ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1036818/from-ecologies-to-everyday-life-reflecting-on-architectural-exhibitions-in-2025 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000 Daniela Andino https://www.archdaily.com/1036818/from-ecologies-to-everyday-life-reflecting-on-architectural-exhibitions-in-2025 This past year marked a period of introspection for architecture. As 2025 unfolded, the discipline, confronted with evolving environmental and social realities, entered a broader turning point in how it understands its role and how users engage with it. Throughout the year, exhibitions shifted focus away from buildings as isolated objects toward a broader understanding of relationships between ecology, equity, everyday life, and collective imaginaries. Across institutions and cities, they operated less as showcases and more as discursive platforms: places where architecture was not only presented, but also imagined, questioned, and collectively redefined.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1031605/10-pavilion-highlights-from-the-london-design-biennale-2025 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 05:30:00 +0000 Antonia Piñeiro https://www.archdaily.com/1031605/10-pavilion-highlights-from-the-london-design-biennale-2025 The fifth edition of the London Design Biennale is taking place at Somerset House from 5 to 29 June 2025. The theme of this year's edition is "Surface Reflections," an invitation to explore "the dynamic interplay between internal experience and external influence." The curatorial proposal, set by British artist and designer Samuel Ross, encourages a focus on the underlying layers of the objects, systems, and spaces that shape our daily lives. The Biennale exhibition is a journey through 35 pavilions by countries, institutional design teams, and curators, presenting soundscapes, immersive experiences, and performances, as well as sculptural and evocative objects. To confront contemporary global challenges, topics include identity, memory, innovation, technology, craftsmanship, ecology, and belonging.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1025820/unveiling-the-15-most-significant-architectural-events-of-2025 Fri, 17 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Diogo Borges Ferreira https://www.archdaily.com/1025820/unveiling-the-15-most-significant-architectural-events-of-2025 2025 promises to be a landmark in architecture, heralding a vibrant renaissance of creativity and exploration. As societies confront challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, and technological evolution, architecture is both a mirror to these dynamics and a compass pointing toward a sustainable and inclusive future. This year's architectural calendar offers abundant opportunities to celebrate the discipline's transformative power — from boundary-pushing festivals to thought-provoking exhibitions that explore pressing cultural and environmental narratives.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1001916/london-design-biennale-opens-with-over-40-exhibitors-and-contributions-from-foster-plus-partners-plp-and-hassell Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:30:00 +0000 Maria-Cristina Florian https://www.archdaily.com/1001916/london-design-biennale-opens-with-over-40-exhibitors-and-contributions-from-foster-plus-partners-plp-and-hassell London Design Biennale has opened on June 1^st, 2023, at Somerset House, bringing together participants from around the world to celebrate new forms of international cooperation through design. The Biennale, now in its fourth edition, will display more than 40 installations focused on the theme ‘The Global Game: Remapping Collaborations,’ chosen by this year’s Artistic Director, the Nieuwe Instituut, Instituut, led by Aric Chen. In addition to the national participants, the Eureka exhibition will showcase cross-disciplinary innovations from UK’s leading research centers.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/963963/london-design-biennale-2021-winners-chile-venezuela-pavilion-of-the-african-diaspora-and-israel Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:41:00 +0000 Nicolás Valencia https://www.archdaily.com/963963/london-design-biennale-2021-winners-chile-venezuela-pavilion-of-the-african-diaspora-and-israel The jury of the London Design Biennale 2021 has announced today June 24 the winning pavilions to the third edition. Responding to artistic director and curator Es Devlin's theme ‘Resonance’, the Biennale brings together over 30 pavilions to showcase how design can provide solutions to the challenges of our times, from sustainability to globalization, to migration to the future of humanity.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/963905/design-in-the-age-of-digitalization-6-digital-national-pavilions-at-the-2021-london-design-biennale Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:30:00 +0000 Dima Stouhi https://www.archdaily.com/963905/design-in-the-age-of-digitalization-6-digital-national-pavilions-at-the-2021-london-design-biennale Responding to artistic director and curator Es Devlin's theme ‘Resonance’, designers from different countries, territories, and cities showcased how they envision new perspectives and solutions to global issues, exploring topics such as sustainability and the environment, globalization, migration, and the future of humanity. The diversity of the contributing curators was not only present in the solutions they presented, but in how they displayed them as well. While some opted for the tactile experience of exploring natural elements, others relied on one of the most prominent themes of the 21st century: digitalization and the virtual world.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/963729/meet-some-of-the-national-pavilions-at-the-2021-london-design-biennale Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:30:00 +0000 Andreea Cutieru https://www.archdaily.com/963729/meet-some-of-the-national-pavilions-at-the-2021-london-design-biennale London Design Biennale is currently unfolding at Somerset House, with 38 exhibitions from across six continents showcasing the role of design in addressing global challenges. Curated by Artistic Director Es Devlin, the event centres around the theme ‘Resonance’, inviting designers and artists to consider the ripple effect of “ground-breaking design concepts on the way we live, and the choices we make”. At the third edition of the London Design Biennale, the national pavilions highlight new perspectives on world issues, exploring sustainability and the environment, globalisation and migration, history and daily life.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/940821/london-design-biennale-and-chatham-house-announce-initiative-to-design-for-crisis Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/940821/london-design-biennale-and-chatham-house-announce-initiative-to-design-for-crisis The London Design Biennale and Chatham House announced a new call for designers to address issues of crisis around the world. Called Design Resonance in an Age of Crisis, the initiative aims for radical design solutions to critical problems across four key areas: Health, Environment, Society, and Work. The announcement follows the news that the Biennale has been postponed until 2021.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/939856/london-design-biennale-postponed-to-2021 Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/939856/london-design-biennale-postponed-to-2021 The 2020 London Design Biennale has officially been postponed until 2021. Established in 2016 by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE, London Design Biennale promotes international collaboration and the global role of design. The third edition of London Design Biennale, will now take place in June 2021, curated by Artistic Director Es Devlin.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/933694/metronome-french-pavilion-coming-to-london-design-biennale-2020 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/933694/metronome-french-pavilion-coming-to-london-design-biennale-2020 The French Pavilion at the London Design Biennale 2020 will explore the theme of resonance through metronomes. The design team will comprise of designer Sebastien Servaire, Margot Myers and curator Anne-Laure Pingreoun. Up to 50 countries, territories and cities will exhibit at the third edition of London Design Biennale this autumn. They will respond to Artistic Director Es Devlin's call to action exploring how design can provide solutions to the major crises of our time.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/901466/greek-pavilion-takes-center-stage-at-the-2018-london-design-biennale Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/901466/greek-pavilion-takes-center-stage-at-the-2018-london-design-biennale Experimental design practice Studio INI's has designed a kinetic installation to represent this year's Greek Pavilion for the 2018 London Design Biennale. Entitled ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (Disobedience), the installation responds to the Biennale theme of Emotional States. Selected for the central courtyard exhibit, the design is comprised of a 17 meter-long wall constructed from a steel spring skeleton built up with recycled plastic which flexes, morphs and breathes around the human body.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/900004/10-must-see-installations-at-the-2018-london-design-biennale Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/900004/10-must-see-installations-at-the-2018-london-design-biennale Opening next month, the London Design Biennale returns with an impressive cast of characters. In its second iteration, the Biennale begins September 4 under the theme ‘emotional states’ and will run until September 23. After the 2016 inaugural launch, the event has expanded to include 40 countries, cities and territories. Taking over Somerset House, including the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court and River Terrace, the event will explore ideas ranging from social equality and pollution to migration and cities.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/795810/barber-and-osgerbys-installation-throws-caution-to-the-wind-for-the-london-design-biennale Sun, 25 Sep 2016 08:00:00 +0000 Natalina Lopez https://www.archdaily.com/795810/barber-and-osgerbys-installation-throws-caution-to-the-wind-for-the-london-design-biennale In this video from CNN Style, London designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby discuss Forecast, a wind-powered installation they created in collaboration with V&A Museum for the first London Design Biennale. With the intent to help city residents find their way “at a time of turbulence,” the installation responds to the Biennale's theme "Utopia by Design."

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/795433/proposition-for-a-new-border-city-between-us-and-mexico-premiers-at-london-design-biennale Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:00:00 +0000 Lauren Crockett https://www.archdaily.com/795433/proposition-for-a-new-border-city-between-us-and-mexico-premiers-at-london-design-biennale One of the most public and politically relevant debates about spatial borders, that of the United States and Mexico, has been probed in a project currently being exhibited at the London Design Biennale. Helmed by Fernando Romero and his team at fr*ee, "Border City" puts forward the idea of a binational city on the border, a place where cultures "both clash and blend to create something altogether unique."

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/784615/34-countries-to-participate-in-the-inaugural-london-design-biennale Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Nicolás Valencia https://www.archdaily.com/784615/34-countries-to-participate-in-the-inaugural-london-design-biennale A total of 34 countries will participate in the inaugural London Design Biennale, according to a press release from the organization. Set to open on September 7th, the Biennale will center on the theme Utopia by Design, looking at “sustainability, migration, pollution, water and social equality,” among other issues.

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