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L’histoire racontée ici est celle d’un couple iconoclaste de la scène architecturale française. Une carrière d’un demi-siècle. C’est l’histoire d’un artiste qui devient architecte: des châteaux de sable sur la plage de la Bernerie au parking des Machines sur l’île de Nantes. Une vie de création à la recherche du trait juste. C’est aussi l’histoire d’une rencontre, d’une(...)
Barto+Barto, Une histoire nantaise
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L’histoire racontée ici est celle d’un couple iconoclaste de la scène architecturale française. Une carrière d’un demi-siècle. C’est l’histoire d’un artiste qui devient architecte: des châteaux de sable sur la plage de la Bernerie au parking des Machines sur l’île de Nantes. Une vie de création à la recherche du trait juste. C’est aussi l’histoire d’une rencontre, d’une vie à deux et d’un dialogue exigeant entre les dessins et les mots, les mots de Clotilde, son regard sur la ville et ses maux. C’est l’histoire d’une psychologue qui devient architecte. L’histoire d’une ville et de ses transformations. L’histoire de Nantes et des Nantais. Mi-roman mi-enquête, ce récit revient sur les projets importants du couple, leur manière exclusive de travailler à deux et les rencontres essentielles sans lesquelles rien ne se serait fait. Il laisse aussi une part importante à l’imaginaire des Barto, leur rapport à l’art et surtout au cinéma.
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Martin Mostböck works across design, material and craft. "The state of things" reveals how furniture, objects and houses emerge from production, testing and experimentation. On display are chairs, tables, lamps as well as residential houses and pavilions — works that make his distinctive material language and hands-on, craft-based approach, tangible. As an architect and(...)
Martin Mostböck: Setting things up (Der Stand der Dinge)
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Martin Mostböck works across design, material and craft. "The state of things" reveals how furniture, objects and houses emerge from production, testing and experimentation. On display are chairs, tables, lamps as well as residential houses and pavilions — works that make his distinctive material language and hands-on, craft-based approach, tangible. As an architect and designer, he develops ideas into objects: knife, saw and prototype in hand, he tests and shapes his designs, making decisions through an immediate dialogue between material and production. Balancing functional clarity with playful form, the works tell stories, shift scales and open new perspectives on space, material and everyday life. The exhibition at Aedes presents a multifaceted view of a practice that melds together processes from architecture to design through its craftsmanship.
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"Proto Vernacular" is both art object and architectural meditation, a richly visual and philosophical publication by Pezo von Ellrichshausen. It explores architecture’s most primordial tension, tracing the shift from anonymous building traditions to authored design. Bringing together "Vernacular" drawings (pencil studies of archetypal buildings) and "Proto" paintings, the(...)
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April 2026
Pezo von Ellrichshausen: Proto vernacular
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"Proto Vernacular" is both art object and architectural meditation, a richly visual and philosophical publication by Pezo von Ellrichshausen. It explores architecture’s most primordial tension, tracing the shift from anonymous building traditions to authored design. Bringing together "Vernacular" drawings (pencil studies of archetypal buildings) and "Proto" paintings, the book reflects on origins, repetition, and architecture’s desire to return to a “first” state. A thoughtful text on the making of Luna House reveals how seclusion, material necessity, and the interruptions of daily life shape architectural thought. The book also features essays by Hans Ibelings and Pezo von Ellrichshausen.
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Peter Celsing (1920–74) belongs to the small group of Swedish modernist architects, including luminaries such as Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940) and Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975), who have rightly attracted attention beyond the country’s borders. How Celsing approached and carried out his commissions testifies to a great understanding of architecture as an applied art, where(...)
Architecture by Peter Celsing
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Peter Celsing (1920–74) belongs to the small group of Swedish modernist architects, including luminaries such as Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940) and Sigurd Lewerentz (1885–1975), who have rightly attracted attention beyond the country’s borders. How Celsing approached and carried out his commissions testifies to a great understanding of architecture as an applied art, where function and economy are important parameters. At the same time, during a major shift in the construction industry from more small-scale and artisanal to large-scale and prefabricated, Celsing managed the feat of running his projects with artistic integrity. John Håkansson’s black and white photographs, taken in the mid-1990s, capture the essence of Celsing’s buildings. In many cases, the images are now a valuable document of that era, since some of the buildings have changed, and not always in a favorable way. In this beautiful volume, supplemented by insightful texts contributed by architect Staffan Henriksson and artist Maria Lantz, Håkansson’s skillful photography forms a loving and sensitive portrait of Celsing’s architecture.
Architecture Monographs
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Tokyo-based Tezuka Architects chose to use the number zero for this volume of their catalogue series not only because it is their fourth anthology of works but also because it is the most appropriate symbol to represent their convictions. It features a total of 68 works, comprising 40 masterpieces such as Roof House, Fuji Kindergarten, and Church of Eaves, as well as 28(...)
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 0
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Tokyo-based Tezuka Architects chose to use the number zero for this volume of their catalogue series not only because it is their fourth anthology of works but also because it is the most appropriate symbol to represent their convictions. It features a total of 68 works, comprising 40 masterpieces such as Roof House, Fuji Kindergarten, and Church of Eaves, as well as 28 works from 2015 onward, including Shibuya Fukuras and Fushi. The catalogue-style collection with photography by Katsuhisa Kida provides a comprehensive overview of husband and wife architects Takaharu and Yui Tezuka’s career together, as their scope expanded from private homes to public facilities.
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Aalto: Alvar, Aino, Elissa
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Alvar Aalto, one of the most important figures in architectural history, this exhibition will showcase the extensive body of work he created with his two wives, Aino and Elissa. The Aaltos revolutionised the humanist aspect of modern architecture by grounding it in an organic connection to nature, producing countless designs in(...)
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January 2025
Aalto: Alvar, Aino, Elissa
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To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Alvar Aalto, one of the most important figures in architectural history, this exhibition will showcase the extensive body of work he created with his two wives, Aino and Elissa. The Aaltos revolutionised the humanist aspect of modern architecture by grounding it in an organic connection to nature, producing countless designs in the process. Between the two world wars, the Aaltos helped to create an identity for the young Finnish nation. They participated in the International Congresses of Modern Architecture and the Paris and New York exhibitions and designed masterpieces such as the Viipuri Library (now in Russia), Villa Mairea in Finland, Baker House in the United States and Maison Carré in France. Following the introduction of antibiotics, their Paimio Sanatorium set an example to the world by demonstrating how spaces could be made healthier and more accessible, through studies of solar incidence, natural ventilation and silent washbasins. Sanatorium is one of the thirteen Aalto-designed projects currently proposed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The book accompanying the exhibition features a preface by António Choupina, director of the Architecture Department at the Serralves Foundation and curator of the exhibition, and Jukka Savolainen, director of the Alvar Aalto Museum. It also includes contributions from architect Álvaro Siza and Juhani Pallasmaa, architect, professor emeritus at Aalto University, Helsinki, and writer.
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Gio Ponti (1891–1979) was a giant of Italian Modernism, contributing to a multitude of fields: architecture, industrial design, furniture design, education, art criticism and publishing. From 1923 to 1930, Ponti served as the artistic director of the now cult Italian tableware manufacturer Richard Ginori. In 1928, he founded the internationally renowned magazine Domus,(...)
Architecture Monographs
October 2025
More than one: Gio Ponti. Critic, editor, graphic artist, architect
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Gio Ponti (1891–1979) was a giant of Italian Modernism, contributing to a multitude of fields: architecture, industrial design, furniture design, education, art criticism and publishing. From 1923 to 1930, Ponti served as the artistic director of the now cult Italian tableware manufacturer Richard Ginori. In 1928, he founded the internationally renowned magazine Domus, which, apart from a break in the 1940s, he continued to direct for the rest of his life. In the postwar era, Ponti and his associates Antonio Fornaroli and Alberto Rosselli shaped the architectural image of Milan but were also active across the globe from Caracas to Tehran, Denver, Islamabad and Eindhoven. "More than one: Gio Ponti" delves into the many components of Ponti’s creative contribution to the 20th century and traces his enduring influence in Italy and across the globe.
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"Perfection blocks any form of participation and also causes an excessive consumption of resources." In "Form Follows Love," Anna Heringer describes her understanding of architecture. For her new book, she traveled to Bangladesh with Iwan Baan to visit the buildings created there as well as her women's empowerment project, Dipdii Textiles. Dutch photographer Iwan Baan is(...)
Architecture is a tool to improve lives
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"Perfection blocks any form of participation and also causes an excessive consumption of resources." In "Form Follows Love," Anna Heringer describes her understanding of architecture. For her new book, she traveled to Bangladesh with Iwan Baan to visit the buildings created there as well as her women's empowerment project, Dipdii Textiles. Dutch photographer Iwan Baan is best known for his images that show life and interactions in architecture. In Bangladesh, he created intense and sensual images that, between documentation and art, bear witness to what architecture can achieve when it is not about representation but about social benefit.
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On croit connaître Jean Prouvé. On évoque le proche de Charlotte Perriand et de Le Corbusier, le créateur de mobilier industrialisé dont les pièces alimentent désormais le marché de l’art. On célèbre l’inventeur de la tôle pliée, le pionnier du mur-rideau, le constructeur visionnaire qui transforma durablement l’usage du métal dans l’architecture. À travers des textes(...)
Jean Prouvé : Tortilleur de tôle
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On croit connaître Jean Prouvé. On évoque le proche de Charlotte Perriand et de Le Corbusier, le créateur de mobilier industrialisé dont les pièces alimentent désormais le marché de l’art. On célèbre l’inventeur de la tôle pliée, le pionnier du mur-rideau, le constructeur visionnaire qui transforma durablement l’usage du métal dans l’architecture. À travers des textes rédigés entre 1944 et 1982 — conférences, articles, lettres, hommages, prises de position parfois indignées — se révèle une voix singulière, libre, exigeante. Celle d’un constructeur qui refusait les étiquettes, se méfiait du mot « designer », se disait simplement « tortilleur de tôle », parfois industriel, constructeur ou entrepreneur, mais pas architecte ou ingénieur. Il rejetait les querelles de chapelle : « Architecte ? Ingénieur ?… Il s’agit de bâtir. ». Ces écrits, conservés à la bibliothèque Kandinsky du Centre Pompidou et réunis ici pour la première fois dans leur cohérence, dévoilent un Jean Prouvé théoricien malgré lui, pédagogue passionné, humaniste convaincu que l’industrie pouvait être mise au service du plus grand nombre. On y découvre son engagement dans la Reconstruction, sa foi inébranlable dans l’industrialisation du bâtiment, sa résilience après la perte de son usine de Maxéville, son attention constante aux jeunes architectes et aux étudiants du Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.
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Un regard à la fois graphique, artistique et documentaire sur la transformation du bâtiment du Centre culturel suisse à Paris et sur le processus de rénovation mené entre 2022 et 2026 par les studios d'architecture ASBR (Paris) et Truwant + Rodet + (Bâle). Ce regard est porté par les photographes Florine Leoni et Nicolas Delaroche, ainsi que par la graphiste Adeline(...)
ASBR et Truwant + Tobet : En travaux / Under construction
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Un regard à la fois graphique, artistique et documentaire sur la transformation du bâtiment du Centre culturel suisse à Paris et sur le processus de rénovation mené entre 2022 et 2026 par les studios d'architecture ASBR (Paris) et Truwant + Rodet + (Bâle). Ce regard est porté par les photographes Florine Leoni et Nicolas Delaroche, ainsi que par la graphiste Adeline Mollard, qui développe un traitement des images en risographie afin de permettre une lecture en parallèle des différentes étapes de cette métamorphose architecturale. Les images du chantier en risographie dialoguent avec des photographies en pleine page des espaces achevés. L'ensemble est enrichi de plans et d'un entretien avec les personnes impliquées dans le projet, mené par l'architecte Stéphanie Bru, et se déploie sur deux papiers distincts. À la manière d'un palimpseste, l'ouvrage révèle les strates du temps, la mémoire et les transformations successives d'un lieu jusqu'à sa réouverture au public.
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