Article

A Barn Reborn

Photo Kuvatoimisto Kuvio / Anders Portman Weathered wooden planks from an old barn inspired Avanto Architects to design a pitch black facade. The seemingly simple storage building for whiskey barrels required material testing and novel thinking.

Interview

Dressing the Icon

Anna & Eugeni Bach, Mies Missing Materiality, 2018. Photo Adrià Goula The Finnish-Spanish architect duo Anna and Eugeni Bach are active cultural operators in Barcelona.

Project Review

A Light New Seedbed

Photo Tuomas Uusheimo As something of a novelty amongst Helsinki’s shopping destinations, Garden offers a new kind of space for Finnish fashion and design. The architectural design plays an exceptionally strong role in the retail concept.

Book

Long-awaited History of the Luminaire Factory

The new book presents the history of Orno chronologically via its designers.

Article

We Need Utopias – German professor on Bauhaus centennial

In Bauhaus centennial, professor Harald Kegler sees missed opportunities of reaching out more than only opening new exhibitions.

Book

Slow Thinking

Conversations about Sculpture includes thirteen thematic conversations on sculptor Richard Serra’s life and work.

Article

The Bauhaus Is Dead, Long Live the Bauhaus!

For the celebrations of the Bauhaus centennial, three German cities are opening and building new Bauhaus museums. The feedback on the projects has been controversial, reports Korbinian Schütze.

Column

Beauty Matters – Just Like Love, It’s Real

Architects should start talking about beauty again and find new definitions for it, suggests Yael Reisner, the main curator of TAB 2019.

Article

100 Years of Bauhaus School and the Need for New Perspectives

Anja Neidhardt brings into question the complicated history of Bauhaus and introduces new interpretations that broaden our understanding of the design school.