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Convergence 142 |
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- Ordos Art Museum, Ordos, Inner Mongolia |
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Abitare |
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- 'Invasions in the Landscape' |
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Jury - |
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Design Korea 2007 |
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- Judge for 'Design of the Year' award |
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Architectural Journalist of the Year |
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- IBP Awards 2008 |
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The Independent |
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- '10 Best Architecture Books' |
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1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die |
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- Quintessence Books |
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Interview - |
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Peter Zumthor |
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- 'Everything you think I am, I am not' |
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ICON |
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- 'Activist Architects' |
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Convergence 142 is a conceptual exhibition in Ordos, Inner Mongolia co-curated with Joseph Grima. The show, which opened in summer 2009 and will close in summer 2010, consists of texts of forgotten or secret places from 142 artists and architects. - |
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Aug 2009 - Jul 2010 |
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SZHK09 |
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- Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale |
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Serpentine Gallery |
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- 'Exquisite Diagrams: SANAA Pavilion' |
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Architecture Foundation |
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- Chair: Summer Nights & SZHK Biennale Preview |
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DB (Deutsche Bauzeitung) |
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- 'Letters from the UK' |
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British columnist for German magazine Deutsche Bauzeitung. The column discussed important topics in the UK including the recession, young british architects, Rafael Vignoly and the stark differences between the British and Chinese approach to architecture. - |
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Jan 2008 - Mar 2009 |
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Domus |
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- 'Architecture as Process' |
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Hatch |
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- 'The new architectural generation' |
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Research for a book by Kieran Long, published by Lawrence King. Over 100 of the most interesting and productive young architects, critics & writers make up this popular book designed by Alexander Boxill. - |
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Oct 2008 |
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The title of architectural journalist of the year was awarded for articles published in 2008. The pieces included work by a number of young Norwiegan architects, a profile on Russian architect Alexander Brodsky and a critique on a building by Austrian architects The Next Enterprise. - |
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Nov 2008 |
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ICON |
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- Young Architects |
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Cover story showcasing the 20 best young architects of 2008. This was one of the best selling issues of Icon, giving recognition to a generation of architects under 35 including Bjarke Ingels, Julien De Smedt and MAD. The article also analysed their shared roots in major offices like OMA and institutions across the world. - |
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Apr 2008 |
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ICON |
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- The Manifesto Issue |
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PIN-UP |
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- Junya Ishigami |
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Interview with young minimalist Japanese architect Junya Ishigami for New York-based architecture magazine Pin-Up. - |
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Pin-Up Issue 6/09 |
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Invited to select the 10 best books on architecture for The Independent newspaper. - |
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Sep 2008
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Frame |
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- 'Nobel Intentions' |
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10 page feature on the Nobel Peace Centre designed by David Adjaye, with rooms by artist Chris Offili for Dutch magazine Frame. The article was selected for inclusion in Frame's book, 'Frame, the back issues': 50 exceptional articles on designs and projects that helped shape the magazine'. - |
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Oct 2005 (article) Jul 2006 (book) |
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European curator of the 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of architecture and urbanism. The biennale's theme was 'City Mobilization' and 60 international artists and architects were asked to come to China and create site-specific installations, research and artworks that contributed to or activitated the city and responded to the complex relation-ship between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. - |
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Dec 2009 - Jan 2010
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Architectural critique for Italian publication Abitare discussing the relationship between architecture and nature as the financial crisis leaves the city's extravagent icons exposed. Including work by Vincent Guallarte, Aste Architecture and Charles Barclay architects. The same story was translated and published in the Chinese edition. - |
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Apr 2009 (Italian edition) Nov 2009 (China edition)
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Chaired one of the Architecture Foundation's 'Summer Nights' events, introducing the work of young London practice Glowacka Rennie in 2008, and in 2009 collaborated with AF on a two-night preview of the Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale. Speakers included Bjarke Ingels, Didier Fiuza Faustino, Aberrant Architecture, feld72 and SVESMI. - |
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Aug 2008 (Summer Nights) Nov 2009 (SZHKB Preview)
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An essay on the delicate and diagrammatic work of Japanese architects SANAA for the catalogue accompanying their 2009 Serpentine Pavilion. - |
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Jul 2009
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Synopsis of the topics explored by artists and architects at the Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale, particularly focusing on architecture in the context of a biennale and the capacity of temporary exhibitions to have a long-lasting effect on the city. - |
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Nov 2009 |
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For the 50th issue of Icon, 50 of the most influential thinkers, writers, architects and designers contributed a 250 word manifesto to make one of the most controversial and interesting issues of the magazine. Contributors included Rem Koolhaas, Ken Livingston, Zaha Hadid, Stefan Sagmeister, Yves Behar, Bruce Mau and Peter Saville. - |
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Aug 2007 |
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Cover story introducing and discussing the trend of politically motivated architects who work by pulling and playing with the fabric and systems of cities to bring change. The architects profiled include Teddy Cruz, Stalker and International Festival. - |
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Nov 2009 |
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ICON |
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- 'Wild Norway' |
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An article tracing a week-long road trip around the mountains and fjords of Norway visiting a number of small architectural interventions, belvederes and bridges, published in Icon magazine in November 2008. The structures, designed by young Norwegian architects, are part of a government strategy to improve the tourist routes that wind through the country's most beautiful, untouched mountains and valleys. - |
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Nov 2008
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A rare interview with the reclusive Pritzker-Prize winning architect Peter Zumthor. After travelling to the Swiss mountains and spending time with Zumthor, his studio and his family, the personal story of the revered designer was published in Icon magazine. - |
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Sep 2008 |
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Invited to Seoul for Design Korea 2007 to be part of a team of international jurors including critics, museum directors and design professionals. - |
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Dec 2007 |
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Contributor to the popular series '1001..', writing 30 texts introducing contemporary buildings around the world to a broad international audience. Texts included Brick House designed by Caruso St John, David Adjaye's Dirty House and Peter Zumthor's Kunsthalle in Bregenz. - |
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Dec 2007 |
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Beatrice Galilee |
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- Independent curator & writer |
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