2021 marked the first time the Republic of Uzbekistan participated in the Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled Mahalla: Urban Rural Living, the…
Vertebral creates community garden in Mexico City with reused materials
Mexico City and its surrounding metropolitan area is home to over 21 million people, with 9 million living in the…
Tatiana Bilbao Estudio applies an urban sensibility to projects from private homes to research centers
Architect Tatiana Bilbao grew up in the center of Mexico City, in the Colonia Cuauhtémoc, not far from her current office. The city’s vast…
Four Standout National Pavilions at the Venice Architecture Biennale
For the 17th Venice Architecture Biennial, curator Hashim Sarkis posed the question “How will we live together?” During the year…
At Casa Gilardi, Robert Janitz’s Latest Exhibition
The buildings and gardens that the Mexican architect Luis Barragán realized in the second half of his career, from the…
Beatrice Galilee’s Anthology of Radical Architecture
Curator and self-described “organizer of things” Beatrice Galilee’s new book Radical Architecture of the Future (Phaidon, 2021) is a condensed encyclopedia of Galilee’s…
Taller Capital creates useful solutions from the bottom up
Mexico City–based Taller Capital (TC), led by architects José Pablo Ambrosi and Loreta Castro Reguera, is inconspicuously rehabilitating the Mexican urban fabric with public space projects in marginalized areas.
INTERVIEW: Maria Cristina Didero and Jorge Penadés on Curating Curators
First launched in 2019, Extraperlo is an annual exhibition that takes place in the Madrid home and studio of designer Jorge…
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Housewares From a New Online Boutique Though Shinichiro Ogata’s portfolio is wide-ranging — he is a chef and restaurateur, a…
Two designers showcase West African aesthetics with Freedom to Move mask collection
Whether Greek, Japanese, or West African, masks have been known for their use in theatrical and ceremonial performances. Right now,…