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XTEN's Monika Haefelfinger on Swiss Technique and Resilience in Architecture Practice

2019-03-25T12:43:00-04:00

For this week's Studio Snapshot, we talk with Monika Haefelfinger about her practice, XTEN and explore the various aspects of a firm whose name and ethos is inspired by the film, Powers of Ten (by Ray and Charles Eames). In the movie, the observer can see how zooming in and out of an object will give you a completely different perspective. The X factor, or unknown variable, is their discovery of a sustainable solution that is very simple but yields very high results for the inhabitants.

40 Years of Discipline-Shifting Architecture with Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron

2018-11-07T09:00:00-05:00

Soapbox is a weekly series delivering a curated set of lectures, talks and symposia concerning contemporary themes but explored through the archives of lectures past and present. With the plethora of lectures, talks, symposia and panels occurring world wide on a daily basis, how can we begin to keep up and if not, find them once they are gone? Soapbox looks to assemble a selection of recent, archived and outlier lectures surrounding a given theme. Soapbox looks to curate this never-ending library of ideas into an engaging and diverse list of thoughts and provocations. Soapbox is just that, a collection aimed at discovering the occasional needle in a haystack.

To celebrate their firm turning 40, this week we take a look at Herzog de Meuron.

From the Ground Up: Herzog & de Meuron

2018-06-22T09:00:00-04:00

From the Ground Up is a series on Archinect focused on discovering the early stages & signs of history's most prolific architects. Starting from the beginning allows us to understand the long journey architecture takes in even the most formative of hands and the often, surprising shifts that occur on its journey. These early projects grant us a glimpse into the early, naive, ambitious—and at points, rough—edges of soon to be architectural masters.

Former juror Rory Olcayto breaks down the 2016 Stirling Prize nominees

2016-07-26T05:04:00-04:00

It’s that time of the year again. The moment you’ve all been waiting for. No, not the Olympics. That’s still a few weeks off. The Euros? Over already. Not Wimbledon either. Done and dusted, init.

No, no, no. What I’m talking about is bigger than all of these things put together. (Well—for some of you at least.) Because now is the time when critics and architects unite in their rejection of the RIBA's Stirling Prize shortlist. In other words, it’s architectural Hammer Time!

Inaugural Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Celebrates Theory and Practice with an Evening of Dinner, Drinks and Talk

2014-11-02T11:08:00-05:00