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Wutopia Lab’s epic Aluminium Mountain emerges from artificial fog
Inspired by the vision of one of China's most famous mountains, Mount Luofu, this exhibition centre combines Daoist philosophy with aluminium to create a serene and slightly sci-fi experience of architecture and nature
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Japanese architecture, craft and Modernism meet in Philadelphia
A new exhibition in Philadelphia explores the relationship between Shofuso House, a piece of 17th century-style Japanese architecture located in the city's West Fairmount Park, and Modernism through the connections between architect Junzo Yoshimura, woodworker George Nakashima, designer Noémi Pernessin Raymond and architect Antonin Raymond
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Creative benches pop up in the city for the London Festival of Architecture
The London Festival of Architecture reveals five new public benches in London designed by young architects and designers to encourage creativity, conversation and contemplation
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Singapore Archifest pavilion ‘reclaims connectivity’ in an age of distance
2020 Archifest in Singapore prepares for a September launch and the virtual opening of its main pavilion space, entitled Reclaiming Connectivity and jointly created by ADDP Architects and OWIU Design
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Melbourne's MPavilion reflects upon its contribution to urban health
The MPavilion – an annual temporary architectural pavilion commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation – has launched a new book, featuring essays by participating architects including Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain and Rem Koolhaas
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Exhibit Columbus to explore middle America and beyond
The 2020-2021 Exhibit Columbus theme and its J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize recipients line-up have just been revealed, placing the focus on the ‘middle city' during the upcoming annual Indiana architecture event
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Visionary thinking thrives at the 96th RSA Student Design Awards
The world's longest running competition of its kind, the Royal Society of Arts Student Design Awards, announces its winners for 2020, celebrating socially and environmentally conscious work
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LFA Digital celebrates London's architecture in lockdown
The London Festival of Architecture 2020 goes digital and reveals its rich programme of activities, which span online events, building tours and special features
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Architect Aires Mateus' digital water feature inspires calm
Aires Mateus lauches digital installation inspiring serenity and contemplation within the inauguration of Virtual Design Variation festival's updated format
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RIBA explores architectural adventures in mass media
A colourful carpet and virtual reality come together at the RIBA's latest show in London, entitled ‘Freestyle: Architectural Adventures in Mass Media' and created by design studio Space Popular, who explore the topic of architectural style
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Rem Koolhaas contemplates the countryside at the Guggenheim’s latest show in New York
Rem Koolhaas, with the help of his practice's research branch, AMO, and a host of international collaborators, delves into the present and future of our planet's countryside in an exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum. The show offers a pioneering new direction to architectural thinking that takes the spotlight away from urban centres
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Don't Move, Improve! competition announces 2020 winners
The London-wide competition Don't Move, Improve! – which celebrates the humble art of home improvement – has just announced its 2020 winners, with architects Proctor & Shaw scooping the top gong
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Introducing the Alpine attic taking gaming to new heights
Film shows and badminton top the bill in this rebuilt Alpine attic in France’s Haute-Savoie
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Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias awarded the Royal Academy Architecture Prize
The role of public art in inspiring architects and improving urban environments has been recognised by the awarding of artist Cristina Iglesias the annual Royal Academy Architecture Prize in London
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Quirky cabinets frame a curious new collection at Sir John Soane’s museum
A new exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London explores the collectable nature of a selection of seemingly obscure contemporary objects within three unique and evocative cabinets designed by architect Mat Barnes
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Ab Rogers returns to Wonderfruit festival in Thailand
Designer Ab Rogers and Wonderfruit festival founder Pete Phornprapha continue to build their experiential semi-permanent village in Thailand, tending to existing structures like the floating bathhouse, and adding new ones such as a children’s playground with a bamboo see-saw and a stage made of recycled materials collected from Bangkok residents
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2019 Architectural Photography Awards winners revealed
Overall winner, Laurian Ghinitoiu, as well as six more category gongs have been announced for the 2019 Architectural Photography Awards in Amsterdam
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The MAXXI launches show that puts Gio Ponti's architectu
‘Gio Ponti: Loving Architecture', the new exhibition on the iconic Italian architect's work, has just opened at the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI Museum in Rome and takes the visitor on a jounrey across Ponti's career with a firm focus on his buildings
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Outdoor boxing gym in Lisbon performs as urban acupuncture
As part of the Lisbon Triennale 2019, Mexican architecture studio Diseño Espacial, led by Carlos Ortega Arámburo and Daniel de León Languré, has worked with an outer city community to design and build an outdoor boxing gym to promote community health and happiness
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Exhibitions in 2019 from the Wallpaper* architecture desk
From immersive installations to informative expos, we’ve visited museums, galleries and project spaces worldwide to bring you an edit of what to see and where in the world of architecture. Here’s what happens when architects, curators and academics get together to create and educate...
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Announcing the winners of the 2019 Architecture Drawing Prize
Ranging from hand-crafted work, to digital pieces and contemporary hybrid visions, the winners of the annual Architecture Drawing Prize have just been announced
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Young architects tasked to rethink Russia’s abandoned industrial sites in Kazan
For the second Russian Architecture Biennale for Young Architects, curator Sergei Tchoban, architect and founder of the Tchoban Foundation in Berlin, looked out into Russia’s post-industrial landscape and challenged Russian architects under 35 to propose some new solutions for a former faucet factory and a grain elevator near Kazan
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Architects explore urbanism, heritage and power at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul
‘Architecture and Heritage: Unearthing Future’ organised by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul unites imaginative installations by five international architects at the historic Deoksugung Palace
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Tikari Works’ subterranean city escape shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2019
Commended by the judges for its warm interiors, concise material palette and refined joinery, the Pocket House shows how intelligent planning and commitment to quality can combat any restriction
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Junya Ishigami claims inaugural Obel Award for architecture
Junya Ishigami+Associates has been presented architecture's latest prize, the 2019 Obel Award, for its Art Biotop Water Garden in a ceremony at the Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark
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New York’s architecture film festival kicks off with an ode to Bauhaus visionary Moholy-Nagy
The five-day Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) returns to New York City for its 11th edition, bringing its design-focused lens to the silver sceen
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Lisbon Triennale connects architecture to culture through classification
The fifth Lisbon Triennale promises five exhibitions, 12 special projects and plenty of architectural plans to get lost in. Rich in historical inquiry and appreciation, materials and layers, it confirms the power of architecture within culture, and suggests how classification of the past can play a powerful role in shaping the future of architecture.
