Tag Pavilions

15-02-2017

Building Trust International, Bamboo Landmark Design Challenge

Combining the contemporary needs of a rapidly developing country like Cambodia with the themes of sustainable architecture - and more importantly locally sourcing material and labour- is one of the points of the Bamboo Landmark Design Challenge promoted by the Building Trust International NGO.

27-01-2017

Floornature’s coverage of the Architecture Exhibition at Biennale di Venezia

Following the appointment of architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara as curators of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, coming up in Venice in 2018, we look back at the pages Floornature dedicated to the 2016 edition.

27-12-2016

UNStudio Eye_Beacon, Amsterdam Light Festival

Eye_Beacon, the information pavilion designed by UNStudio and MDT-tex for the fifth Amsterdam Light Festival, offers the perfect combination of image, communication and design. The pavilion’s hypnotic pulsating light is a great attraction for visitors, who can instantly spot it and therefore locate the ticket office and starting point for tours of the Festival.

13-12-2016

A recap of the 2016 Venice Biennale.

The 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia curated by Chilean architect and Pritzker prize-winner Alejandro Aravena titled “Reporting from the Front” has finished with a record number of visitors.

06-12-2016

2016 Biennale 2016, the German pavilion is being restored

The 15th International Architecture exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia curated by Chilean architect and Pritzker prize-winner Alejandro Aravena titled “Reporting from the Front” has just finished, and work to restore the German pavilion has begun.

28-11-2016

Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp The Waterfront Pavilion Sidney

Drawing on traditional elements of naval architecture and shed construction, architect Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp designed a unique, poetic building: the Waterfront Pavilion, anchored at Darling Harbour, Sydney. The judges at the World Architecture Festival, held in Berlin November 16 through 18 2016, selected the Waterfront Pavilion as winner in the Display section.

26-05-2016

Floornaturelive at the Biennale: Nordic Pavilion

"In Therapy: Nordic Countries Face to Face” is the title of the Nordic Pavilion at the 15th Architecture Biennial in Venice.