In conversation
Valerie Verhack with Adam Caruso and Freek Persyn
Live-stream from Leuven, Belgium
8 April 2021
Museum Leuven's curator Valerie Verhack in conversation with Adam Caruso and Freek Persyn of 51n4e architects, part of a series of events around the museum's retrospective of the work of Thomas Demand.
The architects discuss the future of museum architecture, their collaborations on unrealised designs for two Belgium institutions, KANAL and M HKA; their collaboration with Thomas Demand; and their approaches to museum design, from the the 'soft' museum, to the 'productive' museum.
Main image: M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, façade detail
Below, from left to right: M HKA exterior and interior, KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels, exterior and interior
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Discussion
Adam Caruso in conversation with Thomas Demand
Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2 November 2009, 7pm
Chaired by Alex Farquharson, director of Nottingham Contemporary.
Book launch & talk, Zurich
Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Adam Caruso & Salim Umar
Hochparterre Bücher, Zurich
19:00 CET 20th March 2026
Adam Caruso will be in conversation with Salim Umar to celebrate the release of Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020. Free to attend.
Royal Belge has been shortlisted for the RIBA International Awards. Selecting projects from five continents, the award recognizes a broad range of designs addressing global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, social equity, and rapid urbanization.
Our Royal Belge project is praised for its adaptive reuse strategies, extending the life of a modernist icon. The jury will visit the projects in the coming month.
Book launch & talk, London
Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Adam Caruso, Peter St John & Owen Hatherley
ICA, London
18:30 26th March 2026
Adam Caruso and Peter St John will be in conversation with Owen Hatherley at the ICA in London, to celebrate the release of the book Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020, published by MACK Books. Tickets available through the ICA website.
Book launch & talk, Berlin
Collected Works: Volume 3, 2010-2020
Thomas Demand & Adam Caruso
Buchhandlung Walther König, Berlin
19:00 CET 10th April 2026
Adam Caruso will be in conversation with artist Thomas Demand at the Buchhandlung Walther König an der Museumsinsel in Berlin, to celebrate the release of Collected Works: Volume 3 2010–2020. Free to attend.
Phase 2 of our Masterplan for Hospitafields Arts, the Studios, have been shortlisted for the RIAS Awards in Scotland. This phase focuses on the more private areas of the site, creating studios and workshops with excellent access. Centred on the Rear Yard, this phase includes the renovation of the 1901 studios, conservation of the 1845 Patrick Allan-Fraser Studio, refurbishment of the Drawing School, and construction of a new studio building.
Royale Belge has won the Contemporary Heritage Award at the third edition of the Brussels Architecture Prizes. The prizes celebrate contributions to the spatial quality of Brussels.
Opia is celebrating the opening of a second store in Zurich. Caruso St John designed the fit-out of the new store at Sihlstrasse 20. The design centers on a spatial element that integrates lighting and display systems, while also helping to organize the space and bringing colour and texture.
The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transportation has awarded the project for the refurbishment of the Neue Pinakothek with a BIM-Prize in the category ‘Existing Buildings’.
Anniversary
Celebrating 25 Years of The New Art Gallery Walsall
Guided tour and talk
Walsall, United Kingdom
22nd October 2025
Opened in 2000, the New Art Gallery Walsall has become an important cultural venue for the region. Designed by Caruso St John Architects, the building is recognised for its distinctive design and as the home of the renowned Garman Ryan Collection.