Fernando Menis. The nature of reevaluated architecture.

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Fernando Menis. The nature of reevaluated architecture.  Presentation in Madrid of the magazine Architecture Snob. When: May, 4th 2023, 18:00h – 21:00h Where: Madrid, Casa de la Luz de Simón, C. de Sta. Cruz de Marcenado, 1 Registration: free, prior registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fernando-menis-the-nature-of-reevaluated-architecture-tickets-625145606337?fbclid=IwAR2LKisBIirpm3x90H76i4Wg5XHKkC1UzLNWrR7r9ieJ3ozJQ57hJNGEmNI   – A friend of mine likes saying that doctors treat people starting…

The winners of the Simon Architecture Prize 2022 will be announced on February 15

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The final ten Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize 2022 – were selected by the jury from 186 submitted projects from 34 countries. The competition is a prestigious acknowledgment for facilities that ensure comfortable living. Designers can receive an award in one of two categories: Collective Places and Personal Spaces.     The Simon Architecture Prize…

Neuroscience in designing spaces that encourage creativity

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Neuroscience in designing spaces that encourage creativity   We spend about 80-90% of our lives inside buildings, and our brain and our biology are influenced by contact with architecture. Interest in understanding the impact of architecture on human well-being is growing. We observe the development of research, the creation of the first certificates in this…

A call to action for the architecture and design communities to support Ukraine.

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To The International Architecture Community and Beyond,   As architecture magazines that have always been engaged in social issues, we take action to oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine and support Ukrainians by all means we have. Killing innocent people, violating human rights, destroying cities and disinformation actions must be stopped by all means. We…

Othernity, or Modernism Revisited: 12 Budapest Buildings and Their New Lives

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How to reconcile the past and the present? What new functions can post-World War II 20th-century architecture serve? Daniel Kovács, the curator of the Hungarian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale, posed these questions to 12 architecture practices he invited to partake in the project Othernity. The effects can be seen in the Hungarian Pavilion…

Like never before, architecture has to follow the changes occurring in the world: on nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

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Like never before, architecture has to follow the changes occurring in the world: on nominations for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022   Marcin Szczelina   Houses, office buildings, streets, schools—all buildings whose rigid form is dictated by pre-existing architectural norms and their socially accepted functions have been degraded once and for all.  …