Centre Pompidou to Close for Five-Year Renovation Led by Moreau Kusunoki and Frida Escobedo

Centre Pompidou. Image © Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / Flickr CC BY 2.0 The Centre Pompidou in Paris, designed in 1971 by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, is closing for a major transformation that will take five years. Following an international competition, the renovation has been entrusted to Moreau Kusunoki, in collaboration with Frida Escobedo Studio, alongside … Read more

Provisional Governance: How Temporary Projects Reshape Cities

Temporary Site of Shengli Market / LUO studio. Image © Weiqi Jin Urban policymakers and developers increasingly brand projects as temporary, piloting pop-up parks, art installations, and interim structures across global cities. Initiatives are often framed as experimental interventions that activate vacant sites. In practice, however, they frequently serve as provisional strategies to manage underutilized … Read more

Hybrid Craft: 5 Pedestrian Bridges Reimagining Natural Materials across Asia

Boat crossing Timber Bridge in Gulou Waterfront by LUO studio. Image © Weiqi Jin Transcending their role as mere infrastructure, bridges have long served as powerful architectural statements. This expressive potential is now being explored with renewed vigor across South-East Asia, where a growing number of architects are re-evaluating traditional materials. By championing wood and … Read more