Tag Toyo Ito

26-02-2016
Temporary constructions: the Serpentine Gallery pavilions
The Serpentine Gallery pavilions are temporary structures that last only one summer. They are always designed by an architect or architectural practice that has never before built anything in the United Kingdom. Let us take a look at recent pavilions presented in Floornature.

10-02-2016
Creation from Catastrophe exhibition at The Architecture Gallery, London
The works of Yasmeen Lari, ELEMENTAL, OMA, Shigeru Ban, NLÉ, Toyo Ito, Metabolism (Kenzo Tange and Kurokawa Kisho) and Sir Christopher Wren are examples of reconstruction projects following upon major disasters selected for the exhibition that opened recently at RIBA’s Architecture Gallery.

21-01-2016
Tokyo replaces Zaha Hadid: Kengo Kuma will design the Olympic Stadium
Just before Christmas the Japanese government announced its decision to replace Zaha Hadid’s project, which had won the design competition but was then rejected because of the high cost of its construction, with the plan by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for the new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

15-01-2016
MoMA exhibition A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond
At the end of 2015 MoMA in New York announced its 2016 exhibition calendar. From March through July the museum will host an interesting exhibition exploring the work of two prominent Japanese architectural practices: Toyo Ito and SANAA.

02-11-2015
The best skyscrapers in the world 2015
The Best Tall Building Worldwide&rdquo will be announced during the CTBUH 14th Annual Symposium on November 12; let’s discover the skyscrapers that are competing for this prestigious award.

29-09-2015
Dominique Perrault wins the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture 2015
French architect Dominique Perrault wins the Praemium Imperiale 2015, an award given each year by the Japan Art Association for Architecture.

27-03-2015
The Pritzker Prize, Nobel Prize of architecture
Floornature features the architects who have won the Pritzker Prize in recent years and their projects.

04-08-2014
UIA Durban 2014. 25th World Congress UIA in South Africa.
Floornature is official supporter and media partner of UIA Durban 2014. The 25th world congress of Union Internationale des Architectes (International Union of Architects- UIA) has started yesterday, 3 August and is on show until 7 August 2014 at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa.