Kithara Music Kiosk / TO

The guitar is arguably the most popular instrument in the world. It is versatile, portable, accessible, intimate and democratic, reaching across socioeconomic and other societal fault lines to connect with people of all ages and backgrounds. It might also be said that no instrument provides so poetic a metaphor for shared histories and cultural fluidity.

Zaha Hadid Architects and Office for Visual Interaction: an Interview about Architecture, Light and a Longstanding Collaboration

With more than 900 projects in over 40 countries, every project that Zaha Hadid Architects designs and builds has an impact on the narrative of contemporary architecture. At ArchDaily, we know that each architectural project has a team of professionals behind it which makes it possible. In this edition of the ArchDaily Professionals Video Interviews, we talked to Johannes Schafelner, associate director at Zaha Hadid Architects, and Enrique Peiniger, founder of OVI-Office for Visual Interaction about their long-standing collaboration in projects merging design and lighting.

The Copper Coil / Sehw Architektur

Sehw has been creating spaces for science for many years, thereby designing showcases for science and conveying images of scientific innovations to the outside world through architecture. The new technical centre for the Institute of Electrical Engineering at the University of Rostock creates a modern teaching and research environment for the Institute for Applied Microelectronics and Data Processing Technology and the Institute of Communications Engineering. The horizontally banded copper façade with rounded corners follows the formal image of the copper coil and gives the building its sheen. A shining prelude to the STEM Campus.

L.E.FT Architects Deconstructs Traditional Mosque for Jeddah Islamic Arts Biennale

L.E.FT Architects, an architecture firm focused on examining the cultural and political intersections in the built environment, exhibited Jerba: Prototype 366, in the first edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Presenting a historical and contemporary exploration of Islamic heritage, the biennale was located in the Western Hajj Terminal, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1981.

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