10 projects by 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Diébédo Francis
Burkinabé architect Diébédo Francis Kéré challenges Africa’s scarcity and extreme climate to empower local communities with sustainable contemporary architecture.
Diébédo Francis Kéré wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize
2022 Pritzker Architecture: Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first black professional to receive the Nobel equivalent for architecture. The Burkinabé architect challenges Africa’s scarcity and extreme climate to empower local communities and beyond.
I see Earth: Tom dePaor’s exhibition and sculptural installation at VISUAL Carlow
VISUAL Carlow presents the ‘I see Earth’ exhibition featuring an ambitious large-scale installation of sculptural work by one of Ireland’s foremost architects, Tom dePaor.
Opposite Office reimagines the ‘Nord Stream’ pipeline to build a UN for ordinary people
The Nord Stream 3 project transforms the landing station of the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – now halted due to the war in Ukraine. The site is re-designed to become a center for international understanding, which also features a capsule hotel made from pipes.
International architects and institutions react to Ukraine war
The International Union of Architects condemns the Ukraine war while Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield and MVRDV suspend all work in Russia.
Russia-Ukraine war: architecture and design news
Archipanic stands for Ukraine. Here we collect architecture and design news related to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. “The mission of architecture and design is to create spaces where people can share a better future. War is just the opposite of it; it destroys both the physical space and its purpose.” Enrico Zilli, Archipanic Editor in Chief.
2022 Academy Awards: best production design from Dune to West Side Story
A retro-futuristic Frank Lloyd Wright, an Edward Hopper’s carnival and the sharp contrasts of German Expressionism inspired the product designers competing for an Oscar at the 2022 Academy Awards.
Dance House Helsinki by JKMM is designed to feel incomplete until it is filled with dance
JKMM and ILO architects completed the Dance House Helsinki in a former cable factory in the Finnish capital. “Dancers and performers will complete the architecture.”
Sidney Modern Project by SANAA Architects features a landscape of interlocked pavilions and public gardens on Sydney Harbour
Sidney Modern Project will almost double the Gallery’s exhibition space, both contrasting and dialoguing with its much-loved late-19th-century neo-classical building, while creating a new public art garden and civic space.
Populous’ Ice Ribbon stadium lights up Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Games
Populous has inaugurated the National Speed Skating Oval in the Chinese capital. Dubbed the ‘Ice Ribbon’, the oval-shaped stadium features 22 huge light strands which flow around it to create the impression of fast motion.
Open AD designs a Latvian beach home inspired by historical fishermen’s dwellings
Riga-based studio Open AD has transformed four small buildings on the Baltic coastline into a ‘diffused’ Latvian beach home, paying tribute to local architecture.
Beijing sub-centre library by Snøhetta is inspired by a ginkgo tree forest
The Beijing sub-centre library by Snøhetta features an amphitheatre-like space promoting interaction and exchange of knowledge. Extended from the sculpted reading landscape are columns that support the roof creating a ginkgo forest-like canopy.
Holocaust Remembrance Day: it is not time to forget!
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an invitation to remember and reflect on our past and to contribute to shaping a humane future. It is not time to forget!
Norway National Museum embraces Oslo with a clean architecture
Klaus Schuwerk at Kleihues Schuwerk studio designed the Norway National Museum with the perspective of “housing artworks for centuries.” The museum is built with clean and robust materials that will age with dignity, like oak, bronze, marble and Norwegian slate.
10 architectural museums and cultural venues to look forward to in 2022
Discover 10 architectural museums opening in 2022: from OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Centre to SANAA’s Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sidney and MAD architects’ Lucas Museum in Los Angeles.
2021 best pavilions: from Venice Biennale to Tokyo Olympics and Expo 2020 Dubai
Engaging architectures by Kengo Kuma, Santiago Calatrava, Ini Archibong and Grimshaw Architects feature in our ‘2021 best pavilions’ round up.
2021 Best Homes from an Indian Gallery House to a French village hotel
A flexible ‘sliding cabin’ opening to the countryside and the first sustainable house 3D-printed from raw earth feature in our 2021 Best Homes round up.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all
What an exceptional year! At Archipanic, we wish you Merry Christmas and happy holidays.
LAVA’s Germany Pavilion at Dubai Expo is designed as an open campus for innovation and connectedness
Germany Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai blends visionary environmental ideas with real-life results. The sustainable architecture features suspended cubes and a forest of steel poles, covered by a floating roof.
NU architectuuratelier completes the narrow split-level ‘House on Bagattenstraat’ in Ghent
Squeezed between two buildings on a very narrow plot, the ‘House on Bagattenstraat’ provides a generous and spacious family home.
Metaform Architects’ Luxembourg pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is inspired by a Möbius strip
The Luxembourg pavilion in Dubai narrates the country’s soul with a sustainable and sinuous architecture inspired by the famed infinite loop.
GES-2: Renzo Piano transforms a former power plant into an open art destination in Moscow
GES-2 sustainable art center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop invites you to experience art on the Red October island, just a stone’s throw away from the Kremlin in the Russian capital.
The ‘Nature in Motion’ pavilion by Ahmed El-Sharabassy is inspired by the UAE moving desert
At Dubai Design Week 2021, Ahmed El-Sharabassy has created the NATURE IN MOTION pavilion inspired by shapeshifting dune landscapes in the UAE. Made of sustainable and recyclable materials, the sinuous lightweight architecture provides multi-functional and multi-purpose public spaces and hosts an exhibition exploring compostable building materials and structures made of paper pulp.
Austria Pavilion at Dubai Expo is a tactile, climate-sensitive building
Querkraft’s Austria Pavilion at Dubai Expo offers a multisensorial experience allowing visitors to feel the country’s commitment and vision for a better future.
Finland Pavilion ad Dubai Expo is inspired by a ‘snow-capped’ Arabic tent
JKMM Architects metaphorically bring snow to the desert. The Finland Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai highlights the country’s commitment to sustainability and its deep connection with nature.
Does ‘Squid Game’ stunning architecture entertains as the Coliseum used to do in Rome?
Squid Game, Netflix’s most watched series so far, features surreal architecture inspired by childhood memories, Escher’s artwork and Santiago Calatrava’s pure white interiors. *Spoiler alert!
Singapore Pavilion at Dubai Expo is a “tropical oasis in the desert”
The Singapore Pavilion by WOHA Architects in Dubai features a lush tropical urban landscape and innovative technologies, reflecting the city-state’s vision of becoming a City in Nature.
Grimshaw’s Sustainability Pavilion at Dubai Expo is energy and water self-sufficient
Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion by Grimshaw Architects at Expo 2020 Dubai features a forest of giant solar panel-clad e-trees following the sun like sunflowers, a thriving garden challenging desert environment and underground exhibition spaces thermally isolated with a smart earth roof system.
UK Pavilion at Dubai Expo invites to “donate words” to compose a continuous poem
“Like a wooden conical musical instrument,” the UK Pavilion by Es Devlin at Expo 2020 Dubai displays AI-generated poems submitted by visitors.
‘Decades in the making’ short movie narrates Kengo Kuma and the Dalmore Scotch Whisky Master Distiller’s lifetime pursuit of excellence
How long does excellence take? This is the opening question of the ‘Decades in the Making’ short movie featuring two masters of their craft: acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Richard Paterson, Master Distiller of Dalmore, Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.