Takeyama: Superurban #2

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An  architecture  report  from  Tokyo  by  Roberto Zancan

Part two of our conversation with architect Minoru Takeyama, exploring the ineffable rules underlying architecture in Japan

Blast Furnace line

A  design  report  from  Los Angeles  by  Katya Tylevich

United Environment Architecture's pop-up aluminum foundry feels like a post-apocalyptic bonfire — "a spectacle of sparks"
Socialist Architecture: The Vanishing Act

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A  book review

Armin Linke and Srdjan Jovanovic´ Weiss survey the socialist architecture and spatial experience of former Yugoslavia

Recycling Plastic Range

Julien Renault presented this furniture collection in recycled plastic at IMM Cologne

Foscarini: Solar lamp

Designed by Jean-Marie Massaud, this new lamp is inspired by the celestial vault

Bisazza Foundation opens

An exhibition dedicated to John Pawson, working with mosaic for the first time, inaugurates the Bisazza Foundation in June 2012
Takeyama: Superurban #1

Takeyama: Superurban #1 line

An  architecture  report  from  Tokyo  by  Roberto Zancan

A conversation with Minoru Takeyama, author of two iconic buildings that characterize the Japanese capital's skyline: the Niban-kan and the Ichiban-Kan

Kiki van Eijk: Weaving Traditions line

A  design  report  from  Milan  by  Maria Cristina Didero

At the PlusDesign gallery, the self-described "young, dreamer and pragmatic" designer shows domestic warmth
Intelligent architecture for current times

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An  architecture  report  from  Paris  by  Gonzalo Herrero Delicado and María José Marcos

An exceptional peripheral extension for social housing by Lacaton & Vassal architects with Frédéric Druot

Martino Gamper: Museion Passage line

A  design  report  from  Bolzano

In this new installation, the designer remodels the ground floor of the contemporary art museum
Merce Cunningham: The Legacy Plan

Merce Cunningham: The Legacy Plan line

A  design  report  from  New York  by  Mimi Zeiger

An immersive celebration of the choreographer's legacy, with surprising scenography by Daniel Arsham

AnatoMY: Sovvrapensiero and OniricaLab line

A  design  report  from  Verona

Sovvrapensiero and OniricaLab's latest workshop is a study about the human body and the relation between humanity and materiality

Palazzo Pepoli opens in Bologna line

A  news  report  from  Bologna

The medieval building was restored and reinvented by Mario Bellini
Intertwinings for Vennesla

Intertwinings for Vennesla line

An  architecture  report  from  Vennesla  by  Einar Bjarki Malmquist

Architects Helen & Hard challenge simplistic readings with this cultural center, a project beyond the gaze of architecture tourism

Imperfect Health line

An  architecture  report  from  Montreal  by  Mason White

An exhibition at the CCA investigates architecture's role not as a curative agent, but as a management device
States of Design 09: Green Design

States of Design 09: Green Design line

A  design  report  from  New York  by  Paola Antonelli

A new breed of designers is finding ways to combine ideological commitments with life's pleasures, revealing an untapped realm of opportunity between greenness and gratification

FABG: Théâtre La Licorne line

An  architecture  report  from  Montreal

Strongly connected to its surroundings, this building reflects the type of theater it produces: straightforward and urban

The New Design Museum line

A  design  report  from  London  by  Lucy Bullivant

John Pawson, OMA, West 8 and Arup in the all-star team enlisted to transform an icon of post war British Modernism into the museum's new home

Amateur Workshop #2: Antisocial Volcano line

A  design  report  from  Weil am Rhein

Jerszy Seymour's latest workshop at the Vitra Design Museum offers an opportunity to dabble with primary and easily available materials
Forms of Energy #15

Forms of Energy #15 line

An  architecture  report  from  Roma  by  Marialuisa Palumbo

A history of Tahrir Square, and the rediscovery of public space in Cairo. A conversation with urban planner and researcher Costanza La Mantia

New South China Mall: Too big to fail line

An  architecture  report  from  Dongguan  by  Grégoire Basdevant

Six years after the world's largest shopping mall opened, over 99% of its shops remain empty. And yet the mall continues to expand
Bolles + Wilson: City Hall and Cinema

Bolles + Wilson: City Hall and Cinema line

An  architecture  report  from  Haarlem

A ten-year collaborative process gives rise to a building seamlessly intertwined with the adjacent small-scale urban fabric

Light within the Light line

A  design  report  from  Cologne

Ryan Harc's latest exploration is a mysterious combination of LED and light layers
Where the Sky is Everything

Where the Sky is Everything line

An  art  report  from  New York  by  Kimberlie Birks

Doug Wheeler's first solo exhibition in Manhattan creates an environment in which all form and shape disappear, and only sensation remains