Art & Culture
Art and culture have always shaped the way we build. This category explores the crossover between architecture, visual arts, history, and human expression. From installations to cultural commentary, illustrarch examines how creative movements influence design and how buildings carry meaning in return.
Ai Weiwei Installs 500 Cast-Iron Helmets Outside Sydney Museum
Ai Weiwei's 500 cast-iron helmets opened outside Sydney's MCA on 25 September, a work he calls a warning rather than a joke.
illustrarch Editoral Team2 Mins read
Isamu Noguchi at Lever House Traces Sculptor’s Decades-Long Collaboration with Bunshaft
Lever House's new exhibition pairs Noguchi sculptures with unbuilt garden designs made for Gordon Bunshaft's landmark tower.
illustrarch Editoral Team2 Mins read
The Frida Kahlo Apartment Building in San Francisco Is Listed for $8 Million
The San Francisco apartment building where Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera lived in 1940 is listed at $8 million. A look at its...
Elif Ayse Sen9 Mins read
Museum Cafes: 7 of the World’s Most Stunning Places to Sit Down
7 museum cafes where the architecture does the work: Victorian refreshment rooms in London, a listed hotel dining room in Paris, a Kuma...
Elif Ayse Sen9 Mins read
Peter Zumthor on Film: Wim Wenders Captured in “From Inside Out”
Wim Wenders spent six years filming Peter Zumthor's buildings in 3D, and the project changed shape along the way. A look at the...
Elif Ayse Sen9 Mins read
Elephant Tower Thailand: How Goya Rises From Elephant-Dung Bricks
At the gateway to the Matalay development in Khao Lak, Thailand, Goya Tower rises from sun-dried elephant-dung bricks. A look at how Boonserm...
Elif Ayse Sen5 Mins read
From Water Supply to Tourist Attraction: The Evolution of Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern
Built in 532 AD under Emperor Justinian I, the basilica cistern in Istanbul served as the largest underground water reservoir in Constantinople. This...
Elif Ayse Sen11 Mins read
MALBA Buenos Aires: Where Contemporary Architecture Meets Latin American Art
MALBA Buenos Aires is Argentina's leading museum of Latin American modern and contemporary art, located in a prize-winning building by Atelman, Fourcade, and...
Sinan Ozen8 Mins read
