New book: 'Asian Flavours: Creating Architecture for Culinary Culture'

'This book presents the projects of Asian and European architects on both continents, ranging from tea houses and sake bars through to entire restaurants. How are architects adapting and interpreting this cuisine in "our" latitudes? How do they respond to the conditions and cultures in these spaces without simply simulating an "Asian decor"?'

from DETAIL.

browse through the book here.

Chisenhale Art Place Open Weekend 2-4 October

"Join Chisenhale Art Place (Chisenhale Studios, Chisenhale Gallery and Chisenhale Dance Space) for three days of exciting free events as we open the doors of our iconic building to the public. Come and explore!

Chisenhale Studios will have 40 artist studios open over the Friday evening and weekend, plus the inaugural Into the Wild group exhibition. There will also be free workshops, talks and more on Saturday and Sunday.

Chisenhale Gallery presents the first UK solo exhibition by Jumana Manna which features the newly commissioned film A magical substance flows into me (2015) and a number of sculptures. A tour of the exhibition takes place on Saturday at 2pm. 

Chisenhale Dance Space events include a Friday evening performance by Into the Wild artists, and open rehearsals on Saturday and Sunday with groups such as PanicLab, Feet Off the Ground and the Sugar Dandies."

The full programme and times can be found at www.chisenhale.co.uk

ABSENT installation at Shoreditch Town Hall

"A young woman enters a hotel. She is magnetic and compelling, yet strangely detached, as if in a dream; she knows everyone, yet is utterly alone; she has many lovers, but loves no one; she is 18 years old 

- or is she 80?" 

—
ABSENT

A dreamlike installation 

Commissioned by
SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL,
LIFT and LEFTCOAST

SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL
Monday 24 August - Sunday 25 October

Mon - Fri from 6pm | Sat & Sun from 12pm

Tickets

and more about 'ambulatory theater-as-installation' here.

PG 2015: 12-18 September

An exhibition of thesis projects from the MA Architecture; MSc Architecture & Environmental Design and MA Interior Design

PREVIEW

Friday 11 September

6 – 9pm

UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER

Ground Floor Concourse - 35 Marylebone Road

London

NW1 5LS

EXHIBITION CONTINUES DAILY

Saturday 12 September

to Friday 18 September

9am – 9pm

westminster.ac.uk/abe

http://www.westminster.ac.uk/courses/subjects/architecture-and-interiors/postgraduate-courses

Image credit: MA Architecture student Anna Ekonomova

Issei Suma Office

"Behind the crumbling exterior of a 100-year-old cowshed in Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, architect Issei Suma has inserted a glass and steeloffice for a computing company..."

more at dezeen.

Featherweight fibre-reinforced Pavilion by Suttgart University researchers

"The latest in a series of research pavilions in Stuttgart has now been realised. Taking its approach and design from the field of bionics, the 2014/2015 version is inspired by the way in which the diving bell water spider constructs a reinforced air bubble to survive under water....In this year’s case an initially flexible pneumatic formwork was gradually stiffened by reinforcing it with carbon fibres from the inside.

A film on the project and further information can be accessed here."

from DETAIL.

Carston Höller: Decision at the Hayward Gallery 10 June – 6 September 2015

"Over the past 20 years Holler has created devices, vehicles and situations that alter visitors’ physical and psychological states."

"Carsten Höller: Decision is the artist’s largest survey show in the UK to date. Immersing visitors in a series of experimental environments, Höller’s interactive exhibition explores perception and decision making."

Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre
Wednesday 10 June – Sunday 6 September 2015

more here.

Summer Exhibition 2015 at the Royal Academy until 16 August

"For 247 years, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has offered a snapshot of contemporary art – and this year’s exhibition is a riot of colour, variety and discovery with over 1,100 works spilling out from our galleries."

8 June — 16 August

Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm

Friday 10am – 10pm

Royal Academy of Arts

Burlington House, Piccadilly,

London, W1J 0BD

More here.

While you are there check out the Joseph Cornell exhibition as well.

New books: Rough Interiors and Liquid Spaces

"Rough Interiors presents 55 projects whose designers used the existing historic substance as the basis for their creative processes. The magic of patina and traces of the past are maintained and deliberately integrated into the design concept. "

More here.

"Liquid Spaces features a wide spectrum of unconventional environments ranging from experimental installations to complex productions. Each one of these spaces plays with the boundaries of human perception, triggering sensual encounters that activate the senses in surprising ways."

More here.

DnA Episode: Zombie Urbanism

A recent episode of LA-based podcast DnA asks:

"What happens when residential real estate is treated like a safe deposit box? DnA explores the urban impact of global investment in high end homes -- in London, New York and L.A." 

Listen here.

and read more about 'zombie urbanism' in London here.

Camberwell Postgraduate Summer Show 2015, 16 Jul - 22 Jul 2015

Show includes examples of MA work from Book Arts, Designer Maker,Fine Art Digital, Illustration and Printmaking

Location:
Camberwell College of Arts
45-65 Peckham Road, London
SE5 8UF

open to general public:
Friday 17 July - 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Saturday 18 July - 11.00 am - 5.00 pm
Sunday 19 July - Closed
Monday 20 July - 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Tuesday 20 July - 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Wednesday 22 July - 10.00 am - 5.00 pm

more here.

Westminster Interior Architecture at Re_Work: Interior Educators UK

                      

Interior Architecture students from the University of Westminster exhibited their work in custom made  'inserts' and books placed into the interiors of drawers taken from studio plan chests. Re_Work was an exhibition by Interior Educators UK for interior architecture, design and spatial design students from all UK member courses. It was held at Free Range, Truman Brewery, East London, July 9 -13 2015.