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2 weeks agoWhat to Look Forward to at the Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026: Talks, Installations, and City Interventions
The 2026 edition signals a more structural shift through collaborations with figures such as Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten, positioning the Salone as an evolving cultural infrastructure rather than a conventional trade fair.
Design
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks agoreversible cultural pavilion activates public space in frankfurt 2026
Spain's pavilion for World Design Capital 2026 emphasizes reversible cultural infrastructure and sustainable design through innovative materials and construction methods.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month agowhat if utopia began with the buildings we already have? theaster gates proposes an answer
Theaster Gates realizes Utopia through active community engagement with abandoned urban spaces, transforming them into shared cultural infrastructure through repair and reuse.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month agoComment | Why museum leadership needs to decentralise
Traditional museum leadership models are failing under contemporary pressures, requiring a fundamental shift from centralized, individual authority to distributed, collaborative leadership structures.
Renovation
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1 month agoSnhetta, BIG, and MVRDV Collaborate on New Coastal Neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkiye
Ion Riva is an 84-hectare landscape-led residential community in Istanbul's Beykoz district designed by international and local architects, delivering 969 homes and cultural facilities integrated within an ecological framework by 2027.
New York City
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
1 month agoHistoric Brooklyn Homes Preserved Two Months Ahead Of Schedule
A $4 million restoration of the Hunterfly Road Houses at Weeksville Heritage Center preserved four 19th-century structures representing one of the nation's largest pre-Civil War free Black communities.
Arts
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2 months agoLondon's Brutalist Heritage and Australia's New City: This Week's Review
Architecture increasingly emphasizes social responsibility, adaptive cultural projects, heritage protection, and large-scale urban planning aligning infrastructure, resilience, and long-term civic agendas.
Design
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3 months agoSerpentine Pavilion 2026 and Lina Ghotmeh's House of Performing Arts: This Week's Review
Architecture increasingly functions as public platform and civic infrastructure, addressing cultural, environmental, and social challenges through material, programmatic, and institutional design.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 months agosnhetta plans spiraling galleries with curved glass facades for beijing art museum
A radiating, vision-driven Beijing Art Museum by Snøhetta and BIAD organizes galleries radially above a metro, linking interior exhibitions with surrounding public space.
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3 months agoRecasting Cultural Infrastructure: On AAU Anastas's Aga Khan Award-Winning Wonder Cabinet
Among the 2025 Aga Khan Award winners is AAU Anastas and their project, Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, whose central aim is to serve as a haven for culture and creativity and a bridge between design and production. Beyond this meaningful project, AAU Anastas-working from offices in Bethlehem, Palestine, and Paris, France-has built a broad portfolio since 2015. Notable works include Dar Al Majous, a restoration in Bethlehem that challenges
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Remodel
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3 months agoCultural Venues, Fresh Perspectives on Public Space and One Month until the Winter Olympics: This Week's Review
Shared management models and adaptive reuse redefine public spaces and cultural infrastructure, emphasizing governance, community stewardship, and event-driven urban transformation.
Canada news
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3 months ago'Art in Scarborough is art in Toronto': Artists and supporters say community needs more gallery space | CBC News
Scarborough needs a permanent, large-scale art gallery to showcase local talent, preserve collections, and support donations from local curators and artists.
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4 months agoLondon's National Gallery Expansion and Lina Ghotmeh's Mathaf Campus Project: This Week's Review
This week's architectural news reflects a broad engagement with how institutions, practitioners, and cultural platforms are positioning themselves in relation to both legacy and long-term change. Across museums, galleries, and major cultural events, architecture is being framed as an evolving public infrastructure, one that must respond to expanding collections, shifting curatorial models, and growing expectations around accessibility, sustainability, and civic presence.
Design
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 months agoTaichung's new 'Museumbrary' expands Taiwan's culture credentials
Known as the Taichung Green Museumbrary, the pairing is an ensemble of airy white boxes of varying heights. It consists of eight interconnected structures: three for the Taichung Art Museum, four housing the Taichung Public Library, and one that will be used as offices. The sprawling 58,000 sq. m project is located in the city's 67-hectare Central Park, within a decommissioned military airport.
Arts
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 months agonational black theatre shapes its harlem home within frida escobedo-designed complex
National Black Theatre's new 2,508-square-meter Harlem facility will become a mixed-use, sanctuary-like performing arts hub supporting Black art, community, and economic development by 2027.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
5 months agoiF DESIGN and AIA new york discuss designing culture and community for urban life
Design creates inclusive, welcoming public spaces that serve diverse users and strengthen communities through cultural infrastructure, third spaces, and design-led placemaking.
Renovation
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10 months agoCRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Howeler + Yoon Design Floating Plaza to be Transported from Venice Biennale to COP30 in Brazil
AquaPraça is a floating cultural plaza designed for climate dialogue, adapting to water levels and intended to be a permanent landmark in the Amazon.
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