2015 Highlights: Exhibitions
A look back at some of the best architectural exhibitions of 2015.
Chicago Architecture Biennial (Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL):
Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye (The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL):
BIG's Hot To Cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation (National Building Museum, Washington, DC):
Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio (Cooper Hewitt, New York, NY):
Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks (Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY):
Chamberlain | Prouve (Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY)
Chicago Architecture Biennial
A photo essay from the press preview of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial, which opens today, October 3, and runs through January 3, 2016.
Northeast corner of the Chicago Cultural Center, built in 1893 by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.
The End of Sitting - Cut Out by RAAAF.
Ground floor central staircase.
Polis Station by Studio Gang.
Polis Station by Studio Gang.
Detail of Polis Station by Studio Gang.
LA Recalculated by Smout Allen + Geoff Manaugh.
BUILTHEFIGHT by Didier Faustino.
People's United Nations: pUN by Pedro Reyes.
Rock Print by Gramazio Kohler Research of ETH Zurich and the Self-Assembly Lab of MIT.
Detail of Rock Print.
The Tiffany dome.
Casa A by Selgascano and Helloeverything
Children's Town by Onishimaki and Hyakudayuki Architects.
Passage by SO-IL.
Passage by SO-IL.
Detail of Passage.
Piranesi Circus by Atelier Bow-Wow.
Making Camp by Lateral Office.
Model detail from Making Camp by Lateral Office.
Rural Collage: Strategies for the Chinese Countryside by Rural Urban Framework.
S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Detail of S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Interior of S House by Vo Trong Ngia Architects.
Kanagawa Institute of Technology by Junya Ishigami and Associates.
3-C.CITY: Climate, Convention, and Cruise by WORKac and Ant Farm.
Exquisite Corpse: A Studio Residency for the Land by Nikolaus Hirsch / Michel Muller.
House No. 11 (Corridor House) by MOS Architects.
Architecture is Everywhere by Sou Fujimoto Architects.
Model from Architecture is Everywhere.
Model from Architecture is Everywhere.
Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Interiors of Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Sustainable Housing by Tatiana Bilbao S.C.
Color(ed) Theory by Amanda Williams.
Hollow Trunk by Plan:B Arquitectos (left) and Indo-Pacific Atlas by Fake Industries Architectural Agonism and UTS (right).
Hollow Trunk by Plan:B Arquitectos.
+Pool at Ace Hotel: DOING SOMETHING BIG
Ace Hotel has opened the doors of its gallery to the team behind the + Pool to present their efforts over the past four years to build the visionary water filtering pool in the East River. Conceived by designers at Playlab, Inc. and Family New York, the + Pool would be the first water-filtering, floating pool. "Doing Something Big When No One Asks You To Do Something Big" tells the story of the + Pool through a wall-sized drawing of the project in its New York setting with cartoon bubbles containing numerous facts and milestones. It's a fantastically whimsical way to engage the public and generate buzz for the project. Stop by the hotel any time day or night to check out the exhibition and lend your support for the next innovative public space in New York.
