Art and architecture—all the arts—do not have to exist in isolation, as they do now. This fault is very much a key to the present society. Architecture is nearly gone, but it, art, all the arts, in ...Read More
Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico, by Enrique Norten/TEN Arquitectos, 2013. The following text and images are courtesy TEN Arquitectos. Museo Amparo is located within the historical center of the city of Puebla. The museum is composed of various colonial buildings of great ...Read More
Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, by Morphosis Architects, 2012. When looking closely at the buildings of Thom Mayne and Morphosis Architects, it's possible to see simple forms that are then violated through cuts and complicated by the ...Read More
Małopolska Garden of Arts in Kraków, Poland, by Ingarden & Ewý Architects, 2012. The following text and images are courtesy of Ingarden & Ewý Architects. The building of the Małopolska Garden of Arts (MGA) has been realized according to a competition-winning design ...Read More
Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, by Herzog & de Meuron, 2012. One month after its November 2012 opening I drove out to Long Island to visit the Parrish Art Museum, also checking out the Houses at Sagaponac. Much ...Read More
Écomusée du Pays de Rennes in Rennes, France, by Guinée*Potin, 2010. One of the projects included in the book reviewed this week, Architecture: From Commission to Construction, is the Écomusée du Pays de Rennes, designed by Nantes-based architects Guinée*Potin from ...Read More
M.A.X. Museo and Spazio Officina by Durisch + Nolli (2005) and Double Scholastic Gym by Baserga Mozzetti Architetti (2010). Chiasso, a Swiss border-town, can hardly boast of the architectural treasures that neighboring Como, Italy does, but on a recent visit I ...Read More
Arts and Creative Platform in Guimarães, Portugal by Pitágoras Arquitectos, 2012. Guimarães, Portugal is one of two Capitals of European Culture in 2012 (the other city is Maribor, Slovenia), meaning it "will be hosting a major gathering of creators and creations: ...Read More
Löwenbräu-Areal in Zurich, Switzerland by Gigon/Guyer & atelier ww, 2012. Recently I received a press release indicating that "Switzerland’s leading contemporary art organisation, the Kunsthalle Zürich, will open to the public for a preview week between 10 -17 June 2012 in ...Read More
Miami Science Museum in Miami, Florida by Grimshaw. Miami has been fairly busy lately adding contemporary architecture to its urban landscape. Completed in the last couple years are Frank Gehry's New World Center and Herzog & de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Road. ...Read More
