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New Urban Conditions
A curated series of essays and projects that navigates the complex new realities shaped by emerging technologies.
19.11, Deadlines
Future Architecture Announces 2020 Call for Ideas
Submit your project until January 6, 2020.
19.11, Architecture
Armenian Architecture Firm SNKH Wins Competition to Design Next Summer’s Garage Screen Cinema
The new temporary pavilion will be built in spring 2020.
15.11, Architecture
St. Petersburg Launches Competition to Design a New Park Overlooking the Hermitage
Architects and landscape designers from around the world now have the opportunity to make history and contribute to the unique urban landscape of St. Petersburg by designing a new park in the city’s historic center, a UNESCO heritage site.
12.11, Architecture
Varvara Melnikova and David Basulto on the Changing Role of the Architect
A talk between Strelka Institute’s CEO and ArchDaily’s editor-in-chief.
11.11, Art & Design
V-A-C Foundation head Teresa Mavica appointed commissioner of the Russian Pavilion in Venice
The director of the V-A-C Foundation replaces Semyon Mikhailovsky.
28.10, Bookshelf
The Socialist Spirit of Poland’s Post-War Church Boom
A new book cataloging the boom in church construction in the atheist People’s Republic of Poland reveals a singular and unique contribution to the architecture of the twentieth century.
23.10
Beyond terrestrial norms: Imagining urban life in outer space
There is a lot to explore in the subversive and empowering function that space programs could play in the future of urban life.
17.10, Speculative Futures
A Lost Cyber Utopia: What Happened to the Soviet Internet?
Exploring Soviet cybernetics as an alternative narrative of the future.
08.10
Sharing Economy and the Transforming Landscapes of Ownership
The financialization of home ownership has changed the individual’s relationship with the domestic interior.
02.10
The Sacred Fire of a Data Center
How the combination of domesticated fire, the data center, and artificial intelligence is reshaping our communities, opening them up to a stealthier and more pervasive form of the Smart City.
01.10, Bookshelf
Excerpt: ‘The Palace Complex’ by Michał Murawski
A story of obsession with Europe’s most enduring socialist building.
30.09, Art & Design
Reviewing the Anthropocene: A Guide to the 16th Istanbul Biennial
More than 220 artworks by 56 artists and art collectives have been gathered to reflect on issues of exploitation, post-colonialism, and human impact on the planet.
27.09, Deadlines
Opportunities: Hong Kong, Kyiv, Rotterdam, London, Tilburg
Strelka Mag’s latest selection of multidisciplinary residencies, programs, and open calls from around the globe.
24.09, Bookshelf
Towards a Viable Planetarity: The Terraforming Reading List
As Strelka Institute launches a new three-year research cycle, the team behind The Terraforming recommends a selection of literature which might help you to better understand the context of the program.
20.09, Art & Design
Designing Women: New project celebrates female designers
Readymag platform has launched a new project to highlight the impact of women in design and raise awareness of the ongoing gender imbalance in the industry.
20.09
Tinder, destroyer of cities—when capital abandons sex
The proliferation of dating apps and the incursion of the logic of capital into our private lives have killed sexual desire. Will Tinder leave our cities barren?
18.09, People
Inside Keller Easterling’s personal medium design
Architect, theorist, and Yale professor Keller Easterling talks to architect, geographer, and Strelka alumnus George Papamattheakis about her methods of conveying ideas and the political position of the designer.
18.09, Bookshelf
Excerpt: ‘The Terraforming’ by Benjamin H. Bratton
The latest book by design theorist and Strelka Program Director Benjamin Bratton outlines the argument behind The Terraforming, the new research project at Strelka Institute.