Book Review by Frederico Duarte.
“A Section of Now: Social Norms and Rituals as Sites for Architectural Intervention” outlines a new relationship between the spaces in which we live and the ways we live within them.
Edited by Giovanna BorasIi, with contributions from Andrea Bellavita, Tei Carpenter, Mario Gooden, Melissa Harris, Helen Hester, Sam Jacob, Andrés Jacque, Joanne McNeil, Ann Neumann, Nina Power, Anna Puigjaner, Karla Rothstein, Hilary Sample, Jen Schradie, SO-IL, Traumnovelle, and Sumayya Vally. With graphic design by Folder Studio.
Co-published by CCA and Spector Books (2022, Softcover, 350 pages)
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A PUTA DA LEITURA
Books, Talks, Radio and Drinks
Interessados em edições de arquitectura e curiosos sobre as diversas perspectivas na arquitectura que tomam forma de um livro, de uma revista ou de um jornal, convidamos a juntar-se a nós durante três dias de A PUTA DA LEITURA na Antecâmara. Coincidindo com a Feira do Livro de Lisboa'21, convidamos um grupo de editoras com uma selecção de três títulos cada um, disponível aqui, na livraria pop-up.
Julia Albani (Herford, 1977)
Julia Albani é curadora, crítica e estrategista de comunicação, que inspira e facilita o intercâmbio entre indivíduos e instituições nos campos da humanização da arquitetura e do urbanismo. Vive e trabalha em Lisboa. Estudou História de Arte e Arquitetura, Filosofia, e Literatura em Dresden, Bolonha, Barcelona e Berlim. Foi Directora de Projecto no Swiss Architecture Museum em Basileia (2007-2009), Co-Curadora da representação Portuguesa à Bienal de Arquitetura de Veneza em 2010; Coordenadora do departamento curatorial da Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa (2009-2012), Co-Directora de BUREAU N em Berlim, Basel e Lisboa (2012-2016). Em 2016 juntou-se ao Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) como Diretora de Comunicação, e desde Setembro 2018 é a responsável das relações internacionais do CCA.
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A PUTA DA LEITURA
Books, Talks, Radio and Drinks
Concerned with publishing in architecture and curious about diverse perspectives taking shape of a book, a magazine or a newspaper, A PUTA DA LEITURA emerges as a pop-up book store, organised by Antecâmara Radio and Gallery, and curated by Julia Albani.
A PUTA DA LEITURA: BOOK REVIEWS is a podcast of audio book reviews, that were produced for and discussed during the TALKS.
Julia Albani is Lisbon-based curator, critic and communication strategist, specialized in inspiring and facilitating exchange between individuals and institutions within the fields of humanizing architecture and urbanism. She has studied Art and Architectural History, Philosophy and Literature in Dresden, Bologna, Barcelona and Berlin. She has been Managing Director at the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel (2007-2009), Co-Curator of the Portuguese representation at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, Head of the curatorial department at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (2009-2012), and was Co-Director of BUREAU N in Berlin, Basel and Lisbon (2012-2016). In 2016, she joined the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as Associate Director, Communications, and, since September 2018, leads the CCA’s international relations.
Frederico Duarte (1979) studied communication design and worked as a graphic designer in Portugal, Malaysia and Italy. In 2010 he graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with an MFA in design criticism. In 2021 he concluded his PhD in curatorship at Birkbeck College, University of London and the Victoria & Albert Museum. As a design writer, critic and curator he’s been writing articles and essays, contributing and editing books and catalogs, giving lectures and workshops, organising events and curating exhibitions on design, architecture and creativity since 2006.
