The Architect's Newspaper's April 16th issue features an article about Bioscleave House, "Emotive Architecture" by William Menking.

"If architecture, as architects often remind us, is not simply about design and building but also about the ideas that architects bring to a site or project, then Bioscleave [House] should provoke architects to think more profoundly about the purpose, function, and even ability of their work to transform life and experience."

Madeline Gins and Arakawa and their newly completed Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa) are featured in the article "A House Not for Mere Mortals" appearing on the front page of the 'House and Home' section of The New York Times (Thursday, April 3, 2008) and in an audio slideshow at nyt.com.

April 4-6, 2008
The University of Pennsylvania (Jean-Michel Rabaté) and the Slought Foundation (Aaron Levy) hosted the second International Arakawa + Gins · Architcture and Philosophy Conference/Congress. Philosopher Dorothea Olkowski gave the keynote address. Over thirty participants (including scientists, psychologists, philosophers, healthcare professionals, physicians, poets, architects and artists) delivered papers on their work and research in relation to the work of Arakawa + Gins at the University of Pennsylvania over the course of the three-day conference.

An exhibit "Reading Room" by Jondi Keane, Alan Prohm, Shaun Gallagher and Theo Lotz was installed at the Slought Foundation gallery. On Saturday night, April 5th, Daria Fain and Kathy Bruce each performed a piece at Slought Foundation.

The conference began online with a discussion with philosopher David Kolb and a paper by Nathan Brown.

Photos will appear shortly.

Bioscleave House (Lifespan Extending Villa)
Under construction for seven years, this first work of procedural architecture in the western hemisphere, was completed in March 2008. 

Photos appear on this site.

Rodopi will publish the conference proceedings of the first International Arakawa + Gins · Architcture and Philosophy Conference (Fall 2005), collected and edited by Francoise Kral. This collection of essays on the work of Arakawa + Gins will be part of Rodopi's Architecture/Technology/Culture series, edited by Klaus Benesch, David Nye and Miles Orvell.

Jovis will publish the German translation of Architectural Body: Niemals Sterben!! Architektur gegen den Tod in May 2008, with a translation by Dagmar Buchwald and a preface by Jean-Jacques Lecercle.

Making Dying Illegal has now been translated into Japanese and published by Shunjusha.

PointClickHome.com, the blog for Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor, and Home Magazine featured Reversible Destiny Lofts - Mitaka in a recent article.

Glamour.com mentioned Reversible Destiny Lofts - Mitaka on their design and style blog.

Helen Keller or Arakawa

A team of translators headed up by Professor Momoko Watanabe has been at work on a Japanese translation of Helen Keller or Arakawa for, as it turns out, eight years.  The moment for publication of this translation has arrived at last – Fall 2007. Shinshokan will publish it Japan.

Marie Dominique-Garnier has recently begun a French translation of Helen Keller or Arakawa. Editions Hermann will publish it in France.

The Illustrated Helen Keller or Arakawa is now on this site (download PDF - 5.75 MB).

Last updated: May 8, 2008