Installation

May 29, 2025

Iridescent Arc Looks Like a Ring of Mist & Light and Perfectly Frames Seoul’s Skyline

Perched along the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, is an installation that almost seems supernatural: it breathes mist, its surface is blank and doesn’t reveal anyone’s reflection, and it shimmers quietly in the setting sun. The project in question is James Tapscott’s Arc ZERO: Eclipse, the artist’s latest addition to his Arc ZERO series. Like much of Tapscott’s work, Arc ZERO: Eclipse is a meditation upon the sublime, as expressed through natural phenomena.

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May 23, 2025

Giant Filtration System Serves Espresso Made With Water From Venice Canals

At this year’s Biennale Architettura (Architecture Biennale) in Venice, visitors can grab their Italian espressos from an unexpected source: the city’s canals. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the Canal Cafe is an innovative and uniquely site-specific project from the architecture firm behind such iconic landmarks as the High Line in New York City. The installation is “part espresso bar, part laboratory,” according to DS+R, offering fresh coffee made directly from purified water.

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May 18, 2025

Immersive LED Displays Transform a Korean Resort Into a Shimmering Crystal Palace

In 1851, London hosted the Great Exhibition in what would become one of the world’s finest examples of modern architecture: the Crystal Palace. Complete with dramatic arches and a shimmering, transparent facade, the palace was absolutely gargantuan. It integrated 293,000 panes of glass, a 128-foot-high ceiling, and housed more than 14,000 exhibitors from around the world.

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May 7, 2025

30,000 Ceramic Red Poppies Flow Across the Tower of London’s Lawn

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, 30,000 ceramic poppies have returned to the Tower of London. Originally part of the 2014 Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red public art installation, they will remain on view until November 11, Armistice Day. Ceramic artist Paul Cummins created 888,246 red ceramic poppies for the 2014 installation, one for every British or Colonial service person killed during the First World War.

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