Architectural Record – August 2019

ARCHITECTURAL RECORD AUGUST 2019
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New and Upcoming Exhibitions

Big Ideas, Small Lots
New York
August 1–November 2, 2019
Showcasing the five winning proposals of the Big Ideas for Small Lots
NYC competition—organized by NYC Department of Housing,
Preservation, and Development (HPD) and AIA New York—this exhibi­
tion at the Center for Architecture includes finalists’ innovative ideas
on developing affordable housing. More information at aiany.org.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America
Denver
Through August 25, 2019
The exhibition at the Denver Art Museum features the ways architects
and designers used the concept of playfulness in postwar American
design as a catalyst for creativity in the American home, children’s
toys, and corporate identities. Co­organized by the Milwaukee
Art Museum, the collection includes over 200 works in various media.
See more at denverartmuseum.org.

Viagem Sem Programa
Siena, Italy
Through September 8, 2019
This traveling exhibition—dedicated to Álvaro Siza—is now on display
at Santa Maria della Scala Museum. It features drawings by the archi­
tect, along with several video installations, which show sides of his
personal and professional life. The collection is curated by Greta
Ruffiano and Raul Betti. See viagemsemprograma.com.

Rome and the Teacher, Astra Zarina
Rhinebeck, New York
Through September 8, 2019
A new exhibition honoring Astra Zarina, professor of architecture, is
on view at ‘T’ Space’s Architectural Library. The collection examines
the Italian balance of private and public spaces that informed Zarina’s
design theories through models, drawings, and video. For more, see
tspacerhinebeck.org.

Design With Nature Now
Philadelphia
Through September 15, 2019
The legacy of environmental planner and landscape architect Ian L.
McHarg is explored by showing the efforts of individuals and collec­
tives to mitigate the effects of climate change through ecological
design. For more information, visitmcharg.upenn.edu.

Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV
Innsbruck, Austria
Through September 28, 2019
Architecture Speaks will focus on the global architecture and urbanism
firm MVRDV’s four core tenets and show examples of each through its
work in models, drawings, and videos. It will be on display, free to the
public, at the architektur und tirol (aut)’s Adambräu Building. Learn
more at aut.cc.

Architects’ Furniture, 1960–2020

Paris

Through September 30, 2019

This exhibition at the Cité de L’architecture & du Patrimoine explores

how architects have contributed to art through furniture and lighting

design. The almost 300­piece collection showcases furnishings designed

during the last 60 years by David Adjaye, Ron Arad, Shigeru Ban, David

Chipperfield, and more. Learn more at citedelarchitecture.fr.

Vienna Biennale for Change: Brave New Virtues

Vienna

Through October 6, 2019

This third Vienna biennale will explore what an economically just,

socially fair, and ecologically sustainable future could be. Artists,

designers, and architects from all continents will focus on visions for

achieving this. Learn more at viennabiennale.org.

Our Happy Life: Architecture and Well-Being in the Age of

Emotional Capitalism

Montreal

Through October 8, 2019

Focused on the decade following the 2008 economic crash, Our Happy

Life investigates today’s “cult of happiness” and its many contradictions,

questioning how the happiness agenda influences the design of our

built environment. See more at cca.qc.ca.

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