Articles by Paula Cano

The 17th Istanbul Biennial organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, announces the participants of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair which will take place from September 17 to 22, 2022. Sixty-five galleries and art initiatives from 22 countries will gather in Tersane Istanbul, a 600-years historic landmark renovated by the award-winning firm Tabanlioglu Architects. For this edition, the visitors will experience the “sense of our times” by contemplating present-day life and the richly layered past.

The 17th Istanbul Biennial organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, announces the participants of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair which will take place from September 17 to 22, 2022. Sixty-five galleries and art initiatives from 22 countries will gather in Tersane Istanbul, a 600-years historic landmark renovated by the award-winning firm Tabanlioglu Architects. For this edition, the visitors will experience the “sense of our times” by contemplating present-day life and the richly layered past.

The Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, opens The Energy Show and the Solar Biennale on Friday, September 9, 2022. In collaboration with The Solar Biennale designer and curator Matylda Krzykowski and solar designers Marjan van Aubel and Pauline van Dongen, the exhibition presents a series of projects that explores the sun’s meaning and possibilities in society, the environment, and design. With Europe in the midst of an energy crisis, The Energy Show and the Solar Biennale is an opportunity for designers and the general public to examine the transition to solar energy and technology as we move towards a post-carbon future.

Jean Nouvel’s recently completed towers, Tours Duo, redefined the Parisian skyline. Captured by Paul Clemence in his latest photo series, the project by Ateliers Jean Nouvel creates a singularity in relation to the rails that lead into the city’s heart and defines the Avenue de France. Established as a landmark of the East side of Paris, considered to be the future of the city, Tours Duo is a mixed-use project that completes and modifies the unfinished context of this part of the city.

The first and only formal architecture union in the American private sector was just formed by Bernheimer Architecture‘s employees after two years of the union campaign. The Union aims to reframe the discipline and profession and create an established sector of better labor rights standards and work conditions. The BA Union will be associated with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to reshape the industry at a large scale and work on Industrywide problems like long hours and low pay.