Manifesta is an itinerant European Biennale and art-as-catalyst-for-development event that launched in 1996. In its 30th year, it arrived in the Ruhr Valley. Its founding director Hedwig Fijen and its first creative mediator and architect / planner Josep Bohigas spoke to Tim Abrahams. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
Read MoreAn Fonteyne is the Brussels-based co-founder of noAarchitecten and a leading light in the design consortium that is designing Kanal Centre Pompidou. In the second part of their interview, she spoke to Tim Abrahams about the origins of retrofit. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
Read MoreLiam Young is an Australian-born architect, film director and artist who co-runs the M.A. in Fiction and Entertainment at Sci-Arc in Los Angeles. He spoke to Tim about his new show at the Barbican and the death of 60s environmentalist utopias. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
Read MoreKanal Centre Pompidou in Brussels is one of the most important art museums built in Europe in the last couple of decades and will draw huge attention across the world when it opens later this year. Tim spoke to An Fonteyne, co-founder of noAarchitecten and a leading light in its design team alongside members of…
Read MoreTobias Walliser is a director of LAVA Architects: an international network of offices known for their research on the combination of technology and the built world. LAVA’s global work spans architecture, interiors and master planning. Tim spoke to him about their work at the Dubai, Osaka and Riyadh Expos. Podcast transcript … Listen to…
Read MoreNiall McLaughlin is an Irish-born British architect whose work has been shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize four times, winning in 2022 with the New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is this year’s RIBA Gold Medal winner. McLaughlin is also a professor at the Bartlett at University College London. Podcast transcript … Listen…
Read MoreBrendan Cormier is Curator at V&A East, the new extension of the Victoria and Albert Museum in East London. He has curated several major exhibitions for the museum including Cars: Accelerating the Modern World and Values of Design at Design Society in Shenzhen, China. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
Read MoreOslo-based Nordic Office of Architecture led the redesign of Norway’s government district following the 2011 attacks, shaping into what they believe is an open, democratic civic environment. Tim gets a guided tour from the team around the new campus. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
Read MoreTo create a coalition of architects as workers, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf has written a manifesto, Architecture Against Architecture. Are you ready to sign up? Tim takes the 14 points made by the Dutch architect – such as unions and construction moratoria – to the test. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in…
Read MoreTim talks to one of London’s most thoughtful practitioner’s Mary Duggan about her last project; a beautiful landscaped housing project amidst parkland in suburban London. Mary also explains the surprising new direction she’s chosen to take her beautifully crafted approach to architecture in. Podcast transcript … Listen to more in the Superurbanism series
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