Aug
28
2014Courtyard or Living room. The German exhibit….I loved it. What is inside, what is outside? Highly detailed and beautifully constructed, this exhibit kept toying with you. There were ideas of a building within a building. It was after all the reconstruction of the Chancellor’s Bungalow in Bonn. To see more Venice Bienalle Photographs go here
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12
2014
What better way to have a day out. Riding in the Italian countryside with Mr Merckz To see more Venice Bienalle Photographs go here
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10
2014
A wonderfully contemplative exhibit, the French Pavilion reviewed movement of modern architecture and its ‘Real’ impact on the people of the time…did they find it disappointing? Angular spaces that intersected and allowed circulation that was uninhibited and allowed you to return easily to review an area that now posed new questions. The story was told through […]
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25
2014
Rem Koolhaas…..how does a building go together? ‘Well, it has numerous parts to it’….and these parts have changed over time. Bringing the methods of design and construction down to its simplest forms in terms that people with no Architectural or building knowledge can understand. It is a massive exhibition, exhaustive and details, but simple. My […]
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10
2014
Scales of back-lit glass curving their way down a corridor…sketches imprinted in them. Wild and fluid, not like the rigorously axial projects of Daniel Libeskinds I have visited in the past. The architect notes that he is exploring the changing of the way we design…..the drawing board, paraline, set square are gone and we are […]
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30
2014
The 2014 Brazilian Exhibit is a history lesson. One that you could fundamentally enjoy… We are taken on a chronological visual diary describing the evolution of Brazilian architecture. As you delve further the characters (Architects) who were so prevalent (Burle Max, Niemeyer, etc) to this ‘modern’ movement become more regularly referenced (along with their collaborations), and […]
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28
2014
Set in the middle of a paddock, an orange open sided tent was temporary home for the Australian Exhibit at the 2014 Venice Biennale, constantly engaging with the ‘passer by’. It was just across the creek (canal) from the currently under construction New Australian Pavilion and will open for the 2015 Art Biennale. The exhibit […]
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25
2014
The last two years I’ve been photographing a number of projects in the Canadian North and have become deeply interested in the way in which buildings are resolved in climatic, social and cultural conditions that until my first visit, I had never contemplated. Lateral Office, the curators of this years Canadian Exhibit have been researching, […]
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