Month: June 2023

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Sothebys to move in and “review” brutalist Breuer Building in New York

June 2, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

International auction house Sotheby’s has announced its acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s   Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Sotheby’s has announced its acquire the building and turn it into a flagship gallery for the brand in order to display collections of art and luxury goods to the public. The company

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Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum steps up slope below Indian fort

June 2, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Vastushilpa Consultants has created a museum and memorial in India to honour the victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and celebrate the resilience of the local Kutch community. Vastushilpa Consultants placed the Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum on a hill below a fort, which was restored as part of the project, on the outskirts of the

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“The usual champagne-socialist pomposity of Venice has been drowned out by a newfound openness”

June 2, 2023 Ewa Effiom, Krish Nathaniel and Aoi Phillips 0

Placing the Global South at the centre of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale created a spirit of openness and sincerity, write Ewa Effiom, Krish Nathaniel and Aoi Phillips in this review of the event. There are enough Pritzker and Stirling prizes to recognise built work in our industry. For the 18th iteration of the Venice Architecture Biennale,

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Tomás Saraceno adapts Serpentine gallery to welcome all species

June 2, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno has changed the HVAC and electrical system of the Serpentine gallery in London, in an effort to make an exhibition for all the nearby species. Titled Web(s) of Life, the exhibition presents some of the artist’s most recent and well-known environmentally focused works, while also encompassing interventions into the building itself. These

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Marianum School Annex – Centre for Education / LRO GmbH & Co. KG

June 2, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

Due to the pedagogical success of the Marianum, a private Catholic school, an annex was needed to accommodate additional educational facilities. Additional classrooms, administrative offices, and teachers’ rooms for about 170 students and 20 teachers were needed to augment the all-day school’s learning and living space. The position and dimensions of the new, elongated two-story building are directly related to the existing building from 2009, which LRO had designed as part of the extension of an existing old building into the Marianum.