Di Frenna Architects Atelier / Di Frenna Arquitectos

Between the green of nature and the distortion of its pure forms, a building with a strong presence and character rises in Colima.

Pavilion 13, a former Soviet-era exposition hall in Kyiv, reopens to the public following its renovation, led by architectural office ФОРМА (FORMA), commissioned by RIBBON International. The ongoing renovation of Pavilion 13, overseen by Iryna Miroshnykova and Oleksii Petrov, partners at ФОРМА, and co-founders of the Ukrainian cultural initiative Pavilion of Culture, together with Sasha Andrusyk, Olga Balashova, Lizaveta German, Victor Glushchenko, Maria Lanko, marks an important moment in the preservation of Ukraine's architectural history. The opening program features a site-responsive intervention by Berlin-based artist Sam Lewitt titled Шубін (SHUBIN), part of a number of ambitious exhibitions and installations to be hosted at Pavilion 13.

And he drew threads through the stones and brought forth schist from earth gut's he fixed in place the wide stairs all around the hillside. There alone he laid | White marble fountains | Small pink coupolas | And tall perforated dovecotes | Virtue with its four right angles | And as he thought it beautiful to be in each other's arms the big water filled with love - "Genesis" in The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis; Translated by Jeffrey Carson and Nikos Sarris; Published by The John Hopkins University Press, 1997.

The 2025 edition of the European Cultural Centre's (ECC) Time Space Existence exhibition in Venice is guided by the mandate to "Repair, Regenerate, and Reuse." Aiming to move beyond surface-level solutions and overused terminology, the exhibition showcases a cohort of practitioners who interpret architecture as an active agent of repair. The most compelling works presented in Venice demonstrate that "repair" is a multifaceted practice, operating across material, social, and historical registers. The varied approaches showcase a shift in the role of the architect, from a master builder and designer of physical objects, to that of a mender, able to combine technology, community, and material intelligence to restore narratives and build stronger cultural systems.