Architecture - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF) https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/ Tue, 04 Jul 2023 10:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Architecture on the pop planet: Bianca Felicori puts forgotten twentieth-century buildings back on the map https://www.friendsoffriends.com/profiles/milan-bianca-felicori-architect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=milan-bianca-felicori-architect Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:03:00 +0000 https://www.friendsoffriends.com/?p=88564 You might see her running through the streets of Milano’s Corvetto neighborhood on her way to DOPO?—a project space she recently co-founded—, or sitting silently in the brutalist church of San Giovanni Bono, absorbed in her morning thoughts. Based between Milan and Brussels, Bianca Felicori is an Italian architect, researcher, and journalist who isn’t afraid

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]]> For Artnet Vice President Sophie Neuendorf, art has always been a family affair https://www.friendsoffriends.com/profiles/mallorca-sophie-neuendorf-artnet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mallorca-sophie-neuendorf-artnet Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:40:48 +0000 https://beta.friendsoffriends.com/?p=63769 Considering the fact she’s the daughter of Hans Neuendorf—the German art dealer and founder Artnet, the leading online resource for the international art market, and the destination to buy, sell, and research art online—it’s no surprise that Sophie Neuendorf fell in love with contemporary art at an early age. “My whole life has been dictated

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]]> Macedonia’s turbulent transition from Socialism to democracy has influenced Skopje’s rising techno scene—and it’s thriving https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/electronic-beats-skopje-techno-scene/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=electronic-beats-skopje-techno-scene https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/electronic-beats-skopje-techno-scene/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:08:18 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2020/01/15/electronic-beats-skopje-techno-scene/ “We were both on time, and we’re from the Balkans!” says Aleksandar Grozdanovski jokingly. The Macedonian artist better known by his DJ name of Herzel has been tasked with introducing me to the city of Skopje’s electronic music scene. Originally from the town of Bitola near the Macedonian and Greek border, Grozdanovski first moved to

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/electronic-beats-skopje-techno-scene/feed/ 0 How new approaches in office spaces are promoting flexibility, creativity, and communication https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:00:09 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/10/17/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/ Spread across five floors totaling 14,000 square meters, the Factory Berlin, Görlitzer Park campus not only boasts multiple community spaces, telephone booths, and meeting areas, but also a cinema, a meditation room and a ball pit. It is, in essence, everything you would expect from a company that prides itself on being “Europe’s largest club

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/feed/ 0 Treading socially constructed lines and borders with Paris-based activist magazine The Funambulist https://www.friendsoffriends.com/features/print-matters-the-funambulist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=print-matters-the-funambulist https://www.friendsoffriends.com/features/print-matters-the-funambulist/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:01:12 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/10/10/print-matters-the-funambulist/ Beginning as a blog in 2010, and then transforming into a podcast in 2013 before becoming a print magazine in 2015, The Funambulist is an activist publication based in Paris. Founded by Léopold Lambert—who trained as an architect before pursuing his career in publishing and academic writing—the magazine is a platform to perceive the political

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/features/print-matters-the-funambulist/feed/ 0 How architects and designers are revolutionizing the use of light—and making us feel better in the process https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:00:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/07/01/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/ In 1943, while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons, Sir Winston Churchill famously said, “we shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us.” More than 70 years on, this statement still resonates because we instinctively know it to be true: entering a high-ceiling museum hall can feel uplifting, an office with a

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/feed/ 0 Verena Konrad educates the public about Vorarlberg’s deeply rooted traditions of architecture and craftsmanship https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:00:34 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/06/04/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/ A recent exhibition at the Vorarlberger Architektur Institut (vai) highlights the work of French architects Lacaton & Vassal. Best known for their renovation of Paris’ arts institution Palais de Tokyo, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have developed methods to refurbish and upgrade the structures they work with. “They re-use, they add to the existing, and

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/feed/ 0 Effortless design: Mark Randel’s architecture https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:00:58 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/04/24/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/ After 23 years working with David Chipperfield Architects, Mark Randel now focuses on his eponymous studio in Berlin, where he has been working on his own projects since 2014. Randel is currently planning two housing projects in Munich that he developed with the British architect. One of them is situated in the city’s Herzogenpark, at

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/feed/ 0 Exploring the changing landscape of Finnish design with interior architect Joanna Laajisto https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:39:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/04/15/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/ Joanna Laajisto is back at work in her storefront studio on Laivasillankatu, close to the main port of Helsinki after spending the month of July on holiday. Like many Finns, Laajisto takes this time to retreat, spending it with her family at their summer house in Karjalohja and has only just returned to the sweltering

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]]> https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/feed/ 0 Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie makes the case for an expanded notion of classical music https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/hamburgs-elbphilharmonie-makes-the-case-for-an-expanded-notion-of-classical-music/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hamburgs-elbphilharmonie-makes-the-case-for-an-expanded-notion-of-classical-music https://www.friendsoffriends.com/architecture/hamburgs-elbphilharmonie-makes-the-case-for-an-expanded-notion-of-classical-music/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:00:43 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/04/01/hamburgs-elbphilharmonie-makes-the-case-for-an-expanded-notion-of-classical-music/ It’s an uncharacteristically warm afternoon in February and the observation deck at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie is teeming with visitors. Free to the general public, the plaza—which boasts a 360 degree view onto Germany’s second largest city—has already drawn over half a million guests since it opened in November 2016. Both of tonight’s performances, by the avant-garde

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