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Combining elements of Palais de Tokyo’s architecture with wood from São Paulo, Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira creates a grand Gordian Knot titled Baitogogo.
Baitogogo features twisting wooden limbs bursting out of a rigid, white frame, bringing the room to life.
Using wood from construction site fences in Brazil, Oliveira’s sculpture reflects the fast development of favelas (shanty towns) in Brazil. Some of Oliveira’s inspiration was drawn from diseases such as tumours, as reflected in Baitogogo’s deeply knotted centre. The result is an impressive representation of “…the endemic and parasitic nature of these [favelas]” (Palais de Tokyo).
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Rank 2017: 1 - Rank 2016: 1Country: USAArchitects: 2570Income: $1-1.5bn Gensler’s total domination of the rankings continues as it achieves the seemingly impossible task of growing still more after last year’s huge leap in size. At 2,570, the American practice now employs nearly 1,000 more architects than it ...
A daring construction of opposites, with a theatre, cinema and library in a space that combines new-build and the spirit of the orginal 1930s picture house.
