Bernard Tschumi will lecture on his new book at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 28 and at the Architectural Association in London on April 24, 2013.
Bernard Tschumi lectures at Harvard and the AA
March 28, 2013
Bernard Tschumi, National Academy
February 26, 2013
Cultural Center in Italy ![Cultural Center in Italy]()
February 20, 2013
Bernard Tschumi Architects presents the new ANIMA cultural center in Italy. Located on the Adriatic Coast, near Grottammare/San Benedetto, the 15,000 m2 includes a 1500-seat multifunction hall, large rooms for art, music, performance, and meeting spaces. Presentation ceremonies were held in Grottammare, together with the Mayor and the President of the Foundation Cassa di Risparmio di Ascoli Piceno.
The Ruins of Modernity![The Ruins of Modernity]()
February 07, 2013
Bernard Tschumi participates in a panel discussion, The Ruins of Modernity, at NYU’s Kimmel Center with Peter Eisenman, Reinhold Martin, and Joan Ockman.
Deconstructivism at MoMA![Deconstructivism at MoMA]()
January 22, 2013
Bernard Tschumi and Peter Eisenman look back at some of the misconceptions around Deconstructivism in honor of the 25th anniversary of MoMA’s seminal exhibition in 1988 with Mark Wigley and Barry Bergdoll, followed by a book signing in MoMA’s Lauder Lobby.
Architecture Books Discussion at Columbia University![Architecture Books Discussion at Columbia University]()
November 29, 2012
A conversation about architecture books will be hosted at Columbia’s GSAPP on November 29th at 6:30pm. Bernard Tschumi will be discussing his recent book, Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color with Alejandro Zaera-Polo, whose own book, The Sniper’s Log, is also being released this fall. The event will be held at Wood Auditorium in Columbia’s Avery Hall.
Bernard Tschumi at FIAF![Bernard Tschumi at FIAF]()
November 14, 2012
A discussion with Bernard Tschumi is to be hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and moderated by Michael Boodro, Editor-in-Chief of Elle Décor magazine. The talk will be held at FIAF’s Tinker Auditorium, 55 East 59th Street (between Park and Madison Avenue) on Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available at the FIAF website. A book signing will follow the discussion.
Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color Released
October 30, 2012
Today Rizzoli releases Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color, the first comprehensive monograph on architect Bernard Tschumi. Part monograph, part work of architectural theory, part novel, the book narrates a journey through a personal history of architecture and architectural ideas in five parts. Intertwining theory and practice, hypothetical studies and built projects, Architecture Concepts: Red is Not a Color presents an architectural perspective and the conceptual strategies behind each work, discussing architecture in an original way: as a balance of images and story that offers a new perspective on the architecture book and redefines the monograph. Designed by 2x4, the book is now available in bookstores and online vendors.
Derrida Conference Opens![Derrida Conference Opens]()
October 25, 2012
AoD Architecture of Disjunction: The Specter of Jacques Derrida, an International Scientific Conference organized by the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture, is held in Serbia from the 25th to the 27th of October. Participants include Bernard Tschumi, Peter Eisenman, Mark Wigley, Jeffrey Kipnis, Catherine Ingraham, Ljiljana Blagojević, Marguerite Derrida, and others.
Common Ground![Common Ground]()
June 07, 2012
Bernard Tschumi exhibits four new panels based on his Advertisements for Architecture series from 1976 as part of the Common Ground exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by David Chipperfield. The new panels show a series of diptychs with slogans that relate to issues on contemporary architectural practice.
Vacheron-Constantin Extension![Vacheron-Constantin Extension]()
May 25, 2012
Bernard Tschumi Architects has been commissioned to design a 100,000 square-foot (10,000m2) extension of the Vacheron-Constantin factory and headquarters building, also designed by the firm and completed in 2005 near Geneva.
Jean Tschumi Remembered![Jean Tschumi Remembered]()
May 23, 2012
The work of Jean Tschumi (1904-1962) is celebrated in Orleans, France. An exhibition prepared by Jacques Gubler and curated by Elke Mittmann opens at the Maison de l’Architecture in Orleans, with a lecture by Jacques Gubler at the Orleans Mediatheque. A colloquium on the preservation of 20th century architecture will take place on June 12, moderated by Richard Scoffier with Dominique Lyon, Francis Soler, Bernard Tschumi and Docomomo activist Agnes Cailliau; it will discuss possible scenarios of reuse of Jean Tschumi’s first building, the Sandoz Laboratories in Orleans (1948-1953).
Le Rosey Groundbreaking![Le Rosey Groundbreaking]()
May 15, 2012
Construction begins on the new performance center to be called Carnal Hall at the Swiss boarding school Le Rosey in Rolle.
Concept and Material![Concept and Material]()
April 09, 2012
Bernard Tschumi lectures at IIT in Chicago on the subject of Concept and Material in Architecture.
Red/Read Storefront Benefit
March 29, 2012
Bernard Tschumi and Barbara Kruger are honored as part of the annual spring benefit for Storefront for Art and Architecture featuring a silent auction of artworks held in the historic lobby of the Woolworth Building. The evening also featured a performance on the roof, which was lit with red lights for the occasion.
Alésia Museum First Phase Inauguration![Alésia Museum First Phase Inauguration]()
March 19, 2012
Part of a museum complex designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects, a new interpretive center on the site of the historic Battle of Alésia will open in a formal ceremony on March 22, 2012. Located in Burgundy, France, the building marks the position of the Roman army, under Julius Caesar, and its encampment surrounding the Gauls under Vercingetorix in 52 B.C. The building will be open to the public starting on March 26th.
Groundbreaking Ceremonies
December 02, 2011
Two groundbreaking ceremonies are taking place this fall for projects designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects: on October 26 in the Hague, for the Nieuwe Haagse Passage, a shopping arcade with a 200-room hotel in the historical city center, and on December 7 for the Paris Zoo, a € 110M redesign of the old Zoo de Vincennes.
Recent Lectures
December 01, 2011
Bernard Tschumi lectured in October in Aachen, Germany, at the “rethinking Mies” conference on the occasion of the architect’s 125th birthday. Other recent talks include a symposium at Columbia University, New York, titled “What Happened to the Architectural Manifesto” and a lecture at the “Image de Ville” Conference at the Cité de l’architecture & du Patrimoine on the subject of “The Street,” both in November.
Upcoming Exhibitions
November 28, 2011
The Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi Architects will be featured as a part an exhibition of the Mies Foundation 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture selections in London, at the Roca Gallery from November 28 to January 27, 2012. BTA’s competition entry for the EDF Saclay Research headquarters was also featured in an exhibition in Paris at the Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine during November. On January 25, 2012, Bernard Tschumi Architects will show for the first time in the US their project for the Carnal Hall Concert Center in Rolle, near Geneva, Switzerland, at the Biennial of the National Academy of Design, in New York City.
Paris Zoo Groundbreaking![Paris Zoo Groundbreaking]()
September 29, 2011
The $125 million renovation and redesign of the Paris Zoo begins construction in Paris. Partners on the project are: Chrysalis, Ateliers Jacqueline Osty (landscape), Bernard Tschumi urbanistes Architectes with Véronique Descharrières (architecture), Groupe Synthèse.