Archinect - News 2024-05-02T16:21:01-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/66909344/mvrdv-builds-porous-city-exhibition-with-legos-in-cannes MVRDV Builds “Porous City” Exhibition with LEGOs in Cannes Alexander Walter 2013-02-04T15:24:00-05:00 >2020-09-30T15:05:42-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/97/972zcv53pmhmbi8r.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If you happen to be in the South of France this March, make sure to attend MIPIM&rsquo;s first edition of the Innovation Forum in Cannes, March 12-15th, where MVRDV and Delft-based innitiative The Why Factory (T?F) present the exhibition, Porous City &ndash; Open the Tower. The event is part of their ongoing research on the design of skyscrapers and the potential of porosity as a European approach to urban density.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/49499373/oma-designs-a-pyramid-for-kanye-west OMA Designs a Pyramid for Kanye West Archinect 2012-05-28T20:03:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/db/db53b99e5dbb5f610de95553b3bd4794?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>An OMA-designed temporary pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival was inaugurated today with a screening of Kanye West's debut short film Cruel Summer. The pavilion, with a design led by Shohei Shigematsu, is a raised pyramid containing a seven-screen cinema invented by West's creative team, Donda.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/6668751/modern-architecture-not-always-photogenic Modern Architecture... not always photogenic Paul Petrunia 2011-05-17T12:32:21-04:00 >2011-05-17T12:33:33-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rz/rzbuu7zbygefw4zp.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>There is beautiful architecture but it was bombed down by the allies in the war. This is a nice city but I cannot shoot in modern architecture, my camera don't like it. My camera wants to kill your mama.</p></em><br /><br /><p> "Badyboy filmaker" Aki Kaurismaki in Cannes, discussing his latest film "Le Havre".</p>