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600 years of Mexican architecture through the eyes of Candida Höfer

2019-02-08T16:09:00-05:00

German-based photographer Candida Höfer has a long list of mesmerizing photographs and accolades. Her works primarily focus on capturing moments within empty social spaces and vacant public interiors. Through these projects, she focuses on exposing and highlighting "the social psychology of architecture". Recognized for her breathtaking large-format photos, Höfer's blend of photographic technicality and artistry are apparent in her most recent series, In Mexico.

Hospicio Cabañas Capilla Tolsá from Daniel Buren work in situ Guadalajara I 2015 © Candida Höfer, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

“Hospicio Cabañas Guadalajara III,” 2015. (© Candida Höfer, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn) Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

Convento de Santo Domingo Oaxaca IV 2015 © Candida Höfer, Köln / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

In her series, images were taken during the course of her stay in Mexico while participating in a cultural exchange in 2015. According to N...

New carpet collection by Zaha Hadid Design on display for London Design Festival

2018-09-19T13:35:00-04:00

A new carpet collection by Zaha Hadid Design will be displayed in the studio's London gallery during this year's London Design Festival. Created for Royal Thai, the RE/Form carpet collection consists of 22 designs inspired by four prominent themes in the studio's work: striated lines, ribbonlike projections, pixelated landscapes, and organic cellular shapes.

RE/Form collection by Zaha Hadid Design, pixel design © Zaha Hadid Architects

The designs introduce custom new colors for Royal Thai commercial carpets, with hues of turquoise, red and green in their color palettes.

RE/Form collection by Zaha Hadid Design, cellular design © Zaha Hadid Architects

Translated into Axminster-loomed and hand-tufted designs, each design represents reconfiguration and transformation—the theme itself a reflection of Royal Thai’s recent reformation.

RE/Form collection by Zaha Hadid Design, ribbon design © Zaha Hadid Architec...

Chicago Architecture Center announces new location opening in August 2018

2018-06-13T18:56:00-04:00

Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), formerly known as Chicago Architecture Foundation, recently announced that it will open at its new location at 111 E Wacker Dr., a building originally designed by the office of Mies van der Rohe, on August 31, 2018. The interiors have been redesigned by local firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS + GG).

Chicago Architecture Center Lobby. Image: CAF.

Chicago Architecture Center Tour Orientation Hall and Box Office. Image: CAF.

The new Center will join the active riverfront and house everything architecture for Chicagoans and tourists alike, bringing new walking tours, imaginative education programs, and new interactive exhibits. More details on the new tours will be released later this summer.

Chicago Architecture Center Lecture Hall. Image: CAF.

Chicago Architecture Center Design Studio. Image: CAF.

The CAC will feature custom-designed spaces for tour orientation, design education, public programs, along with store and exhibit space develope...

New gothic tower added to Westminster Abbey by architect Ptolemy Dean

2018-05-30T15:40:00-04:00

Nestled into an armpit of Westminster Abbey, hidden behind a flying buttress that leaps up to the chapterhouse, stands what appears to be a gothic space rocket. Sinuous bronze tracery loops its way up the faceted shaft, framing crystalline windows between bands of lead arrowheads, like go-faster stripes shooting towards the heavens.

British architect Ptolemy Dean's new addition to Westminster Abbey, The Weston Tower, is the first significant addition to the gothic structure since 1745. This new $30m tower provides the first public access to the church's triforium space above nave. Here visitors can climb to the attic and visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries housing royal and religious artifacts dating back thousands of years.