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Short film Walmer Yard: Architecture for the senses is “an exploration of the incredible light that passes through the buildings”

May 28, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

The final film from Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson is a meditative look at the Peter Salter-designed Walmer Yard. Walmer Yard: Architecture for the Senses explores the four Notting Hill townhouses that were crafted by Peter Salter over 13 years. “This short film is an exploration of the incredible light

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Invisible Studio “started as a voyage of self-build discovery” says Piers Taylor in film for VDF

May 27, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the second part of our VDF collaboration with film-makers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson, we screen the first episode of the duo’s Practice series, in which architect Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio explains why he built his own house in the woods. Mark and Stephenson’s documentary series Practice focuses on the process of making

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Tuñón Arquitectos adds white concrete gallery to Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear

May 26, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Tuñón Arquitectos' design for Helga de Alvear

Spanish practice Tuñón Arquitectos has added a white concrete extension to the Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear in Cáceres, Spain. The project to renovate and extend the headquarters of the Helga de Alvear foundation was carried out in two stages. Tuñón Arquitectos’ founder Emilio Tuñón worked on the restoration and extension of the

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Pedestrianisation of cities can be tool of exclusion says Interboro in VDF lecture

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

The final talk for Virtual Design Festival’s partnership with CAMP sees Brooklyn and Detroit-based architecture studio Interboro share its views on public space interventions and urban planning. “How can the built environment support, increase or play a role, at least, in the idea of the public sphere as one of playful interaction?” Interboro co-founder Tobias

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COBE’s Thomas Krarup discusses making Copenhagen into an “urban living room” in VDF lecture

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Thomas Krarup at CAMP

As part of today’s collaboration with CAMP, VDF is showing this lecture where Danish architecture studio COBE explains how it helped make Copenhagen one of the most liveable cities in the world. COBE, which was founded in 2006, primarily works in three fields: urbanism, architecture and public space, the studio’s project director Thomas Krarup explained

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Snøhetta “managed to push the world forward through architecture” says Jenny B Osuldsen in VDF talk

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Jenny B. Osuldsen at CAMP's Urban Talks

In this lecture, part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with CAMP, Snøhetta partner Jenny B Osuldsen discusses the architecture studio’s core values and projects, including Times Square and the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture. Norwegian architecture studio Snøhetta is named after a mountain in one of the hilly country’s national parks, and every year,

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Watch architect Kengo Kuma live from Japan for Virtual Design Festival and CAMP

May 18, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Kengo Kuma for CAMP's Urban Talks

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague’s centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time.  We will be publishing lectures from Prague’s Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning’s (CAMP) Urban Talks series all day. We

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“We already had an office before we finished school” says Francine Houben in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Francine Houben at Architects, not Architecture

In our final lecture as part of Virtual Design Festival’s collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Dutch architect Francine Houben talks about her influences and the founding of Mecanoo. The Architects, not Architecture talks give well-known architects a chance to discuss how they got where they are today. For Houben, it started with a childhood of

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We entered the Pompidou competition “against my will” says Richard Rogers in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the second talk as part of our Virtual Design Festival collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, architect Richard Rogers discusses his reluctance to enter the Centre Pompidou competition and liking the Lloyd’s building. The idea behind Architects, not Architecture is for architects to discuss their path, influences and experiences. In his lecture in November 2017, Rogers

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“I didn’t want to become an architect at all” says Reiulf Ramstad in VDF lecture

May 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

In the first lecture from today’s collaboration with Architects, not Architecture, Norwegian architect Reiulf Ramstad discusses his background and how he originally wanted to become a dancer, not an architect. Ramstad, founder of Oslo studio Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, spoke of how growing up with an architect made him want to chose a different career for

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