Looko and CICUTTO Labiennale Archiecturra 2023 “What does it mean to be ‘an agent of change’? (…) Over the past nine months, in hundreds of conversations, text messages, Zoom calls and meetings – stated Lesley Lokko – the question of whether exhibitions of this scale — both in terms of carbon and cost — are justified, has surfaced […]
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La Biennale di Venezia Adriano Pedrosa appointed Curator of Biennale Arte 2024 Giardini and Arsenale, Saturday 20 April > Sunday 24 November 2024 (pre-opening April 17, 18 and 19) Venice, December 15th, 2022 – The Board of La Biennale di Venezia met today on Thursday, December 15th and, upon the recommendation of President Roberto Cicutto, appointed Adriano Pedrosa as Director of the Visual Arts Sector, with the
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Balkrishna Doshi’s studio, Sangath, Photograph: Oliver Wainwright The studio itself marks the point where modernism meets a sophisticated peasantism. Sangath means “working together through participation”: more than just an office, it is a place for research and the exchange of ideas. Doshi designed numerous complexes of housing in both industrial and public sectors such as
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The discipline of art had a total of 3 winners in three distinct categories covering a wide range through which arts is perceived in the contemporary times. Jury citation on INDUS WATER MACHINE | PAK KHAWATEEN: The Pak Khawateen Painting Club’s multimedia research project examines the large scale interventions of mega hydropower dams on the
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The discipline of architecture bagged 4 awards in the ADA AWARDS 3rd cycle. The overall premise of the jury is recorded as: “the only regional architecture awards that builds on the curiosities of the contemporary times enabling the urban, peri-urban and interior design in its umbrella. The awards provide the experimental space for the generation
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The socially responsive award highlights the integrity of communal approach and in impacting lives where the concept and the practice respond to transdisciplinary methodologies of knowledge production with situated understanding through design, aesthetics, sustainability and outreach. Jury citation on PLAYGROUND CENTRAL JAIL (prison) | SAKINA HASSAN JAFRI The charitable nature of the small park for
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Text | Maria Aslam Visuals | Courtesy NORR Dubai During the 21st century, the city of Dubai has become home to some of the most iconic buildings in the world. Often highly individualistic in nature, each of these structures competes for its position as the new icon for a rapidly transforming city. For a visitor
Text & Visuals | Zohreen Murtaza For Pakistani artist Waqas Khan who has been consistently exhibiting internationally, the success of his expansive drawings and the immersive experience he offers thrives in the ambit of experience and the viewer’s presence. The effectiveness and promise of this experience is contingent upon both his use/curation of space and
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Text | Maya Hyder Photography | Fatima Afzal Villa 19 is informed by humble seaside tradition, enriched by natural materiality and inspired by contemporary summer living. A two-bedroom beach hut located at Karachi’s bustling French Beach, is crafted out of the elements – light, air and earth manifesting into tones, textures and forms. This space
Text | Numair AbbasiVisuals | Courtesy Copper & Steel Karachi Curated by multifaceted architect and designer Arshad Faruqui, the exhibition “Something borrowed something new” celebrates the multifarious uses of copper and demonstrates its malleability through the display of art, furniture, home and garden accessories- all produced from this versatile material. Faruqui gathered a cohort of
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