JOYFUL ARCHITECTURE – EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE ARCHITEKTURBILD 2019
DAM Auditorium Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am MainThe European Architectural Photography Prize architekturbild has been awarded every two years since 1995. Since 2003, the award has been bestowed by architekturbild e.v., since 2008 in cooperation with DAM, and since 2016 with a third partner, the Bundesstiftung Baukultur. The competition focuses on the built environment and its photographic and artistic exploration, and always has a predefined motto. The theme for 2019 is “Joyful Architecture”. Normally, architecture is characterized by terms such as utility, urban contextualization, economic feasibility, sustainability, and aesthetics. But we rarely think of architecture as playful amd fun. This year’s prize invited photographers to show their views of joyful architecture — open to many interpretations.
BENGAL STREAM
DAM Erdgeschoss Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am MainBangladesh’s architectural world is masala (Bengali মাসালা) — an intoxicating mixture of contrasts. In the delta region, it is not only the boundaries between land and water that are blurred. Past and present merge anew. An enduring witness to this is the architecture, as the exhibition of 60 projects by established and young Bengali architects shows. Bamboo structures from the past meet monumental walls of béton brut, while Bengali latticework ornaments (jali) originally made from brick transform into semitransparent fabric. This oscillation between local and international influences was already apparent in the modern movement in the Ganges Delta. Hence, there are significant traces of Louis I. Kahn to be detected in the oeuvre of local protagonist Muzharul Islam, which can be seen in original drawings.
An exhibition by the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, in cooperation with the Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, Dhaka.
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Photo: Iwan Baan
TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVE .10
DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am MainAn exhibition of Städelschule Architecture Foundation. The Städelschule Architecture Foundation was established in 2001 by Günter Bock and supports education, arts and culture.
JOYFUL ARCHITECTURE – European architectural Photography Prize 2019
DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum Henschelstr. 18, Frankfurt / M.EXHIBITION: May 5, 2019 – September 1st, 2019 AWARD CEREMONY AND OPENING: Fri, May 3, 2019, 7 p.m.The European Architectural Photography Prize architekturbild has been awarded every two years since 1995. Since 2003, the […]
BENGAL STREAM – The vibrant architecture Scene of Bangladesh
DAM Deutsches Architekturmuseum Henschelstr. 18, Frankfurt / M.Exhibition: June 7, 2019 – October 10, 2019Opening: Thu, June 6, 2019, 7 p. m.Bangladesh’s architectural world is masala (Bengali মাসালা) — an intoxicating mixture of contrasts. In the delta region, […]
Social Change
DAM Auditorium Schaumainkai 43, Frankfurt am MainDAM Lecture Series – Bangladesh, Europe and viceversa
