Tag: architecture
Architecture and Fashion: Naked as a House
A Mexican fashion brand is using the facade of New York’s famous Seagram Building as a camouflage look – a casual punchline to the building’s history. source site
Stuttgart’s new district “Rosenstein”: What actually happened to Stuttgart 21? – Culture
It is one of the largest shopping centers in Germany and is called “Milaneo”. Titanically designed, 43,000 square meters in size. As architecture and urban planning: a complete disaster. It…
Bordeaux is the most beautiful city in France, science says so
Bordeaux, the most beautiful city in France? Science says so. A (surprising) study of the brokerage site Online Mortgage Advisorreprise by RTLpublished a ranking of the 25 most beautiful cities…
les deux vies d’un dandy de la culture
DISPARITION – L’ancien ministre de la Culture, animateur de télévision et fan de cinéma est décédé à l’âge de 76 ans. Cinéaste, producteur, journaliste, écrivain, ancien ministre de la Culture…
Architecture exhibition "The Gift": You don’t even want that for free
The Architecture Museum in Munich discusses the ambivalence of real estate gifts – somewhere between a curse and a blessing. source site
Architect: Japanese Yamamoto wins Pritzker Architecture Prize
architect Japanese Yamamoto wins Pritzker Architecture Prize This year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to the Japanese Riken Yamamoto. photo © -/photo courtesy of Tom Welsh/dpa Combining private life and community…
Pritzker Prize for Riken Yamamoto: Architect of Everyday Life – Culture
Once upon a time there was a picket fence: Riken Yamamoto receives the Pritzker Prize for his ability to shape not just spaces, but society. Good this way! It is…
Frank Gehry turns 95: You are a genius – culture
If he had lived earlier, he might also have invented the Gothic style: Frank Gehry, one of the great creators of architecture, is 95 years old. At one point people…
Greenwashing in architecture and urban development – culture
Now please imagine: the largest structure in the universe. Such a gigantic work that dwarfs Putin’s oversized property on the Black Sea from the more recent Villa Godzilla history. One…
Hotel Maistra 160: Pontresina has a modern grand hotel. – Trip
Concrete on the outside, stunningly comfortable on the inside: architect Gion Caminada shows what a hotel in the mountains can be like today with the Maistra 160 in Pontresina. Irritation…