‘Life of Clay - Experimental Practice’ at The Architecture Centre, Bristol
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‘Life of Clay’- Experimental Practice at Grymsdyke Farm opens on January 25, 2017 and runs through March 12, 2017 at The Architecture Centre, Bristol. In a converted farmhouse in rural Buckinghamshire, architects, artists and designers are using roboV&A Museum Appoints Tristram Hunt as New Director
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The V&A — Victoria & Albert Museum in London has a new director: British historian, writer, and broadcaster Tristram Hunt, who has also served as the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent since 2010. Hunt follows German art historian Martin Roth, who announcHamburg’s New Jewel for Music Lovers: Herzog & de Meuron’s Elbphilharmonie Opens Doors
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The German city of Hamburg is celebrating the inauguration of its latest and much anticipated cultural landmark this week: the new concert hall Elbphilharmonie. Designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, the 110 meter structure on top of a historic wareho
Architecture 2017: 7 Anticipated Cultural Institutions Opening this Year
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With respect to architectural landmarks, 2017 may well turn out to be an eventful year. Numerous prestigious projects are scheduled for inauguration over the upcoming months, starting with Hamburg’s new concert hall Elbphilharmonie designed by Swiss firm HeRoger Tallon: Design in motion at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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The Musée des Arts Décoratifs is paying tribute to Roger Tallon (1929-2011), one of the pioneers of French industrial design, with this major retrospective exhibition, on view through January 8, 2017.The show explores every facet of his personality and workUnseated at Denver Art Museum
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“Unseated: Contemporary Chairs Re-imagined,” an exhibition featuring innovative design concepts for chairs will run through May 7, 2017, at the Denver Art Museum.The selection on display looks at the wide range of materials and techniques used by the contDavid Adjaye to be Knighted by the Queen
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British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye OBE has been included in the Queen’s New Year’s Honors list.According to an official statement by The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood at St. James’s Palace, which administers the awards, Adjaye is toArchitecture in Review:10 New Museums That Made Headlines in 2016
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Museo Internacional del Barroco, Puebla, Mexicoby Toyo Ito & AssociatesThe Museo Internacional del Barroco (MIB), which opened last April near the city of Puebla in Mexico, was built with curved slabs of concrete wound around a central patio. 2013 Pritzke‘Mise-en-abyme’ at Oxo Tower Wharf
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“Mise-en-abyme,” the new site-specific installation by London-based design studio de Allegri & Fogale in partnership with the British Manufacturer Johnson Tiles will be on view through February 10, 2017, at the Oxo Tower Wharf, courtyard, London.The iNOMAD Collectible Design Event to Launch in Monaco in 2017
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The prestigious private villa of La Vigie on the French Riviera in Monaco will be the site of the first edition of the NOMAD collectible design event in 2017 from April 27-30. The new annual travelling showcase for collectible design, which will be held at aGame Plan at Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood
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“Game Plan: Board Games Rediscovered,” an exhibition featuring an enthralling collection of board games will run through April 23, 2017, at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood, London.The show includes some of the most popular, iconic, and visuallYear in Review: 8 Architects Who Made a Mark on 2016
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ARTINFO looks back on an eventful year.Alejandro Aravena2016 was certainly a big year for the Chilean architect. The director of the 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice curated a highly successful and inspiring international survey of what architecture can dFriedman Benda, New York, to Host Group Exhibition ‘Static’
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With “Static” New York gallery Friedman Benda aims to present a group exhibition dedicated to the 1980s as “an era of comprehensive breakdown in established historical trajectories” and “a time of extreme proclamations” next January.The exhibitionFriedman Benda, New York, to Host Group Exhibition ‘Static’
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With “Static” New York gallery Friedman Benda aims to present a group exhibition dedicated to the 1980s as “an era of comprehensive breakdown in established historical trajectories” and “a time of extreme proclamations” next January.The exhibition356 Projects Nominated for EU Mies Award 2017
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The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission announced the 356 contestants participating in the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 yesterday. The biannual award, which was founded in 1987 and comQ&A: Christoph Heinrich on the Denver Art Museum Revitalization and Gio Ponti
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The Denver Art Museum (DAM) announced the largest-ever donation in its history last week: a $25 million gift from Board Chairman J. Landis Martin and his wife Sharon Martin, intended to help revitalize and enhance the museum’s iconic North BuildBruun Rasmussen Sets New World Record for Le Corbusier Enamel
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Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen set a new world record for an enamel by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier at its international auction of modern art on December 6 in Bredgade, achieving a hammer price of DKK 1.35 million (approx $ 193.367) for‘The Bauhaus Spirit’ at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs is displaying “The Bauhaus Spirit,” an exhibition paying tribute to the Bauhaus Art School, on display until February 26, 2017.The exhibition features more than 900 works – objects, furniture, textiles, drawings, models, painKossi Aguessy’s ‘Perfect Futures’ at Vallois, New York
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Vallois in New York is hosting an exhibition “Perfect Futures” by artist Kossi Aguessy that will be on view through January 14, 2017.The exhibition presents the Togolese-Brazilian artist Kossi Aguessy for the first time in the US, showcasing his recent scDenver Art Museum Receives $25 Million Donation for Revitalization of Gio Ponti Designed North Building
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The Denver Art Museum today announced the largest-ever donation in the institution’s history: a $25 million gift from Board Chairman J. Landis Martin and his wife Sharon Martin, intended to help revitalize and enhance the museum’s North Building. ThDesign Miami Reports Record Attendance for 2016 Edition
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Record attendance numbers and “significant institutional acquisitions” have made this year’s edition of Design Miami/ the most successful to date. According to the fair’s final report, which was published today, 37,900 collectors and visitors, as welSPONSORED: Handmade in Italy, Curated by Artemest
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Artemest travels throughout Italy to select only the finest artisans in furniture, home decor, and jewelry to feature on our online platform. Meet the artists and learn about how they employ ancient techniques to create their own unique contemporary statement‘100 Best Posters 15: Germany Austria Switzerland’ at MAK, Vienna
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“100 Best Posters 15: Germany Austria Switzerland” at MAK Vienna presents the 100 winning projects of the most popular graphic design competition in the German-speaking world, picked by a jury consisting of Gunter Rambow and Gunter IderromMelbourne Exhibition Highlights Stunning Japanese Bamboo Art
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Bamboo groves are a quintessential part of the Japanese landscape, and bamboo weaving is one of the oldest technical skills to have developed in Japan. In its new exhibition “Bamboo: Tradition in Contemporary Form” the National Gallery of VMelbourne Exhibition Highlights Stunning Japanese Bamboo Art
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Bamboo groves are a quintessential part of the Japanese landscape, and bamboo weaving is one of the oldest technical skills to have developed in Japan. In its new exhibition “Bamboo: Tradition in Contemporary Form” the National Gallery of VHelsinki City Council Rejects Guggenheim Proposal
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The city council of Helsinki officially voted against funding a planned Guggenheim museum in the Finnish capital last week, thus effectively rejecting the realization of the €130 Million (approx $139.5 Million) art museum, and ending a heated debate.The pro‘Shakers and Movers: Selections from Dr Thomas and Jan Pavlovic’s collection’ at Art Institute of Chicago
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Art Institute of Chicago hosts “Shakers and Movers: Selections from the Collection of Dr Thomas and Jan Pavlovic,” an exhibition that celebrates the craft of the Shakers community, on view through Fall 2017.Known for their austere and rigid lifestyle, wor‘Modern Japanese Design’ at Manchester Art Gallery
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“Modern Japanese Design,” an ongoing exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery showcasing the past 50 years of Japanese design will run through January 31, 2017.The selection on display is primarily taken from Manchester’s own collections and comprises the wChilling with Airbnb at Design Miami 2016
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Only months after presenting its first custom built, semi-public community center in Japan, US hospitality provider Airbnb is venturing into intercultural space sharing once again with “Sobremesa”, a joint project with Mexico City-based design studio Pedr‘Alvar Aalto – Art And The Modern Form’ at The Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
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Artworks by renowned Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto will take center stage at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki next year. “Alvar Aalto – Art And The Modern Form,” as the retrospective is be titled, is scheduled to run from May 1On the Aisles: Design Miami
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This fair is a bit smaller this year than in previous editions, with 31 galleries participating, down from 36 last year. Chief creative officer Rodman Primack explains that it was time to “refresh the fair” in order to “create a different kind of pacinZaha Hadid at Leila Heller Gallery, New York
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Leila Heller Gallery, New York presents an exhibition featuring the oeuvre of the late internationally renowned architect Zaha Hadid. The exhibition will be on view through January 21, 2017.The exhibition features works spanning from a breadth of Hadid’s pr‘Heated Exchanges’ at Manchester Craft and Design Centre
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“Heated Exchanges: Innovative Approaches to Collaboration in Contemporary Glass,” an exhibition featuring the various properties of glass will run through February 5, 2017, at the Manchester Craft and Design Centre.The show features a combination of materLondon’s Best Building? Front-Line Report as Crowds Marvel at Design Museum Reopening
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The number of people standing in line this week was unprecedented as London got its second major public exhibition opening of the year. After the reconfiguration of the Tate Modern, we have a new Design Museum.The Switch House and Tanks almost doubled the sizGrafton Architects’ UTEC University Campus in Lima Wins 2016 RIBA International Prize
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The Royal Institute of British Architects announced the winners of the first RIBA International Prize for the world’s best building this week. The new award goes to the Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, by Ireland-based firm Grafton AGrafton Architects’ UTEC University Campus in Lima Wins 2016 RIBA International Prize
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The Royal Institute of British Architects announced the winners of the first RIBA International Prize for the world’s best building this week. The new award goes to the Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) in Lima, by Ireland-based firm Grafton APop Nouveau at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London
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“Pop Nouveau,” an exhibition featuring the works of Italian architect and designer Vincenzo de Cotiis will run through December 16, 2016, at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London. This will be the first time that the Mayfair gallery space will be showcasin‘Disassembled and Uncovered’ at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden — Residenzschloss
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The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden — Residenzschloss is hosting an exhibition titled “Disassembled and Uncovered” through November 14, 2016.The exhibition presents an array of 16th and 17th century drinking cups and goblets decorated by the gol
