Tag Pavilions

02-07-2021

Stadtkrone, land art by Observatorium in Dorsten

The Rotterdam-based art collective, Observatorium, is back in the Ruhr area, this time in Dorsten. Their new work entitled Stadtkrone, the city crown so to speak, is tied to their previous interventions carried out in the area. Stadtkrone is a landmark in a recently redeveloped city park, created to provide users with a new panoramic observation point over the Lippe river and the Canal.

14-06-2021

Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace has opened its doors

On May 19, London’s Serpentine Galleries have reopened their spaces to the public and on June 11, the Serpentine Pavilion 2021 designed by Counterspace, the architectural studio directed by Sumayya Vally, opened its doors. It is the 20th pavilion of the famous gallery which, for this edition, extends out to the city with four installations placed in different neighbourhoods across London, recognisable as four fragments of the pavilion.

08-06-2021

Land.Milk.Honey. The Israeli Pavilion at the 17th Architecture Biennale

What happens when coexistence relies on managing to transform a biblical promise into reality? This question is answered in the Israeli Pavilion, which shows with extreme lucidity and clarity how ideology - translated into colonialism, settlement, urbanisation, infrastructure and mechanised agriculture - has radically reshaped the environment of Palestine-Israel, and consequently also the relationship between the two peoples.

19-05-2021

Uncertainty, the Spanish Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

The theme chosen by the Spanish Pavilion for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, curated by a team of four young architects selected through a public competition for the first time, might be considered ahead of its times, because uncertainty is a constant at this time in history, as the current pandemic has shown.

28-04-2021

Resilient Communities: the Italian Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia

In a live-streamed event on April 23, architect Alessandro Melis presented "Resilient Communities", the Italian Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The theme of the pavilion becomes a voyage in search of answers to the momentous challenges facing architecture and our way of living on Earth today, not in order to simplify them, but to acknowledge the complexity that surrounds us.

19-04-2021

The Serpentine Gallery reopens and Counterspace designs the 2021 Serpentine Pavilion

London’s Serpentine Gallery will be opening to the public again on May 19 with a major retrospective of the work of British-Ghanian photographer James Barnor and the first solo exhibition outside the US by New York painter Jennifer Packer. The 2021 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Counterspace, the architectural studio directed by Sumayya Vally, is scheduled to open on June 11.

07-04-2021

A Roof for Silence, Lebanese Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia

Architect Hala Wardé, founder of HW Architecture, is the curator of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled A Roof for Silence, addresses the issue of coexistence, a theme of particular importance at this time, and not only in Lebanon.

18-03-2021

Atelier in an Orchard by XVW architectuur

The architects of Dutch studio XVW architectuur designed the Atelier in an Orchard, a small building combining contemporary form with the Japanese Shou Sugi Ban technique to create a simple, cosy volume that fits perfectly into the orchard where it stands.