Euro Banknotes Redesigns Explore Europe’s Identity
Ten designs, one currency, a continent deciding how it wants to see itself. Whether it’s Maria Callas or a kingfisher on the note, Euro banknotes are about to get a lot more personal.
Architecture in the Shadow of the Middle Eastern Conflict: Venice Biennale Confronts Its Silences
As Israel sits out the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the British and Lebanese pavilions confront architecture’s role amid the Middle Eastern conflict.
Collective Intelligens: Learning from Shared Wisdom in Architecture
The ‘Collective Intelligens’ section at the 2025 Venice Biennale shows how the knowledge communities have passed down across generations can inspire resilient, people-driven architecture and become a pivotal tool to trigger change.
BIG’s FLUGT Refugee Museum features a curvy volume connecting Denmark’s past and present
BIG transformed a former hospital in Denmark’s largest Refugee camp from World War II into the FLUGT Refugee Museum. Two original elongated buildings are connected by a curve-shaped volume that creates a welcoming structure, visible from afar.
Desert X 2021: 5 landscape art installations in the Coachella Valley exploring the desert as both a place and idea
Desert X 2021: a wishing-well addressing access to potable water in Africa, a crafted maze exploring the desert as a cross-cultural border space, and an architectural installation questioning relativity and time between terrestrial land and outer space are among the best landscape art installations on show.
‘Related Stories’ architectural film series by JPAG Atelier narrates lockdown self-discovery as apartments became micro-cities
The pandemic has forced us to think hard and get creative to convert our homes from anti-pandemic prisons to friendlier, even productive living spaces. For the RELATED STORIES project, JPAG studio has created colorful billboards placed outside of Beirut apartments and short videos narrating the physical and emotional change each home has undergone.
The collaborative UNITY installation by Marlène Huissoud highlights the power to be united during trouble times
Visitors are invited to collaborate to breath life into the interactive UNITY installation by Marlene Huissoud at Coal Drops Yard in London.
Once upon a time in Leningrad… St Petersburg’s Soviet era through architecture [1917-1991]
Majestic underground stations, constructivist buildings and the austere House of Soviets, but also the former KGB palace and the creepy Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression. Explore the impressive and ominous architecture of Leningrad, St Petersburg’s Soviet name.
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey passed away aged 70
Thank you Larry Harvey. Burning Man visionary father’s legacy dismantled pre-conceived notions in the creative world.
Vestre urban design: setting the attitude for future cities, one square at the time
Archipanic meets young CEO of Norwegian urban furniture company VESTRE who shares his mind on a responsible and sensible approach to design public spaces.
L.A. residential? Three great stories aiming to curb Los Angeles homelessness emergency
LA residential housing, functional nomadic shelters designed by architecture students and a popular vote to raise $ 3.5 bn for those in need… How a creative and supportive attitude could contribute to curb Los Angeles homelessness issue.