By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. The Minamidera Art House Project guide, standing at the entrance to the rectangular wooden building that houses James…
Published work
A selection of articles on architecture and design by Robert Such.
Here are a few articles on architecture and design that I’ve written over the years. They include profiles on leading architects and lighting designers, and published pieces on just about anything from hotels to art installations.
By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. Throughout his long and distinguished career, lighting designer Martin Klaasen has been involved in a long list of…
By Robert Such. Published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. Standing in the courtyard of a retirement home for the elderly in the Swedish city of Malmö,…
By Robert Such. Published in Sculpture Magazine. Dreams, memories, politics, history and religion inform the artworks of Kent Karlsson. The Swedish artist works everyday objects…
By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. Between Paris and Disneyland, on a growing university campus, stands Bernard Tschumi’s Ecole d’Architecture de Marne-la-Vallée. His trademark…
By Robert Such. Published in The New York Times. A new apartment building in Montpellier, in the south of France, is designed to sprout vegetation…
By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Life, energy and movement are some of the meanings for UnSangDong, the name chosen by Jang and Chang Hoon…
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. Although widely known as a composer of electronic music, 42-year-old Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda began working with light…
By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. “I don’t do lighting for buildings, I do lighting for people.” Robert Such speaks to the Global Leader…
By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Ever since 1975, when Christian de Portzamparc designed Les Hautes Formes in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, France’s social housing agencies have…
By Robert Such. Published in Blueprint. Paris has many presidential ‘grand projets’ – including the Musée d’Orsay, the Opéra Bastille and the arch at La…
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. Despite its name, Son-O-House is not a house but a permanent public artwork that is both a pavilion…
By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. “It was the most impossible site for a law court,” says Christian de Portzamparc, architect of the Palais…
By Robert Such. Published in The Independent on Sunday. Paris is many things: chic, sophisticated, stylish. But one thing it isn’t is mould-breaking. Modern Parisians…
By Robert Such. Published in Lighting Equipment News. A mid-afternoon stroll around French artist Yann Kersalé’s garden wasn’t such a good idea. Not if I…
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Design. Before we tackle the story behind Jakob and MacFarlane’s installation-cum-architecture at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, let us suggest…
By Robert Such. Published in Hospitality Design. Looking like an outsized piece of elaborately folded paper, the new Bella Sky Hotel just outside the Danish…
By Robert Such. Published in The Independent and Courrier International (French title: En balade dans les salles obscure). I pressed my nose up to the…
By Robert Such. Profile article about lighting designer Toh Yah Li. Published in mondo arc. One of the first professionals to become a Certified Lighting…
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. For almost two decades, visual artist Stephen Hennessy has fashioned spectacular custom light fittings for civic, commercial and…
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Categories
- architecture
- art
- hotel design
- interior design
- lanscape architecture
- lighting
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- Architectural Design
- Architectural Record
- Blueprint
- Courrier International
- Domus
- Frame Magazine
- Hospitality Design
- Lanscape Architecture Magazine
- Lighting Equipment News
- mondo arc
- Sculpture Magazine
- The Architectural Review
- The Independent
- The Independent on Sunday
- The New York Times
- World Architecture
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