“The China according to China”… a series of considerations about the historical situation of contemporary China, expressed by five local architects. Ai Weiwei (FAKE Design), Jiang Jun (Urban China), Yu Kongjian (Turenscape), Wang Shu (Amateur Architecture Studio) and Ma Qing Yun (MADA s.p.a.m.) were asked to outline the issues every China-based architect practicing today has […]
2010 Shanghai World Expo Denmark Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels – BIG… video > architectural videos*
11th Venice Architecture Biennale > Images of “Lotus”, the installation by Zaha Hadid + Patrick Schumacher [designboom].
The Netherlands > Images and information about “FiftyTwoDegrees”, the Nijmegen Business Innovation Centre, designed by Mecanoo architects [arcspace].
11th Venice Architecture Biennale > Images of the installation “mock up, beijing”, by Herzog & de Meuron + Ai Weiwei [designboom / Ai Weiwei blog].
Buenos Aires > Construction of Norman Foster first work in Latin America has started. The Aleph is the fifth Faena Group development at Faena Art District in Puerto Madero, and it will be the most expensive apartment complex in Argentina. Completion is scheduled for 2010 [Clarín].
Spain > La Nucia University Campus (University of Alicante), expanded by Spanish firm CrystalZoo [dezeen].
11th Venice Architecture Biennale > Images of the installation “The Changing Room” by UNStudio [designboom].
The Netherlands > Baetens House, designed by JagerJanssen architects, in Elst [Arch Daily].
Brazil > House in Carapicuíba (State of São Paulo), designed by Alvaro Puntoni + Angelo Bucci [ARCOweb].
2008 Praemium Imperiale awarded to Peter Zumthor [Prensa Latina / Building].
11th Venice Architecture Biennale > “Superstar: A Mobile China Town“, proposed by China-based firm MAD [dezeen].Video > YouTube
