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The coordination of contemporary themes and divergent approaches explored at the Venice International Architectural Biennale 'Metamorph' exhibition in the Arsenale and the Italian Pavilion is examined.

The trends in American building types showcased at the United States Pavilion at the 9th International Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy are examined.

The exhibition 'Mechanical Marvels: Invention in the Age of Leonardo,' which shows architectural models from the 15th century, suggests that architecture and engineering were integrated. It was only in the 18th century when both fields were separated.

Drue Heinz is the driving force behind a new collection of drawings and models exhibiting America's architectural treasures. The current collection spans a period from 1760 to 1960 and also includes examples of distinguished work from Australia and Europe.

Byline: -SAMUEL COCHRAN BODY LANGUAGE Architect, theorist, urban planner, artist . . . Charles-édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, blazed a trail across many creative fields. At the heart [...]

Byline: Justin Davidson If ever architecture needed a shot of altruism, it does now. The boom seduced many excellent architects into turning out ever-pricier baubles and feats of vertiginous engineering, [...]

A new look for an ancient Phoenician city An exhibition in New York provides simple, stylish ideas for improved living IT ONCE was thought that social problems could be solved [...]

Basil Spence was a major figure in his day, but this major new show fails to extrapolate a lasting influence, says Saul Metzstein EXHIBITION BACK TO THE FUTURE - SIR [...]

STUDENT SHOW BARTLETT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Pros Exquisite drawing and making, baroque poetic games Cons Lack of explicit political or generative production Standout students Sara Shafiei, Tim Barwell The Bartlett [...]

Only Make Believe: Ways of Playing, is a new exhibition in Stanton Williams galleries at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, curated by the novelist and critic Marina Warner. The materials included in preparing the model are boxes of little colored rods and papers for folding and cutting.

An exhibition named, 'Erich Mendelsohn: Dynamics and Function' will be held at CUBE, 113 Portland Street, Manchester until January 29, 2005 that displays the works of Eric Mendelsohn. Through the use of modern color photography, the exhibition shows that Eric's architecture is about firmness and commodity and also about life in its fullest sense.

Fantasy Architecture: 1500-2036, an architecture exhibition held at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, organized by Hayward Gallery.

James Casebere GALERIE DANIEL TEMPLON There's a golden yet unspoken rule in architectural training and practice that scale models should be neither too realistic nor too detailed. Thus, trees and [...]

We expect sleek, ultramodern design from Scandinavia or Tokyo -- but from Tijuana? Seems unlikely, unless you've heard of Torolab, a consortium of socially engaged designers and artists committed to [...]

The latest exhibition at the IMA is dedicated to globally acclaimed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. The exhibition entitled Zaha Hadid, une architecture is situated in the Pavillon Mobile Art. Arousing [...]

A 40-foot by 74-foot, three-dimensional, full-color model of the entire province of British Columbia is now on display in a new discovery center in Victoria, B.C., Canada. The model, manufactured [...]

The draftsmanship of Lebbeus Woods from the architectural models displayed at the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, is examined.

Pipers International, a modelmaker, is linking with London First, an inward investment agency, at NatWest's Lothbury Gallery, to provide an exhibition of all major millennium projects. Pipers has already produced an overall model of central London, representing an investment of 1 million pounds sterling, and individual scale models of the proposed buildings will be produced. Exhibition director, Pipers' Barry McKeogh is hoping that the exhibition will repeat the 1992 City Changes exhibition at the Royal Exchange.