Architecture - Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF) https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:53:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Beauty of the Glitch: Sam Chermayeff on the Messy Reality of Living Together https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/the-creatives-inner-world-and-outer-expression-sam-chermayeff/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000 https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/?p=109599 In the landscape of contemporary design, Sam Chermayeff is a rare voice of radical candor. Known for a practice that challenges the boundaries of privacy and domesticity, he operates at the intersection of high-concept spatial planning and the sticky, uncurated truth of human behavior. A veteran of the legendary Japanese firm SANAA, he has traded

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]]> Architect Gustav Düsing on Comfort, Sound & Imperfection https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/architect-gustav-dusing-on-comfort-sound-imperfection/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:39:50 +0000 https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/?p=108551 To step into the world of Gustav Düsing is to enter a space where architecture behaves more like music than masonry. Whether he is freezing fabric into a structural “tent” or designing award-winning university hubs, Gustav’s work is a study in “productive friction” — the delicate point where radical transparency meets the human need for

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]]> Bianca Felicori: Forgotten 20th century gems https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/milan-bianca-felicori-architect/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:03:00 +0000 https://www.friendsoffriends.com/?p=88564 You might see her running through the streets of Milano’s Corvetto neighborhood on her way to DOPO?—a project space she recently co-founded—, or sitting silently in the brutalist church of San Giovanni Bono, absorbed in her morning thoughts. Based between Milan and Brussels, Bianca Felicori is an Italian architect, researcher, and journalist who isn’t afraid

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]]> Nostalgia for the future: documenting Bucharest’s crumbling modernist heritage https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/nostalgia-for-the-future-documenting-bucharests-crumbling-modernist-heritage/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/nostalgia-for-the-future-documenting-bucharests-crumbling-modernist-heritage/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:31:57 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2020/01/31/nostalgia-for-the-future-documenting-bucharests-crumbling-modernist-heritage/ Nostalgia for the future: documenting Bucharest’s crumbling modernist heritage “Bucharest is a very interesting mix of different architectural styles including neo-Classical, Byzantine, neo-Romanian, and neo-Gothic. In the middle of it all sits modernism, which for me, offers simplicity and harmony,” says the Bucharest-based photographer. As such, he has devoted much of his artistic practice to

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/nostalgia-for-the-future-documenting-bucharests-crumbling-modernist-heritage/feed/ 0 How new approaches in office spaces are promoting flexibility, creativity, and communication https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:00:09 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/10/17/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/ Spread across five floors totaling 14,000 square meters, the Factory Berlin, Görlitzer Park campus not only boasts multiple community spaces, telephone booths, and meeting areas, but also a cinema, a meditation room and a ball pit. It is, in essence, everything you would expect from a company that prides itself on being “Europe’s largest club

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-new-approaches-in-office-spaces-are-promoting-flexibility-creativity-and-communication/feed/ 0 Treading socially constructed lines and borders with Paris-based activist magazine The Funambulist https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/print-matters-the-funambulist/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/print-matters-the-funambulist/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:01:12 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/10/10/print-matters-the-funambulist/ Beginning as a blog in 2010, and then transforming into a podcast in 2013 before becoming a print magazine in 2015, The Funambulist is an activist publication based in Paris. Founded by Léopold Lambert—who trained as an architect before pursuing his career in publishing and academic writing—the magazine is a platform to perceive the political

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/print-matters-the-funambulist/feed/ 0 How architects and designers are revolutionizing the use of light—and making us feel better in the process https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:00:41 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/07/01/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/ In 1943, while considering the repair of the bomb-ravaged House of Commons, Sir Winston Churchill famously said, “we shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us.” More than 70 years on, this statement still resonates because we instinctively know it to be true: entering a high-ceiling museum hall can feel uplifting, an office with a

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/how-architects-and-designers-are-revolutionizing-the-use-of-light-and-making-us-feel-better-in-the-process/feed/ 0 Verena Konrad educates the public about Vorarlberg’s deeply rooted traditions of architecture and craftsmanship https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:00:34 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/06/04/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/ A recent exhibition at the Vorarlberger Architektur Institut (vai) highlights the work of French architects Lacaton & Vassal. Best known for their renovation of Paris’ arts institution Palais de Tokyo, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have developed methods to refurbish and upgrade the structures they work with. “They re-use, they add to the existing, and

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/verena-konrad-educates-the-public-about-vorarlbergs-deeply-rooted-traditions-of-architecture-and-craftsmanship/feed/ 0 Effortless design: Mark Randel’s architecture https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:00:58 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/04/24/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/ After 23 years working with David Chipperfield Architects, Mark Randel now focuses on his eponymous studio in Berlin, where he has been working on his own projects since 2014. Randel is currently planning two housing projects in Munich that he developed with the British architect. One of them is situated in the city’s Herzogenpark, at

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]]> https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/mark-randels-architecture-supports-the-idiosyncrasies-of-its-surroundings/feed/ 0 Exploring the changing landscape of Finnish design with interior architect Joanna Laajisto https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/ https://www.freundevonfreunden.com/architecture/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:39:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/friendsoffriends-migration/2019/04/15/exploring-the-changing-landscape-of-finnish-design-with-interior-architect-joanna-laajisto/ Joanna Laajisto is back at work in her storefront studio on Laivasillankatu, close to the main port of Helsinki after spending the month of July on holiday. Like many Finns, Laajisto takes this time to retreat, spending it with her family at their summer house in Karjalohja and has only just returned to the sweltering

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