Tag Land Art

25-06-2020

Piet Oudolf designs Perennial Garden on Vitra Campus, in Weil am Rhein

The construction of the Perennial Garden, a large 4,000-square metre garden began in May 2020. It was designed by Piet Oudolf, the famous Dutch landscape architect who created important public parks such as the New York High Line, the Hauser & Wirth Somerset gallery, the Serpentine Galleries and the Venice Biennale. The new garden will be built on the meadow that stretches between the VitraHaus designed by Herzog & de Meuron and the Vitra production centre designed by Álvaro Siza.

05-06-2020

Farewell to Christo, artist and pioneer of land art

"Beauty, science and art will always triumph": words written by Christo in a letter back in 1958, but which today remain as the most important legacy that the artist has left to the world through his unique works. A press release issued by Christo's press office on his official Facebook page, sadly communicated to the world that on May 31, 2020 the artist died of natural causes in his New York home, at the age of 84.

06-02-2020

A project in the far reaches of the world - Estancia Morro Chico designed by RDR architects in Argentina

In the Argentinian part of Patagonia, on the southern border with Chile, Swiss firm RDR architectes designed Estancia Morro Chico, a ranch where sheep for wool and meat production are bred. Architects were asked to complete the existing settlement integrating new sustainable constructions, able to preserve the natural heritage while significantly improving the conditions of those who live and work on the property, including the animals.

27-12-2018

LuzInterruptus, Literature vs Traffic in Ann Arbor

Last October, Luz Interruptus, the Spanish creative collective was invited by the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities to set up one of its most famous installations - Literature vs Traffic - in Ann Arbor, after they had previously installed it in Toronto, Melbourne, Madrid, and New York.