AUTOCONSTRUCCIÓN. POR UNA AUTONOMÍA DEL HABITAR (ESCRITOS SOBRE URBANISMO, VIVIENDA, AUTOGESTIÓN Y HOLISMO)                   John F. C. Turner, Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, José Luis Oyon, Volker Zimmermann Esta selección de reflexiones de John F. C. Turner quiere acercar al lector en español escritos poco conocidos del arquitecto, textos que abarcan todo su recorrido vital y

Source: Buchner Bründler website Photography: Rory Gardiner The residential area in Münchenstein is a quiet and very green place, with the gardens behind single-family houses extending to the railway embankment. The original house of the client, with an interior defined by a traditional closed floor plan, blends into this spatial logic. The desire to make maximum use of the area for open living led to a new construct

Source: Afasia Photography: Jeroen Verrecht The project involves the Belgian artist Stief Desmet’s painting and sculpting studio. On the street side you will find the family home, flanked on the left by a narrow brick garage. On the right side there is a lower studio and studio that no longer meets the expectations of the artist who creates ever larger sculptures. The site is characterized by organically grown buildi

El Llull convoca un procés de selecció d’un projecte de comissariat per a la participació de Catalunya a la Biennal d’Arquitectura de Venècia 2020 El projecte guanyador d’aquesta convocatòria ha d’aconseguir sobresortir entre les nombroses propostes que es presenten a la Biennal de Venècia, aportant valor al discurs proposat per Biennal des de la singularitat de l’arquitectura catalana, entesa en el seu sentit més am

Source: Afasia Photography: Iwan Baan The design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion takes roofs, the most common architectural feature, as its point of departure and inspiration. It is reminiscent of roofing tiles seen around the world, bridging both architectural and cultural references through this single architectural feature. The roof of the Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a canopy that alludes to na

Open call TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019 Application deadline: July 1, 2019 Purpose TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform launch the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019, an independent award to recognise the most creative and innovative short films in the field of architecture, city and landscape worldwide. Video is becoming increasingly instrumental in analysing architecture and the human environment, and

Source: Edvard Ravnikar. Architect and teacher Photography: Damjan Gale. In times of uncertainty, change of briefs and interests, wavering of opportunities and functional needs, it is difficult to avoid the established working processes that go back to the Renaissance and its tendency towards a static finality. From our practice it still follows that we should look upon a city as a large group of things — objects, bu