Portraits
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MMBB : Portrait of Marta Moreira and Milton Braga
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The firm MMBB in São Paulo is run by Marta Moreira and Milton Braga. They describe their architecture as ‘very Brazilian’ in the sense that it is highly attuned to the condition of a developing country. They define their aim as ‘a building that makes people happy’. There is always an intention behind their studies, whether they…
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PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA: Portrait of Paulo Mendes Da Rocha
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Born into a family of Italian immigrants, Paulo Mendes Da Rocha studied architecture at Mackenzie University in São Paulo (Brazil). His desire to become an architect came from his father, who was an engineer. He does not like the word ‘creation’ in architecture. For him, architecture is the result of a thought process guided objectively…
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LEDROIT PIERRET POLET ARCHITECTES: Portrait of Anne Ledroit and Vincent Pierret
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The Brussels-based firm Ledroit Pierret Polet (LPP) Architectes is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Anne Ledroit and Vincent Pierret tell us all about their interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. They describe their day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good…
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MANGER NIELSEN ARCHITECTS: Portrait of Johan Nielsen
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The Brussels-based firm MangerNielsenArchitects (MNA) is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Johan Nielsen tells us all about his interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. He describes his day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but what does creating architecture…
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ATELIER DE VISSCHER & VINCENTELLI: Portrait of Antoine Vincentelli
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The Brussels-based firm Atelier De Visscher & Vincentelli (ADVV) is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Antoine Vincentelli tells us all about his interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. He describes his day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but…
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noAarchitecten : Portrait of An Fonteyne
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An Fonteyne is a partner at the Brussels architectural firm NoAarchitecten. They have just won two major projects in the Belgian capital; one for housing on the Tour and Taxis site (with awg architecten and Sergison Bates architects) and one for the competition for the musée Kanal – Centre Pompidou, which they won in partnership…
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BINARIO ARCHITECTES : Portrait of Delphine Péters, Andrea Tenuta
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The Liège-based firm Binario Architectes is one of the ten craft architecture firms that caviar.archi has decided to portray in film. Delphine Péters and Andrea Tenuta tell you all about their interest in architecture in front of Mister Emma’s camera. They describe their day-to-day work and practices. Quality architecture, architecture in good taste, but what…
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WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
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Through a series of profiles, Mister Emma considers the evolution of the position of women within the architectural profession. What are their past and current battles? How has their visibility increased in books, in the universities, on the reference sites, in international prizes? A FEMICITY program. Technical sheet of this architecture video clipJournalist : Emma…
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THE PRIZE OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS, Paris – France (2018)
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As with every year, the ARVHA awards the Prix Femmes Architectes in Paris. The purpose of these prizes is to celebrate female architects in France. CAVIAR, under the FEMICITY programme, went to meet the winners of the 2018 awards. How important is it for them to win these awards, and, quite simply, for the existence…
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SBBT ARCHITECTURE : Portrait of Sophie Berthelier
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Sophie Berthelier worked at architect Jean Nouvel’s firm before founding with her associate Benoît Tribouillet the SBBT organisation in Paris and Chartres. These days she has moved away from contextual architecture to work on a more sensitive form of architecture with in-depth working on materials. She breaks away from the architectural gesture as it’s the…