October 2007
division of Archi-Europe


 Editiorial


State of mind

Characterised by an awareness of the fragility of our environment, the period we live in is questioning our relationship with technological progress. After years of consuming at any cost, most of our fellow citizens would like to protect themselves from the (environmental) nuisances caused by their own actions with regard to the environment. Concrete examples show that a new conceptual approach and experimentation with new materials and techniques are not short of good arguments to justify their long-term use. Nevertheless, it should be emphasised that ecological preoccupations are often the concern of the richest nations. It is true that the projects that perform the best in terms of environmental and energy concerns are quite often undertaken at significant costs. If the arguments supporting them are based on collective responsibility, they are not always in perfect harmony with economic and social imperatives. Fortunately, ecology is also a state of mind. Having respect for what is around us has a direct effect on our openness to others. When architects integrate buildings into the natural landscape as well as can be done, or when the clients gather together all of the forces required to face the urgent need to change the way construction, life and work unfold, their efforts privilege the relationships that humans as builders have with their environment. In form and content. Indeed, the future of the planet rests on the steps to be taken.

The Archi-Europe Team!

 
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 Portrait of the month


Last Call for Planet Earth

The alarm was sounded, loud and clear. Warning! The planet is in danger! The challenge is very simple, it is a matter of survival. Architects throughout the world are tackling this challenge. That is why the film "Last Call for Planet Earth" offers twelve architects the opportunity to express themselves. It is produced by Archi-World and premiers in Belgium on 12 October. Each of these twelve highly renowned architects speaks to us about the means they have implemented, each in their own way.

Françoise-Hélène Jourda tries to follow through on her approach, working with renewable, low- tech and bioclimatic materials. The concept of large glass spaces with an innovative design can be found in projects by Christoph Ingenhoven , focused on ecology and the sophisticated use of technology.

Today, confirms Thom Mayne, architecture is global. The American architect and 2005 Pritzker Prize winner today designs prestigious buildings resulting from a desire for sustainable development (buildings for the Caltrans transport company, Los Angeles 2004 or Federal Building in San Francisco, 2006). Backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Thom Mayne was recently chosen to develop a zero energy school project.

Ivan Harbour, partner of Richard Rogers at the London agency of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners confirms that clean technologies are unavoidable today. The office participated actively in the development of passive design by using water, wind and sun. But it is through new technology that solutions to our planet's problems can be found. The prestigious RSH-P buildings are fitted with an electronic nervous system controlling heat, ventilation and all start-ups.

With the new Milan fair in Rho Pero, which covers a surface area of 120 hectares, Massimiliano Fuksas redeveloped a section of the city. A huge glass blanket, supported by steel tree columns, undulates in a succession of hills and craters and protects a long footpath as well as independent architectural structures.

Examples from the East

In the Far East, we chose two renowned architects who are total opposites of each other: Kengo Kuma and Qingyun Ma. The Japanese uses ancestral cultural tradition, which thoroughly blends architecture, nature and human beings. To him, it is in this triangle that he attempts to create new harmony. His projects favour the use of wood, bamboo, stone and even raw earth, which he applies along with new technologies. Evoking the issues specific to his country in full over-consumption, the Chinese on the other hand, is involved in megastructures that he tries to manage by taking into account environmental data, such as the Longyang residential complex in Shanghai with its 16 buildings covering an area of 185,000 m². For Thumb Island, also near Shanghai, Qingyun Ma designed a building in a park whose roof functions as a public garden.

Attention to derivatives

Finland is a country sensitive to environmental matters. So is Markku Komonen. An architect presents efficient offices in a former warehouse, which was part of Helsinki's cultural heritage, for us to reflect upon. However, he warns us: sustainable architecture should not be a style or a label. It's not about a trend! The Canadian Daniel Pearl responds along the same lines and fears "green washing" for marketing purposes: a project appears to be "green" through added technologies, disconnected from the architectural aspect. His social housing renovation projects in Montréal and his residential constructions integrated into the landscape are exemplary in more ways than one.

"Curitiba, the city people love"

The future of the planet is played out in the cities where urgent problems are expressed, which require bold solutions. The capital city of the State of Paraná, in the south of Brazil, Curitiba, that seemed destined to its fate as the anarchic city faced with blatant inequality and poverty. And yet, with few means and lots of creativity, the town planner Jaime Lerner, mayor of the city and Governor of the State has on several occasions been responsible for the urban revolution, which made Curitiba an international reference in ecological, economic and social terms. He informed us of his contributions of "urban acupuncture".

In practical terms

In his day-to-day work, the Belgian Jo Crepain favours architectural quality, which he views as the first form of sustainability: quality of the structure, insulation and materials - of bricks for the most part - high ceilings, adequate natural ventilation and integration into green spaces. Responding to the new office concept, his building for Telindus near Leuven multiplies glass volumes so as to allow daylight to enter abundantly into the 20,000 m² office space. In Vienna, Georg Reinberg showed us the quality of passive houses. He explained how they work. This Austrian pioneer of ecological construction is extremely demanding when it comes to energy solutions. His residential building projects in Vienna and the Biotop building are there to convince us.

Enhanced with contributions by professor Hugo Hens (KU Leuven), the great specialist of sustainable construction and European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, the film aims to show that sustainable development is thus materialised by a series of proposals on a new concept of the city, on a new way of approaching the home, with increased freedom and intelligence, on a more sensitive focus on materials, on water, air and energies. Critical aspects for future generations!

 
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1. Academy Mont-Cenis


2. Lufthansa Aviation Center


3. Caltrans Building


4. Chiswick Park


5. Fiera Milano

6. Museum Ando Hiroshige

7. Thumb Island

8. Senate Properties office building

9. Residence Pearl/Silverman

10. Curitiba

11. Telindus

12. Biotop
 

Legends of the pictures

1.Françoise-Hélène Jourda: Academy Mont-Cenis (Herne Sodingen)
2.Christoph Ingenhoven: Lufthansa Aviation Center (Francfort/Main)
3.Thom Mayne (Morphosis): Caltrans Building (Los Angeles)
4.Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners): Chiswick Park (London)
5.Massimiliano Fuksas: Fiera Milano
6.Kengo Kuma (Kengo Kuma & Associates): Museum Ando Hiroshige
7.Qingyun Ma (MADA s.p.a.m.): Thumb Island (Shanghai)
8.Markku Komonen (Heikkinen- Komonen Architects): Senate Properties office building (Helsinki)
9.Daniel Pearl (L'OEUF): Residence Pearl/Silverman (Dunham, Quebec)
10.Jaime Lerner: Curitiba
11.Jo Crepain (Crepain Binst Architecture): Telindus (Leuven)
12.Georg Reinberg: Biotop (Vienna)




 Product of the month


Glaverbel is now AGC Flat Glass Europe

AGC - the one and only name and brand for the world leader in the glass industry. This global unification policy (announced on 7 September) will boost recognition of AGC Flat Glass Europe for all products worldwide, allowing the company to better serve its customers.

Buoyed by its new image, AGC will have a key presence at Batimat, leveraging its position as a driver of innovation in the glass sector.


New innovation: antibacterial glass

• Process

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Antibacterial effect achieved by incorporating silver in the upper layers of the glass

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 Ongoing antibacterial effect, specifically in conditions where moisture and temperature levels favour the growth of bacteria and mould
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 Developed and patented by AGC



• Range and applications

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Wall cladding - partitions - double glazing

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 Planibel AB clear float - Lacobel AB painted glass - Mirox AB mirror


• Benefits
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 Unique product in the glass sector
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 Eliminates 99.9% of bacteria that settle on it
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 Prevents the proliferation of fungi
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 Easy to install
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 Easy to maintain: can withstand cleaning products, specifically those used in hospitals

Explore these innovations and find out more at the AGC exhibit at Batimat (stand 3C52).

 









 Building fairs

SAIE is the key meeting point for construction professionals in Italy, to be held from 24 to 28 October in Bologna

As an international showcase for technical solutions, SAIE is there for all branches of construction: from architecture to construction process innovation. Interesting new items with an updated exhibition model and a range of cutting-edge products will be on display at the 2007 trade fair. Some 1,750 exhibitors from 28 countries will participate in the fair which will cover 260,000 m² of exhibition space. Over the years, the expo has evolved alongside the hottest topics. Energy efficiency will be fostered by highlighting the main technical aspects thereof and via a group of debates. Reinforced concrete, construction site safety, and restoring historic buildings are also on the programme.

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Sustainable development is the theme of this year's BATIMAT which will be held in Paris from 5 to 10 November 2007

For its 26th year, the leading construction expo will be divided into seven specialised areas – Structure, Equipment & Tools, Joinery & Fenestration, Finishing & Decoration, Integrated Systems, IT and Services – which will be supported by a number of sector-related events. The concept of "Building differently" will be launched, particularly via three major themes in the various construction markets: energy management, safety and building renovation. The expo is counting on the high rate of contact between the 2,700 exhibitors and the incredibly numerous visitors (more than 400,000 are expected), the place innovation and new products have, the impact of the Innovation Awards and the Design Trophies, in addition to the forums, conferences and conventions to guarantee its success.



 Agenda

- GERMANY -

  • Josephine Meckseper
    (> 28/10/2007) - Stuttgart
    Kunstmuseum
    The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is dedicating a first solo exhibition to the accomplishments of Josephine Meckseper: In a 1,200-square-meter space, over 150 exhibits will give an overview of Mecksepers work, from her earliest creations to brand new pieces created especially for the Stuttgart show. Meckseper works with all media and uses a wide variety of techniques. She builds large installations and window displays, creates sculp-tures, paintings, photographs and films.
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  • AND - Interdisciplinary Creative Arts from China
    (> 8/11/2007) - Berlin
    Aedes Am Pfefferberg

    The exhibition focuses this time on Beijing architect Yung Ho CHANG, whose projects, according to European - not even to mention Chinese - standards, are not about mass but possess a high intellec-tual quality and a - for Chinese standards - high quality of construction.
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  • Living the Modern_Australian Architecture
    (> 11/11/2007) - Berlin
    Deutsche Architektur Zentrum

    The exhibition shows the independent development of Australian Architecture by means of innovative, excellent architectural solutions that are intriguing on an international scale, and yet still widely unknown. The 25 offices presented have transformed, interpreted, used, reformed and converted aspects of modernism within the past 15 years, and deliver insight to their buildings as well as to the culturally and environmentally specific development of modern architecture in Australia.
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  • Patente Lösungen. Neue Architektur aus Katalonien
    (> 18/11/2007) - Francfort/Main
    DAM

    This exhibition presents innovative solutions and complex buildings in specific environments, experiments for new construction technologies.
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  • Preis der Europäischen Union für zeitgenössische Architektur
    Mies van der Rohe Preis 2007
    (> 18/11/2007) - Francfort/Main
    DAM

    The exhibition presents the Mies van der Rohe Prize winners - Emilio Tuñon Álveres + Luis Moreno Mansilla for the M.U.S.A.C Project (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León), Matija Bevk and Vasa J. Perovic for their project Faculty of Mathematics in Ljubljana and other projects selected by the Jury : the Centro de Artes in Sines/ Portugal from Manuel Aires Mateus and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart from UN Studio, the America's Cup building in Valencia from David Chipperfield, the Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg from Zaha Hadid, the School for Management in Bordeaux from Anne Lacaton & Jean Philippe Vassal as well the Centre chorégraphique nationale in Aix-en-Provence from Rudy Ricciotti.
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  • Traveling Landscape. Ai Weiwei, Beijing
    (27/10/2007 - 9/01/2008) - Berlin
    AedesLand
    The exhibition on Chinese artist, architect and urbanist Ai Weiwei is put on display at AedesLand after Ai Weiwei's campaign 'Fairytale'. Created for Aedes, his installation 'Traveling Landscape' plays ironically with the journey of the suitcases, which traveled with the 1001 Chinese visitors to Germany. Just like the accommodation and fittings for the documenta guests in Kassel, they had been designed especially by Ai Weiwei, each of them a unique specimen. By now, the suitcases have finished their global container journeys - Beijing-Kassel-Beijing-Berlin - just like most of the everyday objects that surround us today.
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  • Architecture, People and Resources | Baumschlager & Eberle 2002-2007
    (> 13/01/2008) - Munich
    Pinakothek der Moderne
    Since its establishment as a partnership in 1985, the architectural practice of Baumschlager & Eberle in Lochau / Vorarlberg has completed well over 300 construction projects and building studies, earning itself an international reputation. Recent representative works include large-scale projects such as the Vienna airport extension, the MOMA high-rises in Beijing, the WHO / UNAIDS building in Geneva and the 1,000-bed hospital in Kortrijk (Belgium). Key to the Baumschlager & Eberle philosophy is that architecture is a complex entity requiring the integration of many different elements, to which justice can only be done if a building meets all the demands made on it in terms of structural intelligence, ecology, economic efficiency and social acceptability. This philosophy is reflected in the division of the »Architecture, People and Resources« exhibition into three distinct parts.
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  • Le Corbusier
    (> 10/02/2008) - Weil am Rhein
    Vitra Design Museum
    The work of Le Corbusier remains highly significant and relevant in today's architectural discourse. Yet during the past two decades, no major museum show has addressed the many aspects that still make Le Corbusier's work such an important point of reference for contemporary architecture and urbanism. To fill this void, the Vitra Design Museum is now joining forces with the Netherlands Architecture Institute and the Royal Institute of British Architects in the production of an international retrospective.
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  • IKK
    (8 - 10/02/2008) - Stuttgart
    International trade fair for refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation
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  • MATERIAL VISION
    (22 - 23/11/2007) - Francfort/Main
    Materials for Product Development, Design and Architecture International Trade Fair and Conference
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- AUSTRIA -

  • Architektur 24/7 - eine alltägliche Beziehung
    (> 13/11/2007) - Graz
    Haus der Architektur
    This exhibition reveals the daily life in the architecture photographies because architecture is lived 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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  • Helmut Richter
    (> 21/10/2007) - Vienna
    Architekturzentrum Wien - Hall F3

    In October 2007, after teaching for sixteen years and having supervised more than 500 degree theses Helmut Richter will be made emeritus professor. A chance to say thank you to this nonconformist, constantly researching architect who is, without any doubt, one of the most influential architects in this country.
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  • Omer Fast
    (> 20/01/2008) - Vienna
    Museum Moderner Kunst
    Omer Fast was born in Israel and has been residing in Berlin for five years. His previous projects frequently concerned places that can be considered historical collections or archives. These projects included an open-air museum of 'living history' in Virginia, and a disused movie set in Cracow, where Omer Fast explored the ways in which our media-driven society transforms historical events into contemporary tales. Omer Fast's solo exhibition at Mumok will present a new video installation.
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  • Chinaproduction
    (> 21/01/2008) - Vienna
    Architekturzentrum Wien - Old hall
    Under this title the exhibition presented in the Az W reflects the current international debate about contemporary architecture in China that is developing from a Maoist-communist state to a political and economic superpower with Western tendencies
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- BELGIUM -

  • Utopia, de l'Atlantide aux cités du futur
    (> 28/10/2007) - Mons
    Mundaneum

    Surprising architectural projects on utopía.
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  • Jong Design
    (> 4/11/2007) - Brussels
    Design Vlaanderen Galery
    The works selected for this exhibition are especially designed by Flemish and Brussels designers for young people from 0 to 21 years (furniture and accessories).
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  • The Void
    (> 30/11/2007) - Brussels
    Palais des Beaux Arts

    This exhibition presents 11projects of the Portuguese practices Gonçalo Byrne andAires Mateus. Ces deux bureaux d'architecture de Lisbonne occupent une place importante avec un travail très précis mêlant modernité et tradition séculaire.
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  • Stockmans limited, Take care!, Artwork!
    (> 9/12/2007) - Brussels
    Gallery Royal Boch
    Pieter Stockmans, one of the most famous contemporary Belgian ceramist has created small series of objects, artistic items and architectonic installations.
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  • La Passion des Evidences. Clair-Obscur
    (11/11/2007 - 9/12/2007) - Hornu
    Grand-Hornu
    The Belgian designer Nedda El-Asmar recently awarded "Designer of the Year" works the metal in contemporary views. She tries to transform the everyday life.
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  • Vienne-Bruxelles
    (> 23/12/2007) - Brussels
    Musée d'Architecture - La Loge
    The exhibition relates the decisive influence of the Viennese Art on the young generation of architects in Brussels at the beginning of the 20th century. Especially Léon Snyers, but also other architects who were influenced by this revelation : Henry Van de Velde, Léon Sneyers, Paul Hamesse, Jean-Baptiste Dewin, Emile Van Averbeke, Renaat Braem, Louis Herman De Koninck et son épouse, Fernand Khnopff, Edouard Pelseneer, Maxime Brunfaut, Raymond Moenaert...
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  • Des Fantômes et des Anges
    (> 6/01/2008) - Hornu
    Musée des Arts Contemporains du Grand-Hornu (MAC's)

    On the occasion of its fifth anniversary the Museum welcomes an exceptional exhibition coming from the collections of the Musée d'art moderne Lille Métropole - Villeneuve d'Ascq.
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  • Christopher Dresser: pionier van modern design
    (> 13/01/2008) - Ghent
    Design Museum

    Christopher Dresser (1834-1904) born in Glasgow has been the first industrial designer. Trained to be a botanist, he used botany as a source of inspiration for his language of forms.
    After a visit to Japan in 1876-1877, the brilliant Dresser created several objects that were clearly influenced by Oriental models. It is those objects, with their minimalist forms and with which he earned himself a name in later years that will be on display.
    Dresser showed a keen interest in the industrial production process. Most of the time he worked with standardized elements. He made designs for metal, ceramics and glass. If it weren't for Dresser, modern design would be rather different today.
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  • Sottsass
    (> 13/01/2008) - Ghent
    Design Museum
    Ettore Sottsass (1917), Austrian by birth but Italian in heart and soul, opened his own architecture and design studio in 1947. From 1958 he was the design consultant for Olivetti for over 20 years. In the late 1960s - early 1970s, Sottsass played an important role in the avant-garde culture. Sottsass worked both for Studio Alchimia and for the Memphis group.
    The exhibition, organized on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Ettore Sottsass, gives an overview of his large but varied oeuvre. Both the aspects of architecture and design are highlighted.
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  • Quai des orfèvres
    (> 10/02/2008) - Seneffe
    Château de Seneffe
    Five Belgian designers and personnalities (Franco Dragone, Alain Hubert, Olivier Strelli, François Schuiten et Dimitri Weber) display antique silverware in the lounges of this pretigious 18th Century cassle.
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  • Willy Van der Meeren
    (> 30/03/2008) - Brussels
     Atomium
    The exhibition presents the differents periods of the exceptional professional life of the Belgian architect and designer Willy Van der Meeren (1923-2002).
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  • BRUSSELS INNOVA ENERGY
    (22 - 25/11/2007) - Brussels
     International trade fair for Technological Innovation focused on Energy
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  • LINEART
    (30/11 - 4/12/2007) - Ghent
     International Art Fair 19th, 20th and 21st centuries
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- DENMARK -

  • End
    (> 28/10/2007) - Copenhagen
    Danish Museum Art & Design

    International ceramics exhibition project The artists behind the exhibition END are the three English ceramists Richard Slee, Alison Britton and Martin Smith; Marit Tingleff from Norway, along with the Danes Karen Bennicke, Peder Rasmussen and Martin Bodilsen Kaldahl. All artists that have made an impact internationally and nationally - all with very different artistic expressions. The exhibition is guaranteed to provide an entertaining ceramic meeting between spatial minimalism, pop art, ceramic figurine tradition, expressionism, digital form aesthetics and even more.
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  • Richard Avedon Photographs 1946-2004
    (13/01/2008) - Humlebæk
    Louisiana Museum
    Fashion photographer of vibrant cool and a fantastic creator of portraits. Richard Avedon is today considered one of the greatest photographers of the USA. It is impossible to write the history of photography without him. A World Premiere: Louisiana has the privilege of showing the first retrospective exhibition of Avedons work since his death in 2004.
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- SPAIN -

  • Paula Rego
    (> 30/12/2007) - Madrid
    Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
    This retrospective of the Portuguese painter Paula Rego (Lisbon, 1935) presents 80 paintings, 60 drawings and 60 litographies.
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  • Art in the USA: 300 Years of Innovation
    (> 28/02/2008) - Bilbao
    Museum Guggenheim
    This exhibition features a compelling selection of approximately 200 artworks culled from a range of private and public collections in the United States. Six historical periods demonstrate how the art of each era both reflected and contributed to a complex visual narrative of a nation during times of discovery, growth and experimentation.
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  • MADERALIA
    (7 - 10/11/2007) - Valencia
    International Subcontracting Fair For The Furniture And Wood Industry
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- FINLAND -
  • Landscape
    (> 4/11/2007) - Helsinki
    Kiasma
    Landscape as a genre in art is a historically evolved convention of viewing, presenting and appreciating nature. Consequently, representations of landscapes in contemporary art should be seen as part of the tradition of landscape art and natural beauty, on which works of contemporary art seem to be commenting. They not only continue the tradition, but also distance and deconstruct it, says Hanna Johansson in her article that will be published in the exhibition catalogue. The works from Kiasma's collections shed light on the contemporary idea of a landscape.
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  • Rural Architecture in the Eastern Black Sea Region
    (> 11/11/2007) - Helsinki
    Museum of Finnish Architecture
    Scattered in the breathtaking mountains of north-east Turkey off the eastern Black Sea there are houses and groups of houses based on the local building tradition, many built at the turn of the 20th century. These handsome buildings are made of stone and wood and decorated with elaborate ornaments. They are perfectly fitted in the surrounding landscape. The area also has beautiful old mosques built of wood and ancient churches. Many of these buildings are neglected and now threatening to vanish. Milli Reasurans T.A.S.
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  • Yuki Hayama - Ceramic Stories
    (> 6/01/2008) - Helsinki
    Design Museum
    Yuki Hayama is a self-educated Japanese ceramic artist, who combines the traditions of Japanese ceramic art with his own personal style
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- FRANCE -

  • Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA architectes, Tokyo & Walter Niedermayr artiste, Bolzano
    (> 28/10/2007) - Bordeaux
    Arc en rêve centre d'architecture
    Ainsi 12 diptyques et une double projection vidéo prendront place dans la grande galerie d'arc en rêve accompagnés de mobiliers et d'objets conçus par SANAA. La galerie blanche accueille une sélection de maquettes, dessins, et albums de chantier de projets récents dont le Louvre à Lens, leur premier projet français.
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  • Artek
    (> 15/12/2007) - Paris
    Instutut Finlandais
    Artek is renowned as one of the most innovative contributions to modern design.
    Long-term durability and high quality combined with a clean-lined form language are the essential elements in the creation of every single product that bears the Artek name. Artek's comprehensive furnishing system can be used in all kinds of situations from public spaces to offices, museums to schools, hotels to homes.
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  • La peau. Entre texture et ossature
    (> 31/12/2007) - Paris
    Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine - Palais de Chaillot
    The building's skin has always been a challenge for the architects and the builders. The scenography of this exhibition conceived by the architects Hamonic+Masson presents 14 projects recently realized or under construction in France.
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  • Voisins.Voisines
    (> 12/01/2008) - Marseille
    Maison de l'architecture et de la ville Paca
    The exhibition presents 40 new housing projects in France with a strong architectural added value.
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  • Purs décors ? Chefs-d'œuvre de l'Islam aux Arts Décoratifs
    (> 13/01/2008) - Paris
    Musée des Arts Décoratifs
    Les Arts Décoratifs has a collection of over 3,000 works of Islamic Art. Exceptional both in size and quality, it includes a number of unique masterpieces (carpets, textiles, ceramics, miniatures, etc.). Three hundred of these works show the influence of the Arts Décoratifs collection in the applied arts at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and emphasise the role the institution has played in this field.
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  • RIBA Conference 2007
    (26 - 27/10/2007) - Paris
    The RIBA's annual conference is the highlight of the architectural calendar and has proven to be increasingly popular over recent years.
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  • Éloge du vide architectonique
    (9/11/2007 - 08:00pm) - Paris
    Société Française des Architectes
    Lecture of José Cruz Ovalle
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  • SALON DU PATRIMOINE CULTUREL
    (8 - 6/11/2007) - Paris
    The benchmark event that gathers every area of heritage life
    Theme: heritage & environment
     --- Go to the site ---

  • MAPIC
    (14 - 16/11/2007) - Cannes
    Marché international de référence des professionnels de l'immobilier commercial
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  • SALON DE LA PISCINE, SPA ET SAUNA
    (1 - 9/12/2007) - Paris
    Swiming pool, spa and sauna fair
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- GREAT-BRITAIN -
  • Zaha Hadid Architecture and Design
    (> 31/10/2007) - London
     Design Museum
    The first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in its 26 year history, Zaha Hadid has defined a radically new approach to architecture by creating buildings, such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, with multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life.
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  • The World is My Imagination
    (> 3/11/2007) - Manchester
    CUBE
    Media-Model-Miniature Nine artists and collectives are exploring the miniscule as an artistic interface in video, networked and interactive installations, digital sound sculptures and photography, found objects and custom built environments. Striking and picturesque model worlds replicate real and imaginary spaces while reflecting existences and habitats, personal memories and longing - the shift in scale ultimately commenting on our surroundings within social and cultural and technological changes.
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  • Curtis Moffat: Experimental Photography and Design, 1923-1935
    (> 13/01/2008) - London
    Victoria & Albert Museum Architecture Exhibition Gallery
    Curtis Moffat created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lives and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early 20th century. He was also a pivotal figure in Modernist interior design. Moffat's archive, containing over 1,000 photographic prints and negatives as well as press cuttings, scrap books and ephemera, was generously donated to the V&A in 2007 by Penelope Smail. The donation is celebrated by featuring some of its highlights in this display. It also acts as a starting point to study Moffat's pioneering but hitherto little-known work in more depth.
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  • Louise Bourgeois
    (> 20/01/2008) - London
    Tate Modern

    This first major survey since 1995 of the work of the French-born artist Louise Bourgeois (b.1911) will provide an unprecedented opportunity to reassess her work. Over a long career, Bourgeois has worked in dialogue with most of the major international avant-garde artistic movements of the twentieth century, from Surrealism to Conceptual art, but has always remained uniquely apart, powerfully inventive and often at the forefront of contemporary practice.
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  • Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now
    (> 27/01/2008) - London
    Barbican Art Gallery
    It is a major exhibition focusing on representations of sex from diverse eras and cultures. Provocative and ambitious, it includes around 250 works, spanning over 2000 years, including Roman marbles, Indian manuscripts, Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures, Chinese paintings and prints, Japanese woodcuts, 19th century photographs and contemporary video. Drawn from important public and private collections from around the world, some of the works have never been seen in public, others rarely shown and many have never been exhibited in the UK.
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  • My Sust. House
    (> 17/02/2008) - Glasgow
    The Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse opens the door of its interactive 'eco-house'! This fun, activity packed sustainability den offers a hands on opportunity to learn about cutting edge and traditional approaches to energy saving and renewable energy.
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- GREECE -
  • POLIS
    (15 - 18/11/2007) - Thessaloniki
    Benaki Museum
    International Exhibition for Municipalities, Public, Social Sector and Private Enterprises
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- ITALY -
  • Frank Lloyd Wright precursore dell'architettura moderna
    (> 28/10/2007) - Volterra
    Villa Palagione
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  • Mark Rothko
    (> 8/01/2008) - Roma
    Palazzo Esposizioni
    Rétrospective de l'oeuvre d'une figure remarquable de l'art contemporain américain
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  • Victor Vasarely. Non il cuore ma la retina
    (> 27/01/2008) - Milan
    Triennale Bovisa

    By presenting 80 large size paintings and 50 drawings and grafic works the exhibition wants to underline the influence of this artist on contempory culture.
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  • La città che sale. We try to build the future
    (24/10/2007 - 31/01/2008) - Rome
    MACRO (Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma)
    Some artists have tried to materialize their utopías, to build the future. This exhibition relies on design and building. Works of Young architects are also presented. Curators: Danilo Eccher et Odile Decq.
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- LUXEMBOURG -

  • Glenn Ligon: Some Changes
    (> 18/02/2008) - Luxembourg
    MUDAM
    The work of the American artist Glenn Ligon is exploring concepts like the construction of an individual identity, as well as being a part of something bigger - socially, politically or sexually -, in a country emerged out of immigration.