Frieze Magazine | Archive

Issue 99 May 2006

Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, London, UK by Emily King

Stealing Beauty

Architectural doppelgängers are surprisingly commonplace; after his death Le Corbusier became the most ardently copied architect of the 20th century by Maria Berman

Events

Engaging the City

‘New Orleans: Strategies for a City in a Soft Land’ National Arts Club, New York, USA by James Trainor

Design

Typing Pools and Homes

Ivrea is the former campus town of the renowned Italian typewriter company Olivetti and a fine example of successful Modernist design by Eugenia Bell

Laughter, Tears and Rage

Under Pressure

Philosopher Peter Sloterdijk’s proposal for a ‘Pneumatic Parliament’ reflects the fragility of democracy by Brian Dillon

Events

Art of Welfare

Goethe Institute, London, UK by Belinda Bowring

View from the Bridge

A Place in the Sun

Oscar Niemeyer and Emanuel Araujo’s new buildings in a São Paulo park by Robert Storr

State of the Art

The Accidental Tourist

In these days of cultural complexity it’s important to ask ‘what is local’ and ‘what does it need’? by Jan Verwoert

Informant

Edifice Complex

Mervyn Peake’s recently re-issued classic novel, Titus Groan is both less and more than a traditional Gothic tale by George Pendle

Questionnaire

Isa Genzken

Isa Genzken is an artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her work will be shown this summer in solo exhibitions at Secession, Vienna, and Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck.

Architecture

Anyone Home?

Los Angeles architect Fritz Haeg’s ‘Salons’ create a sense of community for people from various disciplines who might otherwise never meet by James Trainor

Architecture

Give and Take

Questions of architectural vision versus the needs of the client can result in a complicated relationship

Architecture

A Clean, Well-Lit Space ...

21st-century museum buildings are more than repositories of art; they also function as centres of urban activity and symbols of cultural regeneration by Jonathan Bell

Architecture

From Rem Koolhaas to Herzog & de Meuron, a number of today’s most famous architects accept commissions from repressive regimes. What does this say about the relationship between architectural innovation, ethics and ideology? by Deyan Sudjic

Monograph

Form Follows Function

Melding utopianism with utilitarianism, Marjetica Potrc’s projects and exhibitions prompt questions about the responsibilities of artists to the greater social realm by Jennifer Higgie

Focus

Michael Rakowitz

An import-export business, posters, shelters for the homeless and the smell of buns by Peter Eleey

City Report

Beirut

Fifteen years after the end of the civil war Lebanon’s capital buzzes with a potent mix of ideologies, politics and art by Tirdad Zolghadr and Tony Chakar

Focus

Pablo Bronstein

A fantasy-league team of architects, columns, cupolas and a coffee bar by Jonathan Griffin

Architecture

Camera Lucida

Reyner Banham was one of the last century’s most influential architecture and design critics by Mark Haworth-Booth

Focus

Heidi Specker

Optical illusion, tree trunks, Brutalist architecture and Bangkok by Christy Lange

Interview

Light Years

An interview with Anthony McCall, an artist who, since his seminal 1973 film Line Describing a Cone, has explored the physical and sculptural qualities of film by Mark Godfrey

Focus

Edi Hila

Albanian homes, anonymous structures, shipwrecks and billiards by Edi Muka

Debate

The Art of War

The Israeli Defence Forces have been heavily influenced by contemporary philosophy, highlighting the fact that there is considerable overlap among theoretical texts deemed essential by military academies and architectural schools by Eyal Weizman

Monograph