the concrete spaces imagined by… Read more
ARoS – rainbow panorama over Aarhus
The power of architecture is embedded in the DNA of Aarhus. Historic buildings are well looked after and new additions are celebrations for new possibilities. Witnessing the city from the top of ARoS Art Museum inside Your Rainbow Panorama, designed by Olafur Eliasson, you will sense that aesthetic experimentation is… Read more