Tag Museums

01-04-2015

MX_SI and the expansion of the Gosta Serlachius Museum in Finland

The three young architects of Spanish studio MX_SI have won the competition for expansion of Gosta Serlachius Museum in Finland. With the Gosta Serlachius Museum project, MX_SI focuses on and guides the context of the landscape, offering a central position to the old Joennimei Manor House where the museum was originally housed.

17-03-2015

Bernard Tschumi wins the Piranesi Prix de Rome for lifetime achievement

At the fifth edition of the Piranesi Prix de Rome, an award for high classical culture in architecture, on March 20 2015 the award for lifetime achievement will be presented to architect Bernard Tschumi.

13-03-2015

The winning YAP project at Maxxi and Milano 2015

We start with the winner of the YAP competition at Maxxi and the Expo Milano 2015 pavilions in this issue of The Best of the Week, dedicated to temporary structures.

11-03-2015

Great Land Studio Corte wins Maxxi YAP Rome

The Great Land project by Roman architectural practice Studio Corte has won the Yap Maxxi 2015 competition and will be built in the square outside Maxxi. The initiative is implemented in partnership with MoMA/MoMA PS1 in New York, the Constructo Association in Santiago, Chile, the Istanbul Modern and MMCA in Seoul.

10-03-2015

Alberto Campo Baeza Complete Works monographic volume

Thames & Hudson has published a monographic volume about architect Alberto Campo Baeza and his work featuring contributions by Richard Meier, Jesus Aparicio, David Chipperfield and Manuel Blanco.

05-03-2015

Alessandro Mendini wins the European Prize for Architecture

Alessandro Mendini has won the European Prize for Architecture, a prize awarded by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

27-02-2015

Architecture and fashion in Floornature’s best of the week

Architecture projects, interior design for retail spaces, dramatic backdrops for fashion shows: architects do a lot of work for the fashion industry, subject of this edition of Floornature’s best of the week.

24-02-2015

Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition 6 finalists

The 6 finalists have been announced in the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition held by Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for the new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki.