Month: March 2018

At a press conference earlier today, curators of the 2018 Venice Biennale Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects revealed more information about this year’s upcoming event, to be hosted from May 26th to November 25th. Building on the thematic concept the duo presented last June—“Freespace”—the event will feature a main exhibition in the Central Pavilion of the Giardini and the Arsenale featuring work by 71 participants, while two Special Sections will feature a total of 29 further participants. Elsewhere, 65 national pavilions will present contributions from around the world, including 7 first-time participants: Antigua & Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Guatemala, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan and the Holy See.

using raw, sectioned planks of cedar wood alternated with mirrored surfaces, ‘the forest’ is kuma’s answer to the stress of urban life.

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using raw, sectioned planks of cedar wood alternated with mirrored surfaces, ‘the forest’ is kuma’s answer to the stress of urban life.

The post kengo kuma creates enchanted forest pop-up inside valextra’s milan store appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

using raw, sectioned planks of cedar wood alternated with mirrored surfaces, ‘the forest’ is kuma’s answer to the stress of urban life.

The post kengo kuma creates enchanted forest pop-up inside valextra’s milan store appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

using raw, sectioned planks of cedar wood alternated with mirrored surfaces ‘the forest’ is kuma’s answer to the stress of urban life.

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Worrell Yeung recently completed this new 1,500 square foot multi-purpose barn in Ancram, New York. Located on a 30-acre property with a traditional existing house and other structures, this modern barn adopts an unmistakably contemporary design approach, while incorporating key elements of the agrarian vernacular of the Hudson Valley region.

Fosun Group hired Woods Bagot to transform commercial planning of Dahua, an 82-year-old historic textile mill, into China’s next retail and entertainment district. Located in Xi’an’s urban center, the site sits next to Daming Palace, the Tang Dynasty’s royal residence and a national heritage site which attracts thousands of tourists each year. 

Fosun Group hired Woods Bagot to transform commercial planning of Dahua, an 82-year-old historic textile mill, into China’s next retail and entertainment district. Located in Xi’an’s urban center, the site sits next to Daming Palace, the Tang Dynasty’s royal residence and a national heritage site which attracts thousands of tourists each year. 

There ought to be a word for this kind of film—halfway between a sequel and a reboot—but there isn’t, so we just have to call it Blade Runner 2049. The film is perhaps more subtle in the way it refers to Ridley Scott’s 1982 dystopian cult classic than some recent sci-fi restorations—Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I’m looking at you—but it isn’t above a bit of blatant parallelism. For example, it’s easy to see reflections of Blade Runner characters in 2049: private dick Rick Deckard is now the stoic, world-weary K; femme fatale Rachael is Joi, a hologram companion who straddles the line between mortal and machine; wacky Roy Batty is the single-minded, murderous Luv; not to mention a bevy of replicants passing for humans and cops with hidden agendas. In fact, one of the few prominent characters not recast is the city of Los Angeles, whose architecture is strikingly absent compared to the first film. The resulting movie feels curiously devoid of a civic soul, which is perhaps the point.