Tag Museums

04-11-2015

Interview with Shigeru Ban

Winner of the 2014 Pritzker Prize Shigeru Ban talks about his recent projects at the “Archi-Depot Tokyo” exhibition at Triennale di Milano. Shigeru Ban discusses his intuition of mobile screens for the Oita Prefectural Art Museum and his contribution to reconstruction after the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015.

30-09-2015

OMA-Rem Koolhaas and the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

In June 2015 the doors opened on the new Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, the latest example of the architectural philosophy of Rem Koolhaas (OMA) for places of culture and entertainment. The OMA project for the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow is located in the heart of the city’s Gorky Park.

21-09-2015

LAC Lugano Arte Cultura designed by architect Ivano Gianola opens

The 12th September saw the opening of the LAC Lugano Arte Cultura arts centre, designed by architect Ivano Gianola, a project that aims to become the vital heart of the city.

16-09-2015

Architecture by Herzog & de Meuron on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery

The concept design of the new Vancouver Art Gallery designed by Herzog & de Meuron will be revealed only at the end of September, in the meantime and until 4th October the Canadian Gallery is hosting the exhibition Material Future: The Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron and the Vancouver Art Gallery, dedicated to architecture and to the work of the Herzog & de Meuron studio.

14-09-2015

Finalists of the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 on show at Bozar, Brussels

The winning design and the finalists of the Mies van der Rohe Award 2015, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, will be on display from 16th September at BOZAR/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.

03-09-2015

Zaha Hadid Messner Mountain Museum Corones

Architect Zaha Hadid designed the latest of the six museums dedicated to the mountaineer Reinhold Messner, the Messner Mountain Museum Corones in Plan de Corones, which was inaugurated on 23rd July with a moving ceremony. Christiane Bürklein, member of the Floornature and Livegreenblog editorial staff, was also present.

26-08-2015

Nightscape Exhibition 2050 - Lighting Planners Associates, Aedes Gallery, Berlin

The Aedes Gallery in Berlin presents the travelling exhibition Nightscape 2050 - a dialogue between cities, light and people in future - dedicated to the work of the Japanese architectural studio Lighting Planners Associates. It then goes on to Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

18-08-2015

Making Africa Exhibition – A Continent of Contemporary Design - Vitra Design Museum

The current exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum shows how art and design has influenced economic and political change in the African continent through the contemporary works of 120 artists and designers.