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Ai Weiwei is also an Architect

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Mathieu Wellner, our friend and interviewer of mono.kultur #22, will give an introduction to  Ai Weiwei’s work as an architect in Graz tonight. Don’t miss it!
Although Ai Weiwei had already successfully realized more than 60 different building projects, three years ago, he and his team Fake Design decided to take on no further commissions. They had [...]

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ARCHIZINO MILANO

Friday, January 27, 2012

The idea of a traveling magazine library might not be new, but there are few who pursue this with such vigour as Elias Redstone with his Archizines collection, gathering a rather excellent selection of printed matter on architecture. Previously on display at the Architectural Association and now in the permanent collection at the library of [...]

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THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Sometimes the best ideas are the most obvious ones, and you wonder why no one’s thought of them before. For instance, why should bridges be suspended high above the waters they cross? Why not make them on water level? It must have been a moment for excitement for Dutch Ro-Ad architects when they came up [...]

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Hammer and sickle disappear from central Berlin

Monday, November 21, 2011

Aeroflot throws its iconic Berlin signage out with the trash
One of the last hammer and sickle emblems in Berlin has disappeared from its prominent place in the centre of the city.
The hammer and sickle – the symbol of communism and the Soviet Union – was removed from most public buildings across the former [...]

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ARCHIZINES

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Whereas, over in London, Elias Redstone, the founder of the online architectural magazine library Archizines, has curated a show of 60 architectural titles at the renowned Architectural Association, including our almost sold-out issue #18 on MVRDV. Follow his week of guest-posting some of his personal favourites over at It’s Nice That this week, or even [...]

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One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The compulsion to consume, increased monitoring, and continuous traffic expansion will bring fundamental change to the appearance of cities. In 1998, Folke Kobberling and Martin Kaltwasser began implementing their concept of an artistic and architectural aesthetic of resistance to this appropriation. Using ’structural interventions’ in streets, squares, bridges, parks and [...]

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THE OIL TANKS

Friday, September 16, 2011

Tate Modern has announced the opening in 2012 of the first phase of its expansion plan, The Tate Modern Project. In 2005, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned by the Tate to design a new development which would connect Southwark with the Thames and provide much improved open, public space. As part of this development, [...]

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BEING A CROWD

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Stadiums used to be built so that the audience on the stands could feel their numbers and feel the rush of emotions being felt by tens of thousands of people simultaneously. If you’ve never been in a full stadium like this it’s worth trying, you can’t compare it to anything. Big crowds can often be [...]

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HÜTTENPALAST

Monday, August 22, 2011

Want to enjoy some camping-idyll in the middle of Berlin, also during the cold winter? Then the Hüttenpalast might be the perfect hotel for you – offering all the charms of outdoor camping – but inside!
Read the article by Tim Tolsdorff on Spiegel online (German / English) to learn more about these comfort sites under [...]

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WHY FRIDGES?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Films are being shown on fridges, in London. Here’s why.

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