image courtesy of Thomas Heartherwick;Garden Bridge

Some brilliant ideas in architecture and design are being presented at galleries and museums around the world right now. From a modernist master in Sydney, to an innovative thinker in London, here are five exhibitions to plan for in the coming months.

Celeste Sunderland, February 10, 2015

1. Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA February 20 - May 24, 2015; travels to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY, June 21 - October 25, 2015

He reinvented the concept of the basic drawbridge with "Rolling Bridge," which spans a canal in London. Then he awed the masses, clinching the top prize for the design of the UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 with "Seed Cathedral." British architect Thomas Heatherwick is renowned for coming up with inventive solutions to common design challenges by combining new materials and technologies with innovative engineering. And his studio's projects span the gamut from Longchamp bags to London city buses. This exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to experience a selection of Heatherwick Studios' groundbreaking work, through videos, photographs, prototypes and large-scale models.

2. Rebuild by Design, Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
February 6 - April 16, 2015

Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding region, but from the wreckage rose a profusion of design inspiration. This exhibition presents 10 ideas for preparing the northeastern seaboard of the United States for future super storms. Each proposal was a winner or a finalist in the competition "Rebuild by Design," a federally sponsored competition for improving the region's resilience to the effects of climate change. Innovative projects like the Big U, a protective recreational strip that hug's 10 miles of particularly vulnerable coastline along Manhattan's southern tip, are already in development, and plans are on view in this eponymous exhibition......Continue Reading

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