Art & Architecture
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Project • By Rooydaad Architects • Shops
orange gallery
1. Marziyeh, the architect who helped us here at Rooydaad for three years, making our architectural endeavors brighter, sat before us one day, overwhelmed with fear and anxiety, and confessed that she no longer felt passionate about architecture and desired to focus solely on painting—a revelation that seemed incongruous given her professionalism and proficiency in her role.
Rooydaad Architects
We encouraged her to weigh up her decision, considering its gravity. Ultimately, we agreed that she could transition to a part-time role at Rooydaad, allowing her to pursue her newfound passion for painting alongside her architectural duties.
2. A year later, Marziyeh returned, her resolve unwavering, to announce that she wa... More
News • News • 27 Jun 2023
Ma Yansong designs “The City of Time” for Aranya Theater Festival
Architect Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, designed “The City of Time" to house the Aranya Theater Festival’s Migratory Birds 300 residency program. The Aranya Theater Festival is the first seaside theater festival in China. The event takes place in Beidaihe, a coastal community and district of Qinhuangdao, a city in northern Hebei, China.
MAD Architects
Aranya Theater Festival, MAD Architects Qi Ziying
A metaphor for avian migration, Migratory Birds 300 is the centerpiece of the Aranya Theater Festival. It is described as “the most romantic, imaginative, and polyphonic of the Aranya Theater Festival programs.” First introduced in 2021 by Director Liu Chang, Migratory Birds 300 is an immersiv... More
News • News • 5 Jun 2023
Hengqin Culture & Art Complex embraces large-scale porosity with three impressive arches
The Hengqin Culture & Art Complex is part of the large-scale redevelopment of Hengqin Island, a fast-growing urban center close to Hong Kong and Macao. Referred to as “Hengqin New Area”, the 106-square-kilometer island is located in Zhuhai, Guangdong, and will house a number of developments related to culture and creativity.
Yunchao Xu
Yunchao Xu
In 2018, Shenzhen-based Atelier Apeiron Architects won a competition launched by the Chinese government to design a building for the Hengqin Culture & Art Complex. The firm’s winning proposal centered around its embrace of a more novel approach to the huge nine-block development. “The complex will house nine departments, but the requirements for ea... More
Project • By Hindley & Co • Private Houses
Art Forms
A heritage Victorian terrace house at Fitzroy gets a renovation in collaboration with an Artist Client.
Tatjana Plitt
An Architect-turned-sculptor Client, and an Architect with a penchant for art, approach the renovation of a Victorian terrace house in the heart of Fitzroy as artists might approach their work. Together they have wrapped, carved out, inserted, framed, coloured, decorated and lit the project as an artist might.
Tatjana Plitt
Our clients' family house was lovely, but rundown, its center was dark and awkward, the living area too small, the main bedroom had no En suite and there was the usual lack of storage. The Artist Owner came to us with moody grayscale 3D models that expressed some strong conce... More