WEEK IN REVIEW

as a media partner of this year's engadin art talks (E.A.T.), designboom continues to share selected projects, interviews and news from the 12 hour 'longue durée' program, which saw artists, architects, designers, writers and scientists present their thoughts and work. we spoke with lord norman foster about the themes his E.A.T. presentation covered, and ‘InnHub la punt’, a new center for innovation underway at the heart of the engadin valley. 'the attraction of neighbourhood living is not new, but it has been given a timely and welcome boost by the pandemic,' he tells us. read the interview with lord foster in full here. we also took a look inside the james turrell skyspace 'piz uter', where swiss percussionist and composer fritz hauser performed a drum piece during the event. watch hauser’s performance in the video here, and follow our ongoing coverage from the E.A.T. here.
in other news, amazon unveiled proposed development plans for the second phase of its arlington, virginia headquarters. designed by NBBJ — the architecture firm behind amazon’s seattle spheres — the project’s centerpiece is 'the helix', a tower filled with a variety of work environments for amazon employees. as with ‘the spheres’, the building allows staff to be immersed in nature with lush gardens and native trees populating the entirety of the spiraling structure. see the scheme here.

meanwhile, jason decaires taylor has built an underwater museum off the coast of cannes, france — his first installation in the mediterranean sea. the museum features a series of six monumental three-dimensional portraits, each over two meters (6 feet) in height and ten tons in weight. the artworks are based on portraits of members of the local community, covering a range of ages and professions. for example, maurice — an 80-year-old fisherman — is featured alongside anouk — a 9-year-old primary school student. dive in to our feature on the underwater museum here.

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