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02/02/2018

LC4 chaise longe & p***o

Who would have thought: the most legendary chair in the history of modern design, the LC4 chaise longue by Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand, is also one of the most-used f**k-props in adult films.

01/02/2018

https://urbannext.net/fearscapes/

Fearscapes by Eduardo Kairuz

AN ONGOING PORTRAIT OF URBAN HOSTILITY

Fearscapes © Eduardo Kairuz Fearscapes by Eduardo Kairuz AN ONGOING PORTRAIT OF URBAN HOSTILITY Back in June of 2003, I drove the Australian partner of a long-time friend around Caracas, Venezuela — the capital of my home country. He was visiting from Sydney; and because of his circumspect and un...

30/01/2018

Listen to Off:Re:Onshore

https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/54606/offreonshore.

"The audio documentary “Off:Re:OnShore” explores the legacy of industrial offshoring, the effects of corporate actions on the built environment of labour, and the role of architecture in bringing closer ideas of work and the good life. This documentary was conceived and developed by Víctor Muñoz Sanz during his residence at the Canadian Centre for Architecture as 2015–2016 Emerging Curator."

Work and labour and the relationship with design practices are at the core of our research interests, so were were fascinated by this ongoing research (see here http://www.fig-projects.com/?p=1254 or there http://www.fig-projects.com/?p=1063).

In 2007 we produced the map portrayed above about Offshoring for Domus magazine, http://www.fig-projects.com/?p=128

18/09/2017

Fan Club special for the Chicago Architecture Biennale. http://kvadratinterwoven.com/ continues.

Stay tuned for more than 15 conversations with and about architects participating to the 2015 and 2017 editions.

Third conversation with Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith AKA MOS Architects.

Stratified renovation

To create studios for a a dance company and musical theater in Ghent, architecten de vylder vinck taillieu composed layer after layer of carefully designed interventions. NY-based architects MOS look for parallels with their practice, which mobilizes images and references to evoke memories of other architectures.

http://kvadratinterwoven.com/fan-club-series-mos

All published conversations here, http://www.fig-projects.com/?p=1050

27/06/2017

Providing evidence to local and international bodies for universal jurisdiction cases in relation to environmental crime. Undertaken in collaboration with FIBGAR…

26/06/2017

21/06/2017

Shortlist for the AR House awards announced

The 15 shortlisted projects include houses in the USA, Venezuela, China, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Japan, Norway, Spain, Peru, Australia and Chile bit.ly/2rocML4

05/05/2017

La exposición FROM MALL TO PRISON: EL HELICOIDE, se inaugura en el Center for Architecture, NYC, este próximo martes!
En ella será proyectado nuestro video colectivo TOPOGRAFÍA INVERSA!
https://vimeo.com/107614719

05/03/2017

Desde 1998 referente de la cultura arquitectónica: METALOCUS es una publicación independiente dedicada a la arquitectura y más, mucho más ...

20/02/2017

Sofía Ímber marca pauta en la cultura artística e investigativa de la nación por su intachable labor, razón por la cual se le otorgaron importantes reconocimientos a nivel mundial.

16/02/2017

The city of Rio de Janeiro spent over $1 billion dollars on the 2016 Summer Olympics. Six months later, many of the venues look decayed.