This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Let’s Move in the City transforms the concrete interior into a lively and dynamic space adorned with objects inspired by athletic settings Various colorful installations depicting elements typically found in sports fields invite visitors to interact with the structures and unleash their inner child the exhibition hosts a collection of archive images With the approaching Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Let’s Move in the City! explores themes crucial to territorial strategies and important to the philosophy of the Paris-based firm It particularly focuses on two design approaches: low-carbon construction and reuse sport represents a unique program of architectural creation that contributes to urban improvement It serves as a means of promoting social and generational diversity The team seeks to challenge traditional institutional forms of sports spaces by integrating low-carbon solutions like wood into their thinking the exhibition dialogues with the architecture of the Saint-Peter’s Church on Le Corbusier site in Firminy | image © Fondation Le Corbusier The exhibition was developed in collaboration with Francois-Emmanuel Vigneau eleven students from ENSASE collaborated with DREAM during a three-week on-site workshop to assist with the exhibition’s setup DREAM aims to offer visitors accessible scientific insights into the future prospects and challenges of sports in the city the exhibition addresses topics such as health and the environment | image © Camille Gharbi colorful installations juxtapose with the concrete interior | image © Pierre Desrumeaux SN and photographers | image © Camille Gharbi name of the exhibition: Let’s move in the city design: DREAM | @dream_dimitriroussel in collaboration with Dimitri Roussel and Francois-Emmanuel Vigneau location: Le Corbusier’s Saint-Peter church in Firminy AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Although it was designed as a religious structure, the church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, France, looks more like a cross between an alien spaceship and a lopsided telescope circular windows dotting the wall above the pulpit like a constellation of stars allowing thin streams of light into an otherwise darkened room eschewed the established architectural tradition and became a pioneer of a more modern style that emphasized efficiency and utility over pure aesthetics Due to its affordability and structural flexibility Le Corbusier utilized concrete in many of his works boasting grey walls that gradually slant upward as if teasing the eye towards the sky.  Completed 41 years after the death of Le Corbusier Saint-Pierre was the last work to be constructed by the famous architect it has been used as everything from a shelter to a school it serves as a cultural venue in its community Visitors to the area can enjoy not only the church but also numerous other buildings in the surrounding neighborhood that were designed by Le Corbusier from a stadium to a housing complex.  It's included in various tours that visit multiple arious Le Corbusier sites in the area the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside These pillars at the main entrance of this church are actually a hidden musical instrument A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade geometric church beautifully embodies the Tapatía school of architecture Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen Brussels-based artist Xavier Delory has completed the last in his series of fanciful visualizations: “Pilgrimage Along Modernity.” After “vandalizing” Ville Savoye and transforming La Chapelle Notre-Dame du Haut with color, Brussels-based artist Xavier Delory has completed the final visualization in his series “Pilgrimage Along Modernity.” The set of images entitled “Eglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy: Post-mortem,” imagines the Le Corbusier-designed church in a state of abject disrepair Read Delory’s description of the building’s history and see his images below Subscribe to our mailing list to receive the latest updates subscription deals delivered straight to your inbox You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email more than 25 buyers have a rare chance to own a piece of his direct design legacy Paris-based auction house Artcurial is putting over one hundred metal sconces designed by the architect on the block today all of which were previously housed in one of his historic public housing complexes The lights were salvaged in 2004 from the building in Firminy Firminy underwent a substantial population boom after World War II To cope with community and industry changes tapped close friend Le Corbusier to completely overhaul the town's design Firminy's urban planning was turned over to the pioneering modernist architect in what was likely a dream project for the man who famously said "To create architecture is to put in order Function and objects." Le Corbusier now had the opportunity to create A colorful hallway of Le Corbusier's unité d’habitation in Firminy and massive public housing unit were all constructed under his vision Though perhaps not the most glamorous of his contributions to Firminy the public housing unit best exemplifies Le Corbusier's architectural and urban planning vision—a functional modernist space that improved the living conditions of a crowded city Though he previously designed housing units in four other European cities (Marseille this unité d’habitation was his largest and most sophisticated Le Corbusier laid the first bricks of the buildings with Firminy's mayor in May 1965 before his death three months later His studio followed through with the completion of the buildings One of Le Corbusier's sconces from the unité d’habitation head of the design department at Artcurial explains how the auction house acquired the sconces the public housing company made some significant renovation work including the replacement of all light fixtures that were not reaching the new standards anymore," he says And though there are 440 flats total in the housing unit Berard says that only 130 remained intact enough to use today all of which will be up for grabs through Artcurial "The sconces are really linked to the plastic vocabulary of Le Corbusier," Berard notes "simple but with a really sophisticated design." Sold in pairs each sconce is estimated to fetch between $671 and $895 Though a monument in its own right, the "unité d’habitation" is still used as public housing today. (In 2016, the building was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its cultural significance and to honor Le Corbusier's legacy.) It's a legacy that undoubtedly endures. Your independent source for Harvard news since 1898 Renée Green set up grids of images for Code Survey .. Courtesy of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts/Harvard University/Renée Green and viewing pods for her installation Media Bichos Still courtesy of Renée Green/Free Agent Media about her residency at Le Corbusier’s housing complex in Firminy Still courtesy of Renée Green/Free Agent Media Many who work in and around the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts have a weird relationship with the French modernist architect who designed it Le Corbusier is a mythic figure for Harvard’s art students: his notoriety when combined with the loudness of his architecture means that making art able to hold its own in the building feels like shouting over a lawnmower.  and MIT professor Renée Green has been making work at the Carpenter Center during a two-year residency—enough time to get to know the space intimately She has set up colorful modular viewing stations for displaying videos installed grids of images of California infrastructure “I’ve used spaces that I wouldn’t ordinarily imagine would be used,” she says “more interstitial spaces”—under the stairs in the basement in a corner of what is now the bookstore at the top of the building’s ramp “Within Living Memory”(on view through April): she gets the whole place to herself it contains works made in the past decade and spanning many media Gravitating around themes of habitation and displacement the show highlights projects reflecting her attention to modernist architecture.  Renée GreenPhotograph courtesy of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts/Harvard University/Renée Green Green’s last encounter with Le Corbusier was in 1993 to live in a half-deserted housing unit that had been part of his multi-site modernist residential concept She reflects on that (literal) residency in Secret a rarely shown trio of videos on view in “Within Living Memory”; her new moving-image work considers the Carpenter Center alongside his only other built structure in the Western hemisphere: Casa Curutchet “oddly peripheral” in contrast with Le Corbusier’s imaginings Green is fascinated by the wide gap between his dreams for the Americas—re-doing entire cities—and what he actually managed to build Green has a long-term interest in modernist architecture: her essay film Begin Again to “think with” the eponymous West Hollywood house built by the Austrian-American architect R.M Designed to facilitate an experimental and communal lifestyle the building gave rise to the California strain of modernist architecture The film begins with a deep rumble of a voice announcing Begin again,”where every “again” is a little more electric and each beginning has a little more weight The voice tallies every year from Schindler’s birth in 1887 until the film’s own making in 2015; shots of the house and surrounding nature are punctuated by archival footage of twentieth-century commercial and military activity are Schindler’s words and buildings differently experienced 60 years after his death Another recent work continues this line of inquiry into how ideas and built structures move across time and space engages with the life of German filmmaker Harun Farocki whose work explicitly reflected on the medium’s political potency The script of ED/HF is a collage of both Farocki’s and Green’s writings on lived space interspersed with quotations from poets Rainer Maria Rilke and Paul Celan But all this is voiced by a single narrator: hearing the uncited audio to tell where Farocki ends and Green begins who calls the piece “a film as a conversation,” says She and Farocki exhibited together until his unexpected death in 2014 and so she sought out his personal writings as source material for the script “When a person is dead you can imagine what you like,” says the narrator of ED/HF if you can find it.” The process of writing the script seems like a kind of verbal knitting: she wove his voice into her own.  Begin Again are about considering a lifespan,” she says Modernist buildings like the Carpenter Center were not built to last longer than 100 years—not that much longer than a human life She’s fascinated with what will happen if they last longer.  Green’s creations are sensitive not only to longevity but also to how quickly “right now” becomes “just a moment ago.” Her work articulates a desire to be attentive to the passage of time She’s titled her residency “Pacing,” suggesting how the work of these two years has been cumulative and all of them address the Carpenter Center: “I can do [the work of the residency] over time in different ways She’s very aware of his glossy notoriety: “He was very engaged with creating his archive and having some kind of trace of everything he ever did,” she says he had failures and false starts and a list of projects he didn’t get to She’s interested in the architect—as with Farocki and Schindler—as a human being AD Leave a rating/comment#ArchitectureBack to ArticlesSHARE Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English You can get in touch with Brendan by emailing b.cole@newsweek.com or follow on him on his X account @brendanmarkcole either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A witness has spoken of his horror at seeing two women flung out of a carousel in France in a fatal accident that has raised questions about safety at funfairs The Sky Flyer ride was part of the annual Vogue Des Noix funfair attracting around 100,000 people to the Loire town of Firminy But it turned to tragedy at around 2:20 p.m when a 23-year-old mother-of-two from the Indian Ocean French territory of Mayotte and her 20-year-old companion were flung from a seat on the attraction The swing was heading downwards when it hit another carousel next to it causing the two women to fall around 45 feet onto concrete The other woman is in a critical condition in hospital Patrick, 61, who only gave his first name, told Le Progres: "I'm traumatized I raised my head and I saw the two girls fall Initial reports suggest that strong winds might have been to blame, but the St Etienne prosecutor David Charmatz said that the accident was probably caused by the two rides being so close to each other, Le Parisien reported. He added that there appeared to be no mechanical fault to blame because the equipment was "subject to monitoring and regular checks." The fair was closed to the public on Wednesday and the mayor of Firminy said that a decision would be made soon on whether to re-open it which hosts the biggest city center carnival in France "The spaces between each attraction have been studied to the millimeter "Yet this was the first year that these two rides were placed next to each other," he said adding that it was "a decision that has cost the life of a young 23-year-old woman who is a mother of two children." Police have opened a "homicide and unintentional injuries" investigation. Counselors and medical support staff are offering help to witnesses of the accident and its victims' families, Le Figaro reported. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all Photos of desserts on the cover: @pavonitalia Dior and Yves Saint Laurent evoke the Haute Couture of the Ville Lumière Cédric Grolet's belongs to Parisian Haute Patisserie A 38-year-old native of Firminy - in the Loire region - Grolet boasts a palmares to make anyone envious to train in the workshops of the famous boulangerie Fauchon the young pastry chef quickly took off and landed at the hotel "Le Meurice" in the role of head pastry chef at Alain Ducasse's Michelin-starred restaurant "Working at Le Meurice has contributed tremendously to my career. One of the benefits of operating in a luxury hotel and alongside an exceptional chef like Monsieur Ducasse, is to relate to diners who want something truly excellent and extraordinary and are open to innovation. For a pastry chef this is challenging and stimulating in equal measure," he tells Falstaff Travel Cedric conquers even the most discerning palates quickly becoming a leading pastry chef internationally he was named Best Pastry Chef of the Year by Le Chef; in 2017 he was Best Pastry Chef for Gault & Millau; and in 2018 he won Best Pastry Chef in the World at The World's 50 Best Awards 2018 is also the year he opens his first shop: "Le Meurice Cédric Grolet" on rue de Castiglione in Paris to be followed by "Cédric Grolet Opéra" in 2019 "Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley," inside the 5-star hotel between Hyde Park and the Knightsbridge neighborhood in London in 2022 then flying to Singapore in the luxurious "COMO Metropolitan" hotel Although tasting his creations - real works of art - that reproduce fake flowers and fruits in trompe-l'oeil is anything but cheap the lines outside his bakeries are endless In addition to winning over gourmands and gluttons the world over has become a veritable online social phenomenon a matter that simultaneously attracts and disturbs many people there are many who accuse him of paying more attention to aesthetics than to taste One should never assume that people are stupid They don't rush into my stores just because the cakes are a great Instagram opportunity I pay more attention to images than when I started using Instagram eight years ago but I would never add something or take something else away just to improve the appearance of a cake That's the way it always has been and always will be." and I will continue to make my desserts with the fresh ingredients I have always used what has abounded so far are cakes with colored icings Grolet's professional life has undergone a revolution and he admits that he can compare himself to a designer: "Yes Most of my creations are made by my team; instead particularly if we are shooting for television but that remains a completely secondary aspect at the moment," the king of pastry chefs concludes Do 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pagna cookies policy The colombian finishes 20th at 42" of Lutsenko (APT) who wins a tight TT ahead of his teamate I Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde end up 46th and 49th with more than a minute Short but hilly TT that began to shape the GC of this Dauphiné with the main GC contenders along the best times Miguel Ángel López was the fastest of our guys finishing in a promising 20th position that makes him a candidate for the GC due to the upcoming mountain stages he’s 14th on the GC at 43″ of Postlberger (BOH) who kept the yellow jersey today Enric Mas conceded 1’15” while Alejandro Valverde lost a couple seconds more (1’17”) they are now 26th and 24th respectively on the GC High mountain will take another stage to come as we’ll have a typical mid mountain stage tomorrow with 5 climbs and 175,4 km between Saint-Chamond and Saint-Vallier Cover picture (c): BettiniPhoto We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences the brussels-based artist continues the series with this latest opus: ‘eglise saint-pierre de firminy: post-mortem’ the project envisions le corbusier’s saint-pierre church in the french region of firminy decaying beyond recognition its light concrete façade concealed behind a layer of grime and soot delory has hidden the exterior of the landmark behind a dirty distorting its exiting architectural qualities and rendering it in a state of neglect and ruination. ‘what is left of the utopia,’ delory questions ‘the better future that the modern movement promised us at the beginning of the 20th century are the sole vestiges of all that remains of this movement.’ west view of eglise saint-pierre de firminy construction on the original structure began in 1970 five years after le corbusier’s death due to budgetary and political complications the project’s realization was remarkably prolonged only the substructure was built — for 30 years remained severed from the rest of the building. in 1993 the town of firminy became keen to the cultural and touristic interest in the building and work resumed in 2004 under the control of the le corbusier foundation and the direction of josé oubrerie who had assisted le corbusier in the project’s design. the building finally opened its doors in 2006 and stands as a witness to the architectural ingenuity of le corbusier delroy renders the east view of the structure  the artist hides the southeast view of the landmark behind a dirty coat  the north view is rendered in a state of neglect and ruination the studio invites visitors to question the concept of housing and how it responds to our essential needs ‘The Field of possibilities’ examines the connection between body and mind.All images by Döppel Studio unless stated otherwise The initial idea of the project started with reinterpretations of the Cabanon in Roquebrune-Cap Martin Considering as an icon of modern architecture it’s rather uneasy to confront it and try to give a new performance of this micro-architecture that is now elevated to the rank of an artwork the studio offers a new personal and innovative version corresponding to today’s lifestyles and societal challenges Swinging between objects, architecture, and clothing to live in, the installations are dressed in yellow jackets in agricultural tarpaulin stuffed with cereal waste for the harvest period. According to the design team, ‘The Field of possibilities’ is like Le Corbusier’s tiny home it leads to reflection on essential things as a refuge for body and mind The studio opted to embed the installations in the countryside coming in contrast to the exceptional location where the Cabanon was built — a natural site over the Mediterranean Sea in an unoccupied landscape planted with ephemeral straw castles the cabins encourage its user to nomadism and question the notion of comfort Although the location was a radical choice the function is maintained the same as Le Corbusier’s project This leisure micro-architecture can meet our needs for shelter sleep and work as evidenced by the present furniture Image by Alexandra Rio — Les formes associées name: The Field of possibilities designer: Döppel Studio designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. See more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: christina petridou | designboom Hélène Binet’s work reinterprets the buildings she photographs transcending the representation of reality to be exhibited as a work of art proper Born in Switzerland and currently living in London it was during her period of studies in Rome when Daniel Libeskind encouraged her to introduce architecture in her art Since then the photographer has worked with the most prominent contemporary architects stripping their works of functional content to capture their purely artistic dimension When seeing the images collected in the following pages no one will think about the tourists who walk along the path of Dimitris Pikionis to the Acropolis about the signs that guide us through the Kolumba Diocesan Museum by Peter Zumthor or about the highways surrounding the Strasbourg station by Zaha Hadid because Hélène Binet’s photography has the ability to isolate the volumes and shapes by materializing their textures and turning the perception of space into an interplay of light and shadow the book Composing Space: The Photographs of Hélène Binet is a limited edition of a monograph on the work of Hélène Binet featuring the works of architects such as Peter Zumthor At the Gabrielle Ammann Gallery in Cologne the exhibition of Hélène Binet ‘Selected Works’ could be visited until 28 October 2011 The show includes a selection of the photographer’s work from 1999 to 2011 the Kolumba Diocesan Museum and the LFone pavilion are courtesy of the gallery AV Proyectos 46: Sports Hélène Binet transfers the intensity of architectural space to her photographs by focusing on reflections lights and shadows to express her personal point of view Hélène Binet captures the elegance of the gestures behind the extravagant forms characteristic of Zaha Hadid’s architecture accentuating the volumes in tune with the intensity of light there arent any match using your search terms This is the question that has made headlines thanks to a combination of events the opening of the grand exhibition that the Centre Pompidou in Paris devotes to Le Corbusier on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his death; on the other hand the publication of three books with nothing in common but having put on the table the French-Swiss master’s sympathies for fascism and his attempts to work with the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.. By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy As the fashion world continues to mourn the loss of Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton is ensuring that the late work of their creative director is not forgotten. As a precursor to the official Fall/Winter 2022 collection the French luxury fashion house has unveiled the second part of Pre-Fall 2022 The collection continues to exemplify and carry on Abloh’s design philosophy When explaining the purpose behind his pre-collection approach and clothing line “My philosophy is very much informed by the clothes that people actually wear What I do is an analysis of a generation: what do people buy and why do they wear it That question naturally creates an equal interest in tradition as it does in changing tradition But it’s also about challenging myself and exploring different land 07-18-2016FAST FEED The selection spans seven countries and 50 years of the modernist’s renowned career BY Meg Miller were chosen for their influence on architecture’s modernist movement at the turn of the 20th century The chosen sites were built over the course of 50 years of Le Corbusier’s practice and include some of the Franco-Swiss architect’s most renowned works is on the list; Le Corb was tapped to build the concrete government building complex in 1950 soon after India’s independence from colonial rule Also included is the Brutalist masterpiece Unité d’habitation in Marseille the self-contained housing project that exemplified the architect’s idea that the house is “a machine for living in.” La Villa Savoye also made the cut–another example of a home built for efficiency and nothing more than the necessities The blocky white modernist villa in Poissy that was meant to be a modern take on a French country house The list also covers the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo All 17 buildings “reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20th century to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society,” UNESCO writes “These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet.” Under UNESCO, the sites will be protected and preserved by international law. Le Corbusier joins other famous modernist architects whose work is under UNESCO protection, such as the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates by German architects like Bruno Taut See more about the Le Corbusier masterpieces now on the World Heritage list in the slide show above The final deadline for Fast Company’s Brands That Matter Awards is Friday, May 30, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today. Meg Miller is an associate editor at Co.Design covering art, technology, and design. More Fast Company & Inc © 2025 Mansueto Ventures Fastcompany.com adheres to NewsGuard’s nine standards of credibility and transparency. Learn More Barcelona-based architect Federico Babina has commemorated 33 well-known architects—among the honored are Charles Eames, Norman Foster, Frank Lloyd Wright and Rem Koolhaus—in illustrated portrait series titled "Archiportrait." The illustrations present themselves as mini puzzles featuring famed staircases any renowned architectural form you can think of is hidden with these faces While we've cracked (parts of) nine portraits for you there are still 24 left open for your own interpretations "I tried to develop an expressive and allusive abstraction in which I combined planar structures with three-dimensional shapes to achieve a kind of metaphysical expression." The Gherkin in London serves Foster well as a nose in his illustrationMy favorite: Kazuyo Sejima's portrait whose hair mimics the curves of her Serpentine Gallery Pavilion design from 2009 and outfit sports the same haphazard window pattern of the Zollverein School of Management and Design: Nouvel's award-winning redesign of Port of Vigo in Spain doubles as an earKoolhaus' nostrils channel the CCTV Building in BeijingTo see a full archive of Babina's illustrations, visit his website Via Dezeen Test it out; it only takes a single click to unsubscribe Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) is an international hub of creative minds CARD 79 gives form to future states by converging strategy Fresco supports world-class brands with world-class design DesignThink is a full service product development group focused on defining We partner with teams to deliver fresh thinking and award winning products for passionate audiences... Barcelona-based architect Federico Babina has commemorated 33 well-known architects—among the honored are Charles Eames, Norman Foster, Frank Lloyd Wright and Rem Koolhaus—in illustrated portrait series titled \"Archiportrait.\" The illustrations present themselves as mini puzzles featuring famed staircases \"I tried to develop an expressive and allusive abstraction in which I combined planar structures with three-dimensional shapes to achieve a kind of metaphysical expression.\" Nouvel's award-winning redesign of Port of Vigo in Spain doubles as an earKoolhaus' nostrils channel the CCTV Building in BeijingTo see a full archive of Babina's illustrations, visit his website Via Dezeen Don't have an account? Join Now Already have an account? Sign In Please enter your email and we will send an email to reset your password This year’s must-see shows range from a Nordic Pavilion exploring transgender spaces to a compelling Lebanese project confronting the realities of ecocide Frieze returns to The Shed in May with more than 65 of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries and the acclaimed Focus section led by Lumi Tan The first in a new five part series: the frieze editors select the most significant shows from the past 25 years frieze magazine celebrates its 25th birthday this year and to mark the occasion we are looking back at the best exhibitions over that period Perhaps it took us too long to admit that selecting the ‘best’ exhibitions from the past 25 years is an impossible task frieze has reviewed upwards of 6,000 shows over 181 issues pulling in the opinions of writers from almost every corner of the globe we find ourselves asking: what determines the ‘best’ anyway The ambition of the small or the pull of the large Those shows commemorating the forgotten greats What we have ended up with is ‘Best in Show’: a series of five lists (We will post one per week over the next five weeks.) These lists with links to the original reviews for those covered in frieze present a (frankly microscopic) overview of what are the most significant exhibitions from the last quarter century have made an indelible impact on contemporary art – a field as ever-changing as it is wonderfully indefinable There will inevitably be omissions (the fact that the frieze offices are split between London this is a testament to the continued dedication to innovative exhibition making that has fascinated us for 25 years and counting.  Mike Kelley, ‘Catholic Taste’ David Rimanelli: ‘No longer do we live in a period in which we can confidently predicate the radicality of form as a necessary concomitant of radical content the cri de coeur of both the forthrightly agitprop and ironically subversive historical avant-gardes Distrusting agitprop no less than idealistic formalism Kelley has frequent recourse to debased vernacular expression (Here is my opportunity to rehash the high-low dichotomy 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979' Frazer Ward: 'I saw a Hermann Nitsch CD in a music store the other day there has been a lot of interest in performance art There have been books (and more are coming) academic conferences and exhibitions of older works - or their documentation - especially from the 60s and 70s younger contemporary artists (Janine Antoni impressive exhibition at Los Angeles' MoCA 'Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object Project Unité curated by Christian Philipp Müller and Yves Aupetitallot (Unité d’Habitation James Roberts: ‘Turn right at the drug rehabilitation centre left at the unfinished church and go straight past the empty concrete sports stadium and you arrive at Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation in the small Situated on a hillside overlooking the town the Unité is one of five such Le Corbusier projects in France and comprises the apartment building itself Symptomatic of most utopian housing projects the North Wing of the apartment block was condemned and evacuated in 1983,since when it has remained unoccupied and shut off from the outside world.’ Whitney Biennial Hanhardt and Thelma Golden (Whitney Museum of American Art Laura Cottingham: ‘The reception of the 1993 Whitney Biennial the so-called politically correct or multicultural biennial has been characterized by a consistent and familiar refrain the negative chorus goes something like this: “There's no beauty!” ‘Minky Manky’ curated by Carl Freedman (South London Gallery James Roberts: 'Freedman was co-organizer of a series of exhibitions at London's Building One - 'Modern Medicine' 'Gambler' and 'Market' - that showcased the work of Hirst and his contemporaries of the 'Freeze' generation That was five years ago and inevitably 'Minky Manky' will be seen as a five-years-on cum where-are they-now the show is as much about who is included as what they are represented by What is made startlingly clear is how far the debate has moved on and its references shifted in such a short time; how so much work from the recent past - and present - can seem so thoroughly.. The most revealing quality of 'Minky Manky' is seeing who can accept growing older and still retain an element of surprise and engagement with their work.' Paris); ‘Helter Skelter: LA Art in the 1990s’ LA); 1st Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Belgium); ‘Chris Marker: a Video Selection’ From a group show on the psychological and philosophical dimensions of combat in Turin to Isa Melsheimer’s enchanted ceramics in Vienna The director of Neue Nationalgalerie speaks to frieze editor-in-chief Andrew Durbin about Just Stop Oil here are five unmissable exhibitions to see this autumn From Samuel Fosso’s thousand faces at The Walther Collection to a Heidi Bucher retrospective at Muzeum Susch, Zernez who recently joined the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum discusses how her training as an architect and experiences in activism inform her curatorial practice The 19th edition curated by Eoin Dara sees artists pen love letters in Ireland through conversations about cruising Amidst a global pandemic during his first year as Haus der Kunst's artistic director Lissoni speaks about how the museum communicates with the world at large and what it means to be in dialogue with the past and present  Beneath the slick surface appearance of the National Gallery of Victoria’s blockbuster exhibition is a timid exploration of Australia’s colonial legacy How are galleries and institutions adapting to the art world's 'new normal' What’s on in Europe this fortnight: from Rosemary Mayer’s fabric sculptures in Berlin to Isaac Julien’s homage to Lina Bo Bardi in Rome The artist and Tiona Nekkia McClodden discuss grounding their work in African Diasporic histories How Blackness shaped the look of queer modernism One of the longest running art institutions in Ghana thrives by building networks between artists and the local community aims to connect local and international artists amidst a critical and commercial surge of interest in Ghana © FRIEZE 2025 Cookie Settings | Do Not Sell My Personal Information Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. 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Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Situated on the very top of le corbusier’s cité radieuse in marseille — built between 1945 and 1952 — ora ito’s MAMO (marseille modulor) is a place among the clouds devoted to art and design the project sees a different artist take over the rooftop every summer focusing on the confrontation between the artwork and a space charged with le corbusier’s avant garde spirit more inspiring or more invigorating than this roof terrace perched in the sky?’ for the opening of the alex israel show at MAMO, designboom visited marseille to discover the art space and get an insider’s view into ora ito’s ventures — including that time he slept in front of an artist’s door for days to get him to accept a show... [+] Marseille: from Hadid’s Tower to Ricciotti’s Museum Marseille and the neighboring municipalities united under the heading ‘Marseille Provence’ is this year’s European Capital of Culture With this as pretext some buildings have gone up and hundreds of events are set to take place in the course of 2013 a port city that has since time immemorial been open to immigration.. To anyone who is interested in architecture Le Corbusier is absolutely a major name in the field Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret in 1887 but known as Le Corbusier painter and urban planner is one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture 17 projects by Le Corbusier in seven countries were inscribed in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites as The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement The Le Corbusier site in Firminy is the ultimate illustration of the principles of a unique architectural vision that brought architecture to the modern age It also embodies a core concept of Le Corbusier's philosophy: A space where inhabitants can access culture is a true temple of culture and science and the first building erected by Le Corbusier in Firminy The building has been listed as a French Historic Monument since 1984 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2016 as a symbol of modern architecture Cédric Grolet has established himself as a highly successful pastry chef he worked at the laboratories of the renowned bakery "Fauchon," refining his technique and honing his skills before making the big leap where he became the head pastry chef of the starred restaurant under the expert guidance of Alain Ducasse with whom he has recently started a collaboration for the chef's chocolate brand The clients were enthralled; Cedric’s desserts won over everyone Word spread and acknowledgments of his talent began to pour in he was named Best Pastry Chef of the Year by Le Chef in 2017 Best Pastry Chef by Gault & Millau and in 2018 he received the recognition of Best Pastry Chef in the World at The World’s 50 Best Awards Cédric's name became even more well-known with the opening of three establishments Cedric brought his realm of high French pastry to London opening “Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley,” and then to Singapore opening a pastry shop in the luxurious “COMO Metropolitan” hotel Cedric shares his art both on social media (he has a whopping 8.5 million followers on Instagram) and through books including "Fruits: the art of pastry" in 2017 further consolidating his reputation as an exceptionally talented pastry chef architectural photographer Hélène Binet records 25 years in pursuit of the sublime action of light on built surfaces Binet sets out her stall in fine art territory Few of the images in this selection from 25 years of work involve general massing views to elevations and so on – the usual illustrative stuff of building studies here venustas reigns: her concern is with emotional intimate responses to the presence of buildings through dispassionate attention to the play of light and shadow we are dealing with ‘contemplation of light reflected from stone’ the first degree of the aesthetical sublime as described by Arthur Schopenhauer in The World as Will and Representation and eight years before a permanent photograph had been fixed Schopenhauer’s aesthetical theory precisely captures the thrust of this project: ‘Architectural beauty more than any other object is enhanced by favourable light […] the contemplation of the beautiful effect of the light upon these masses [of stone] lifts us into a state of pure knowing.’ For Schopenhauer this exemplifies the subtlest degree in his hierarchy of the sublime – defined as beauty inflected in varying measure by feelings of disquiet And – for as much as her gaze is calm and her spaces composed – disquiet unease and dread are surprisingly attendant on a portion of Binet’s photography both in this monograph and in her back catalogue These qualities give much of her work a serious Studies of The House of the Suicide and The House of the Mother of the Suicide by John Hejduk (installations commemorating student Jan Palach who set fire to himself in 1969 in protest at the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia); of Peter Eisenman’s Holocaust Memorial in Berlin; or of Peter Zumthor’s Steilneset witch trial memorial at Vardø in Norway (not represented in this monograph) give a flavour in their titles of this dark conceptual ground Awe is conveyed in her perpendicular interior view to the oculus of Zumthor’s Bruder Klaus Field Chapel at Mechernich in Germany Light bursts in like an epiphany to this shrine to the patron saint of Switzerland and is reflected blackly from the charred rebated impressions created by the bonfire logs of its extraordinary making A crepuscular Interior View of Light Across Walls at Le Corbusier’s St Pierre Church at Firminy or a view of the undercroft of Hadid’s Phaeno Science Center under construction (complete with ‘ghost’) An interior view of the living space at Caruso St John Architects’ North London Studio House dramatically riven by a bright shaft of sunlight An intriguing view of a staircase in the fortress at Fortezza in South Tyrol (not in this monograph) leads the viewer on Her eye is acutely attuned to the specificity of light falling upon surface I doubt Binet much cares for narrative conjectures of this sort Her eye is acutely attuned to the specificity of light falling upon surface and this is the predominant motif in her compositional approach Typically a sunbeam falls at a slenderly slanted angle of incidence from an – mostly unseen – aperture in a building’s envelope to bring to presence the motes specks and patterns of a constructed surface – ‘grazing’ the walls The level of illuminance is frequently very low Perhaps Binet’s experience in the theatre helped hone her command of such conditions Light sources are rarely seen; a notable exception is her view of an exterior wall at Zumthor’s Kolumba Diocesan Museum in Cologne; yet the dim lamp glimpsed here through a doorway is barely a light source at all and could just as well be read as a church sanctuary lamp The focus on detail so often leads to formal abstraction in Binet’s compositions that it becomes a distinct theme A view of a light well in Le Corbusier’s Monastery of Sainte-Marie de la Tourette at Éveux in France – one of the few full-colour plates in the book – demonstrates this fascination with pure form what is signified (a top-lit light well punched through a ceiling) slips at first viewing away from the signifier Outstanding in this respect is her interior detail view of Hadid’s Vitra Fire Station at Weil am Rhein angular forms – cropped four-square and practically impossible to interpret as a building detail – is construed in likeness of the Painterly Architectonics series (begun 1916) of works by Lyubov Popova (one of Malevich’s Suprematist circle disclosing the building’s conceptual design ancestry as interpreted in Hadid’s practice then being an Alps-dweller contributed to the development of Binet’s discerning eye for the evanescence of light perceiving from an early age its swiftly changing moods and effects on form that a native of the Alps should today be exploring with such commitment concepts made possible by the likes of Joseph Addison Jean-Jacques Rousseau and William Wordsworth theoreticians of the sublime and ground-breakers for present-day notions of the avant-garde Composing Space: The Photographs of Hélène Binet in a limited edition of 1,800 plus 150 artist’s proofs www.helenebinet.com Tokyo-based architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA chatted to the… Skyscraper expert SimpsonHaugh has submitted plans for a 50-storey and a 25-storey… MVRDV and Mecanoo are among five finalists vying to design… Squire & Partners has finally won planning Dispatches • Design The outstanding architectural legacy left by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier is undoubtedly one of the 20th century’s most significant inadvertently triggering the Brutalist movement conceiving monumental works like the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh; India’s first planned city The Swiss-French pioneer was very much more than simply an architect The creative polymath would incessantly paint and write — devoting half of each day to the arts as a source of inspiration for his architectural practice; something he called his ‘atelier de la recherche patiente’ (or ‘workshop of patient research’) Ever in search of bettering the lives of the people who inhabited his works, Le Corbusier has been honoured in a major new project by UNESCO, 17 of his most revered works having just been World Heritage-listed together in a transnational series: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Iconic buildings across several continents the 17 properties simultaneously added to the UNESCO World Heritage list include the hallowed city masterplan for Chandigarh much-lauded Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut with its dramatic curves Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art often considered the birth of Brutalism; each a remarkable testament to the designer who shaped modern architecture in the 1900s @UNESCO , , , Converting the rooftop of Le Corbusier’s incredible La Cité Radieuse (locally nicknamed La Maison du Fada or 'The House of Madness') to an art institution in 2013 Ora Ito has welcomed esteemed names Xavier Veilhan The Cité radieuse in Marseille is perhaps the most famous example of Le Corbusier's innovative post-war urban housing design known as the Unite d'habitation protected by the French government for its architectural.. 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