Atelier Alter installs galaxy of cultural memory in china pavilion Atelier Alter Architects transforms the Chinese Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Biennale into a galaxy of cultural memory with Dunhuang Con-stella-tion, a luminous sculptural installation. Architects Yingfan Zhang and Xiaojun Bu materialize a 12×8×6.5-meter 3D star field using metal rods, spherical forms, mesh, and multicolored […]
soft cycles: daniel hölzl fills berlinische galerie with inflatable ‘breathing’ monoliths
inflated Temporality suspended at berlinische galerie At the Berlinische Galerie, artist Daniel Hölzl opens a new chapter in his ongoing conversation with space, structure, and impermanence. For the museum’s 50th anniversary, the artist has installed ‘soft cycles,’ an architectural intervention that fills the void above the main entrance with 800 cubic meters of gently […]
nicolas winding refn & hideo kojima craft retro-futuristic digital world at prada aoyama, tokyo
satellites exhibition bridges cinematic and gaming worlds Satellites, on view at Prada Aoyama in Tokyo, brings together the elective affinities of two of contemporary culture’s most distinctive storytellers — Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and Japanese game designer Hideo Kojima. The project transforms the fifth floor of Herzog & de Meuron’s iconic glass structure […]
alicja kozłowska stitches rebellion into the streets with embroidered graffiti series
Alicja Kozłowska explores intersection of craft & street culture Polish textile artist Alicja Kozłowska redefines the boundaries between craft and street art in Banksy Who?, a public art series that brings embroidery to the urban landscape. Comprising seven large-scale embroidered graffiti works, along with crocheted balaclavas and hand-stitched spray cans, the project fuses traditional […]
timber twist by ulf mejergren and travis child reimagines larvae shelter as spiraling log cabin
Ulf Mejergren and Travis Child reference larval structures Timber Twist is a work created for Virserum Konsthall Art Museum in Sweden by Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) and Esperöd Art Team’s Travis Child, invited as part of the Träkraft (Wood Power) exhibition. Its inspiration comes from the Bagworm moth, whose larvae build protective cases from twigs, […]
corten steel angular cabin emerges amongst pergamon forests in turkey
Ediz Demirel Works. builds small cabin along dry stone wall Located in the Kozak Plateau near Pergamon in Turkey, the Cabin in Woods by Ediz Demirel Works. is a small-scale structure intended for short-term rental. The project, resting on the existing dry stone terrace walls of an old vineyard, is designed to minimize disturbance to […]
skin of solar panels takes shape as MVRDV’s sun rock tops out in taiwan
a Beacon of Solar Architecture for taiwan MVRDV‘s solar panel-clad Sun Rock has topped out at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park in Taiwan, revealing a presence that feels like both architecture and landscape. Designed for Taipower, the state-owned utility company, the operations storage facility is set to play a major role in Taiwan’s renewable […]
snarkitecture sculpts creamy contours into canyon-like athens burger spot
seating grows from the floor in Snarkitecture’s burger spot Snarkitecture transforms an abandoned storage plot in central Athens into One Burger, a newly opened, sculptural burger spot that feels like an urban installation. Nestled within the Greek city’s historic triangle, the 80-square-meter intervention wraps rugged stone party walls with smooth, cream-toned contours. The […]
ADEPT to transform german warehouse into ‘haus der musik’ with sculpted new facade
haus der music: a new venue for braunschweig, germany Haus der Musik, a competition-winning entry by ADEPT by is set to transform the bones of an existing Karstadt warehouse in in Braunschweig, Germany. The concept preserves the building’s load-bearing structure and spatial rhythm, shifting its purpose from retail to resonance and introducing a sculptural […]
guinee*potin’s agro-ecological park revives french site through timber and translucent skins
Guinée et Potin revamps french biodiversity discovery center Guinee*Potin Architects breathes new life into a former biodiversity discovery center in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France, transforming it into Le Potager Extraordinaire, a 1,150-square-meter agro-ecological park. Built around the themes of agricultural, domestic, and vegetable biodiversity, the park immerses visitors in curated edible gardens, greenhouses, and […]