Casabella issue 936 features Caruso St John's exhibition design for Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect of Death and Life which opened in October last year at ArkDes.
Kieran Long explores the show, recounting Lewerentz work, as well as his own engagement with the architect. The exhibition continues until the 28th August 2022.
Photo by Adam Caruso.
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Lecture
Casabella Lectures
Adam Caruso in conversation with Federico Tranfa
Milan, Italy
8th May 2023
Adam Caruso will be in conversation with Casabella’s editor Federico Tranfa at the Theatro Milano for the magazine’s annual lecture series. The discussion will focus on the design process, exploring projects like the recently completed Swiss Life Arena.
Exhibition
Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect of Death and Life
Stockholm, Sweden
Open until the 28th August 2022
Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life is in its final weeks at Arkdes. The retrosepctive exhibition was designed by Caruso St John and curated by Kieran Long, Johan Örn and Lena Landerberg.
Exhibition
Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect of Death and Life
Stockholm, Sweden
1st October 2021 - 28th August 2022
Arkdes' Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect of Death and Life opens this Friday. The comprehensive exhibition has been curated by Kieran Long, Johan Örn and Lena Landerberg, and designed by Caruso St John.
To mark the opening of Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life at ArkDes, Adam Caruso will be giving a lecture on the exhibition's design process, alongside his own relationship to Lewerentz and his legacy today.
Interview
Gagosian Quarterly: Sigurd Lewerentz
The exhibition Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life opens in October at ArkDes, Stockholm. To mark the occasion Gagosian director Mark Francis spoke with Adam Caruso, Kieran Long, director of ArkDes, and Swedish arts critic Anna Nittve. They discussed the extent of the exhibition's research and design, as well as the enduring legacy of Lewerentz. The interview features in the Fall 2021 edition of Gagosian Magazine.
Published this month is Sigurd Lewerentz, Architect of Death and Life. The monograph covers both his built and unrealised designs; from retail spaces, churches, cemeteries and landscapes, to exhibition architecture, graphics, product design, furniture and interiors.
The comprehensive book coincides with ArkDes' exhibition of the same name. Caruso St John has designed the exhibition, which opens in October this year.
Following his January 5th lecture All Buildings are Beautiful at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Adam Caruso was in conversation with architect Aleksandra Czupkiewicz. A transcript of their discussion is published in the March edition of Architektura Murator.
St Pancras Campus is reviewed in the March edition of the RIBA Journal. Chris Foges speaks to Peter St John about the state of commercial development in London, discusses the building's contribution to its urban setting at the border of Kings Cross and Camden Town, and commends its rich detailing and high quality approach social housing.
Hospitalfield features in the third issue of Alder, a publication documenting Scotland's modern architecture, produced by the office of Mary Arnold-Forster.
Rowan Moore includes the new studio building at Hospitalfield features in his top five projects of 2024, calling it "a playful, expressive structure in which fun is had, in the tradition of Arts and Crafts architecture, with eaves, gutters, cladding and other basics of building".
Caruso St John are guest editors of Baumeister's annual curated issue. The issue is conceived as a reader, presenting a series of texts that have influenced the practice's recent thinking, including writing by Material Cultures, Grace Ndiritu, Barbara Buser, and David Holmgren.
St Pancras Campus is reviewed in the December issue of the Architects Journal. Rob Wilson visits the building with Peter St John and Rod Heyes and discusses its position in the emerging cityscape between the railway land of King Cross and the Victorian terraces of Camden Town.