2024-04-27T13:37:58-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149983669/new-fairy-tale-architecture-in-places-journal Places Journal 2016-12-22T16:46:00-05:00 >2016-12-23T23:27:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8s/8slo5m9uqeecj8kd.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>How many architects, young and old, have been inspired by a hero or heroine who must imagine new realms and new spaces &mdash; new ways of being in this strange world?&nbsp;This project presents a line of flight into architecture as a fantastic, literary realm of becoming.</p></em><br /><br /><p>This week,&nbsp;our series on Fairy Tale Architecture returns with four new designs by Sn&oslash;hetta, Ultramoderne, Smiljan Radi&#263;, and Bernheimer Architecture. Each one explores&nbsp;the relationship between the domestic structures of fairy tales and the imaginative realm of architecture. But&nbsp;don&rsquo;t expect a light escape into fantasy. These fantastical worlds draw their power from engagement with the real.</p><p><br><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/fairy-tale-architecture-tiddalik-snohetta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tiddalik the Frog, designed by&nbsp;Sn&oslash;hetta</a></p><p><br><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/fairy-tale-architecture-edwin-abbott-flatland/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flatland, designed by&nbsp;Ultramoderne</a></p><p><br><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/fairy-tale-architecture-gripho/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gripho, designed by&nbsp;Smiljan Radi&#263;</a></p><p><br><a href="https://placesjournal.org/article/fairy-tale-architecture-the-seven-ravens/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Seven Ravens, designed by&nbsp;Bernheimer Architecture</a></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/148989609/winning-my-detroit-postcard-photos-for-the-2016-u-s-venice-biennale-pavilion-revealed Justine Testado 2016-02-25T21:03:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/05an9b2spr76est7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The 2016 U.S. Venice Biennale Pavilion is one step closer to becoming a reality with today's reveal of the 'My Detroit' postcard photo competition winners...[Out of 463 entries, the winning photos] were considered as unique individual depictions of Detroit that could also collectively tell a larger story about the present-day city. The photographs will then be printed as postcards and distributed to visitors when the Biennale opens in May.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/sf/sf39v50mgm5lcnq6.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ro/roff98mezy3r09de.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ff/ffj2vv6rthcf0vau.jpg"><br><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/rl/rl5sjiyxjol6p92r.jpg"></p><p>See more of the photos over <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/my_detroit_postcard_winners_venice_biennale_2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Bustler</a>.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/135281881/participating-architects-announced-for-the-us-pavilion-of-the-2016-venice-biennale Nicholas Korody 2015-08-27T19:55:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9etsg1j6li9p6a7z.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The list of architects chosen to participate in the US Pavilion for <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132339475/chilean-architect-alejandro-aravena-named-architecture-director-of-2016-venice-biennale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the 2016 Venice Biennale</a> has just been announced. Curated by Cynthia Davidson and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/128185684/monica-ponce-de-leon-appointed-as-new-dean-of-princeton-architecture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Monica de Ponce Leon</a>, "<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/132106689/u-s-pavilion-at-the-2016-venice-biennale-the-architectural-imagination-now-open-for-submissions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Architectural Imagination</a>" seeks to be "an exhibition of new speculative architectural projects commissioned for specific sites in Detroit but with far-reaching application for cities around the world."</p><p>Out of more than 250 submissions, the following 12 architecture firms were chosen:</p><ol><li><a href="http://archinect.com/anoffice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>a(n) Office</strong></a> (Detroit, Michigan)<br>Marcelo L&oacute;pez-Dinardi&nbsp;and V. Mitch McEwen</li><li><a href="http://bairballiet.com/bairballiet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>BairBalliet</strong></a> (Columbus, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois)<br>Kelly Bair and Kristy Balliet</li><li><strong><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/702/greg-lynn-form" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Lynn FORM</a></strong> (Los Angeles, California)<br>Greg Lynn</li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/1044/mack-scogin-merrill-elam-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects</strong></a> (Atlanta, Georgia)<br>Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam</li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/mbpro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>MARSHALL BROWN PROJECTS</strong></a>&nbsp;(Chicago, Illinois)<br>Marshall Brown</li><li><strong><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/25492488/mos-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MOS Architects</a></strong> (New York, New York)<br>Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith</li><li><a href="http://www.pita-bloom.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Pita &amp; Bloom</strong></a> (Los Angeles, California)<br>Florencia Pita and Jackilin Hah Bloom</li><li><strong>Present Future</strong> (Houston, Texas)<br>Albert Pope and Jes&uacute;s Vas...</li></ol>