Davide Marchetti Architetto have won a competition to design the new Australian Pavilion in the Giardini at the Venice Biennale in Italy. The 500 square metre concrete pavilion will be constructed for the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens 14 September to 23 November. Davide Marchetti Architetto’s design was the winning entry to a competition commissioned by Cafe Di Stasio. An exhibi..
In reply to a competition of ideias launched by the Institute of the Wine of the Douro and Porto, for the one construction stand exposition, appeared the proposal here presented. More of the one than to draw one stand, intends this projecto to create a intimamente on space of exposition to the displayed product, the Wine of the Douro and Porto. Leaving of an analysis to the reality and the proce..
New Designers 08: Goldsmiths University graduate Oliver Bishop-Young presented two projects about skips at New Designers in London earlier this month. The first is a proposal for a website where people upload information about the contents of skips so others can salvage items they need from them. The SkipWaste site would be searchable by items required or location and shows a photo of each skip ..
Designer Gerry Judah attached Land Rovers to a 34-metre high steel framework at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England last weekend. The Land Rover Sculpture was commissioned by Land Rover (surprise surprise) and was fabricated by Littlehampton Welding, which also made Thomas Heatherwick’s East Beach Cafe. Height: 34 metres Drawings: 2560 Parts: 3415 Bolts: 4890 Net weight: 106 tonnes Gross w..
Windshape was an ephemeral structure commissioned in 2006 by the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) as a gathering space for students and as a venue to host events in their Provence campus in Lacoste, France. Windshape became the main public meeting space in the small town, and hosted concerts, exhibitions, and ceremonial gatherings throughout the summer of 2006. The project was designed by..
Technicolor Bloom is an architectural installation constructed from 1400 flat plywood panels to form a double-curved perforated tunnel. Designed by Brennan Buck with Rob Henderson and students from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, the project is currently on show at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna. Buck is assistant Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vien..
Maya Lin Systematic Landscapes Henry Art Gallery Seattle, Washington “Maya Lin has an extraordinary ability to convey complex and poetic ideas using simple forms and natural materials.” Richard Andrews Director Henry Art Gallery The exhibition is on view through September 3, 2006. Maya Lin works with a vocabulary of form culled from her study of landscape. By altering scale and materials, she cr..
Spanish/Mexican architects Cadaval & Solà-Morales designed an exhibition of works by artist Susana Solano at Fundación ICO in Madrid, made almost entirely of recycled materials. The exhibition, displaying models of Solano’s public artworks, ran from October last year until January this year.
Belgian designer and artist Arne Quinze created a temporary installation at five-star Parisian hotel Le Royal Monceau last month, before the hotel’s closure for a year-long reburbishment. The installation, called Rebirth, lasted just one night as part of Demolition Party, a VIP event on 26 June at which guests were invited to help destroy fixtures at the hotel. Le Royal Monceau will reopen next ..
