Month: June 2021

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Liverpool should be stripped of World Heritage status says UNESCO

June 30, 2021 Alice Finney 0
Two skyscrapers in Liverpool's dock

Liverpool is set to lose its World Heritage status, according to a UNESCO report citing detrimental waterfront developments “eroding the integrity” of the site. In its report into sites currently at risk, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) recorded a draft decision to remove Liverpool’s docks from the World Heritage list. “Decides to delete Liverpool –

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Bêka & Lemoine Wander through the Futurist House of Giacomo Balla in their Latest Film

June 30, 2021 Dima Stouhi 0

Commissioned for the exhibition “Casa Balla – From the house to the universe and back” at MAXXI museum in Rome, Italy, Bêka & Lemoine’s have released their latest film OSLAVIA. The cave of the past future, a tour inside the house-atelier where Giacomo Balla, prominent Futurist painter and major figure of the avant-garde of the early 20th century lived. The Futurist house where the artist lived and worked from 1929 until his death will be open to the public for the first time during the time of the exhibition.

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Carlo Ratti Associati Designs Urban Interventions in Prishtina as part of Manifesta 14

June 30, 2021 Andreea Cutieru 0

Manifesta 14 recently announced that the 2022 edition of the European Biennial of Contemporary Art will take place in Prishtina, Kosovo. In preparation for the event, Carlo Ratti Associati has been commissioned to create an urban vision for the host city, focusing on sustainable solutions attuned to its current realities. The urban interventions showcase CRA’s newly defined participatory urbanism methodology and explore how Prishtina could be transformed by the citizens’ act of reclaiming public space.

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Iwan Baan photographs Frank Gehry’s Luma Arles tower

June 30, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Iwan Baan photographs Frank Gehry' Luma Arles tower

Architectural photographer Iwan Baan has captured The Tower and its interiors, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry as the centrepiece of the Luma Arles cultural district. Baan’s photos show the distinctive tower rising above the surrounding buildings on the recently opened Luma Arles arts campus in the town of Arles, France. Clad in 11,000 irregularly arranged

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Sound Treatment in Interior Design: Different Types and Solutions

June 30, 2021 Giovana Martino 0

It is safe to say that living in large urban areas, most of the sounds surrounding us are accidental, and most of them are not very pleasant. According to Julian Treasure, chairman of The Sound Agency, sounds can affect us in many ways: physiologically, psychologically, cognitively, and behaviorally, reducing productivity in workspaces and even affecting sales in retail stores. Therefore, paying attention to acoustic comfort in the built environment is imperative, not only for engineers and consultants but also for architects.

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AAU ANASTAS Explores Stone’s Potential for Contemporary Design at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale

June 30, 2021 Andreea Cutieru 0

Having been invited to participate in the 17th International Venice Architecture Biennale, architecture and design practice AAU ANASTAS presents the exhibition All-Purpose, which translates the craftmanship of stone into a new form of contemporary architecture. Exhibited within the Giardini, the structure featuring an undulating parametrised stone slab supported by thin, slender columns is a material exploration that builds on the Palestinian construction tradition to create a new architectural discourse around stone.