architecture
Highlights
Look Up London
Look up London! – London is full of surprises. One of the biggest surprises is how much fascinating design, art and detail there is above our line of sight that we have never noticed. As a participant in a Look Up London walk, you get the chance to see London’s Skyline in close up. Every participant gets their
• Museo Barda del Desierto
Barda del Desierto Museum (mBDD) is an open-air contemporary art museum in Northern Patagonia. Visitors walk through the steppe landscape, accessing site-specific digital works via QR codes, linking art, architecture, territory, and technology.
Demolition Project, by Alisa Oleva and Debbie Kent
The Demolition Project (A-Z) involves a giant map of the city and an invitation to participants to demolish whatever they want – to cut out buildings, streets or entire areas. In return they must supply their reasons for the destruction, whether these are ideological, aesthetic or autobiographical. At the end, the result is a map
Rock up to London: discovering stones and fossils from around the world on an urban geology tour | London holidays | The Guardian
The city’s architecture travels through time and continents, incorporating everything from slabs of the Italian Alps to meteorites that hit southern Africa 2bn years ago Source: Rock up to London: discovering stones and fossils from around the world on an urban geology tour | London holidays | The Guardian
• Fen-Ma Liuming Walks the Great Wall
Fen·Ma Liuming Walks the Great Wall is a performance in which Ma Liuming’s alter-ego casually walks and climbs the Great Wall of China, completely nude, expressing a critical stance against the rigid social structures and conventions symbolized by th
Plaza Cisneros
Plaza Cisneros revitalized Medellín’s Guayaquil sector through urban renewal and heritage-sensitive design. Its Forest of Light and Shadow—300 light towers—transforms the square into a civic landmark, hosting daily life and major events like the 2018 Medellín Marathon.
120 Doors Pavillion
The 120 Doors Pavilion in Concepción, Chile, consists of steel tubes supporting wooden doors arranged in five perimeters. It explores spatial limits and transitions, using doors to challenge definitions of space, temporality, and boundaries in architecture and art.
Scratching Both Walls at Once
In Scratching Both Walls at Once, Rebecca Horn extends her “Finger Gloves,” creating longer versions to scratch the walls of her studio while walking. The performance, filmed by Horn, explores the relationship between body and space, continuing her evolving “Personal Art” series.
Walking pieces
Tilted Arc
In 1981, Richard Serra’s Tilted Arc was installed in Federal Plaza, NYC, to engage pedestrians by disrupting the space. Opposed by workers who claimed it obstructed movement, the sculpture was removed in 1989. The controversy led to policy changes and the Visual Artists Rights Act.
Temporary Occupations
The work explores social space through video, installation, and performance, highlighting how bodies interact with and subvert urban codes. Temporary Occupations captures acts of resistance in public spaces, revealing and questioning architectural and social boundaries.
Homeless Vehicle
Homeless Vehicle was designed for homeless people in New York and Philadelphia in the late 1980s, providing mobility, shelter, and storage while addressing their survival needs and highlighting the social and political neglect of marginalized communities.
Articles on WLC
Take a 2-Hour Walking Tour Through New York City: Architects Reveal the Secrets Behind Its Most Iconic Buildings | Open Culture
New York isn’t the oldest city in the United States of America, and it certainly isn’t the newest. But it is, quite possibly, the American city where more layers of history coexist than any other, a quality that manifests most vividly in its built environment. Source: Take a 2-Hour Walking Tour Through New York City:
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10 Art Deco Buildings to See in Mumbai: A Simple Guide for Your Next Walk
Mumbai’s old cinemas, sea-facing homes and soft pastel façades still hold the quiet rhythm of the 1930s. As the Art Deco Alive! festival wraps up, these 10 buildings offer a gentle reminder to pause, look up and let the city’s design stories guide your next walk. Source: 10 Art Deco Buildings to See in Mumbai:
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Cuba’s Distinctive Architecture Glows in Vibrant Photos by James Kerwin — Colossal
“My aim is to preserve the atmosphere of these places before they change, are restored, or disappear entirely,” Kerwin says. Source: Cuba’s Distinctive Architecture Glows in Vibrant Photos by James Kerwin — Colossal
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Articles elsewhere
Hétérophonies
Suite à un récent échange avec un ami, je me (re)pose la question de lieux que je qualifierais d’« hétérophoniques », ou d’« hétérosoniques ». Ces lieux qui proposent des espaces complexes, tissés à plusieurs voix, des espaces sonores autres, en s’inspirant du concept d’hétérotopie de Michel Foucault. Ces espaces d’écoute juxtaposent « en un seul lieu plusieurs espaces-temps, incompatibles […]
PAS – Parcours Audio Sensible à Chevaline la Combe d’Ire, Festival des Cabanes
Desartsonnants pose les oreilles à la Combe d’Ire, tout près de Faverges, dans un magnifique paysage haut-savoyard.Il est invité, dans le cadre du Festival des cabanes d’Annecy, par Studio Forum Le bruit de la neige, ceux-là mêmes qui organisent le Prix international de composition électroacousique Luigi Russolo. Le site choisi est absolument superbe. Une petite […]
Windows to the city
I’ve been thinking about windows. Since I moved cities, I’ve been thinking about windows. And looking at and through them. Through this looking, I move forward with time, sometimes attempt to hold it still, and at other times, let it take me elsewhere, to a time that has passed or is perhaps waiting for me. Some windows and their views remind me of other windows in other places, including windows that live in books and films, all real because of the feelings they evoke and the meanings they reveal or don’t. I write this piece as live in a new city, with curiosity and hesitation, looking at it through its windows and through the other windows these open up.… Continue reading Windows to the city →
Iron Knob
When I made a quick visit to the Eyre Peninsula in late 2023 with Maleko, our standard poodle, we camped overnight at Iron Knob in the Middleback Range. I wanted to spend some time walking around this old mining town to see what was left. I had briefly visited it in passing a decade or […]
Events
Talking Townscape
A walk to mark the life and influence of Gordon Cullen, architect, illustrator and visual urbanist, born in August 1914. Writing in the Architectural Review, Gordon Cullen encapsulated the concept of visual coherence and organisation of our urban environment, under the theme of ‘townscape’. He wrote a seminal book with the title ‘Townscape’ published in 1961. Some have argued that
• Grief, Loss and Place – a discussion & audio walk
Join Lancaster Arts for a conversation about grief and place followed by an audio walk featuring women in Lancaster talking about their experiences of grief, created by artist Fabiola Santana. Following the walk, there will be an opportunity for further shared reflection over refreshments back at the Library – feel free to engage with all or just
• Audio Tour of Rockefeller Center’s Contemporary Wonders
Join us on an audio walking tour led by artists, chefs and architects through Rock Center to discover its hidden wonders. Your movements unlock audio stories about the neon lights above, the labyrinths below, and everything in between. These are the final days to experience current contemporary wonders like Tin & Ed’s Life Forces and
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