Listening to 17,000-year-old architecture: Oliver Beer at Thaddaeus Ropac by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00324-Oliver...

Curiosity triggered: Daiga Grantina’s sculptures dance with architecture at the Mead Gallery by Isabel de Vasconcellos recessed.space/00323-Daiga-...

An enormous hotel for the well-known & wealthy during Folkestone’s heyday is set to become a unique cultural space fusing residential, creative making & performance with the help of Haworth Tompkins. Will Jennings visited to find out about the plans for The Grand. recessed.space/00322-The-Gr...

OUR TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM PHOTO LONDON AS IT ENTERS A NEW ERA As Photo London relocates into the vast spaces of Kensington Olympia, we visited to bring you our top ten highlights from the annual festival featuring two centuries of photography. recessed.space/00321-Photo-...

Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley By Steve Taylor recessed.space/00320-Archit...

Californian architects MAP are using AI to push a new frontier into uncanny valley By Steve Taylor recessed.space/00320-Archit...

The new Nederlands Fotomuseum reuses a Rotterdam warehouse & offers the city a new architectural approach by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00319-Nederl...

AN INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS POHL KOSEDA ON DRAWING, CAPITAL & AI On the day architect & artist Louis Pohl Koseda opens 'Metafictions of Post-Post-Postmodern in our recessed.space gallery in No.1 Poultry, we share an interview originally published on our newsletter. recessed.space/00318-louis-...

The essential Palm Springs part 3: the Coachella Valley recessed.space/00317-Palm-S...

The essential Palm Springs part 2: beyond the city limits recessed.space/00316-Palm-S...

The essential Palm Springs: the city & desert modernism recessed.space/00315-Palm-S...

Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Brussels: a masterplan for culture recessed.space/00314-Kanal-...

At Edinburgh’s RSA, architect Richard Murphy looks at the generational family tree of design recessed.space/00313-Richar...

The John Soane x Minecraft collab that allows you to explore ancient architecture The Sir John Soane Museum in London has been recreated in Minecraft blocks, allowing children from across the world to explore incredible architectural museum & ancient civilisations. recessed.space/00312-Soane-...

Cerith Wyn Evans glows in MAAT, Lisbon recessed.space/00311-Cerith...

Ursula K. Le Guin’s speculative cartography by @sam-moore94.bsky.social A recent exhibition at London’s Architectural Association presented maps drawn by author Ursula K. Le Guin as part of her authorial worldbuilding process. recessed.space/00310-Ursula...

THE HOUSE AS SELF-PORTRAIT: JOHN SOANE'S WORDS THROUGH AN ARTISTIC GAZE by Rochelle Roberts recessed.space/00309-Crude-...

The Orobie Biennial puts art into the Bergamasque Prealps recessed.space/00308-Orobie...

With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.

With the passing of Frank Gehry, we look at some of his most important cultural contributions.

The second exhibition in the recessed.space gallery inside No.1 Poultry is by Ground Collective, a group of artists searching for ways to read the city beyond the visible. recessed.space/00307-Ground...

Venice Biennale 2025: part 1, the good recessed.space/00304-Venice...

Temporary & permanent culture fine a place in Middlesbrough by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00303-Middle...

Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery by @robfiehn.bsky.social @dulwichgallery.bsky.social recessed.space/00301-ArtPla...

THE RECESS 037 including: Terry Farrell / The design of Frieze / Two London institutions to expand / The Louvre hits the news for something else / New heads for Helsinki & Tallinn / Yinka Ilori floods MK with colour recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...

From Bauhaus to birdhouse: world famous architects’ avian designs for charity recessed.space/00300-From-B...

A Deeper Recess 014: a conversation with Sumayya Vally open.substack.com/pub/recessed...

In search of oracular places at the 36th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts By Lorenzo Graf & Riccardo Buck recessed.space/00299-Ljublj...

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We speak to Mark Leckey freshly after opening his major survey exhibition, with a large body of new work, at the Julia Stoschek Foundation over Berlin Art Week. recessedspace.substack.com/p/a-deeper-r...

Our highlights from Berlin Art Week 2025 We took a trip to Berlin to celebrate the capital city’s cultural scene & in doing so not only discovered a rich breadth of art, but also some incredible architectural settings of all eras & genres. recessed.space/00296-Berlin...

Post-industrial clay: the British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent by Veronica Simpson recessed.space/00295-Britis...

TOLIA ASTAKHISHVILI’S ARCHITECTURAL EXCAVATION IN VENICE CHANGES THE WAY ARTISTS USE THE CITY recessed.space/00294-Tolia-...

A conversation about V&A Storehouse with Brendan Cormier, curator at the V&A, & David Allin of DS+R architects. open.substack.com/pub/recessed...

An interview with Derrick Adams on the spaces of Black America recessed.space/00293-Derric...

A visit to Hauser & Wirth Downtown LA: architecture, gardens, food & art recessed.space/00292-Hauser...

Read The Recess 034 here: recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...

Edinburgh Art Festival 2025: our highlights recessed.space/00291-Edinbu...

Learning how to live at Venice Biennale by @robfiehn.bsky.social recessed.space/00290-housin...

A DEEPER RECESS 011: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOUIS POHL KOSEDA ON SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE, THE POWER OF DRAWING & THE IMPACT OF AI open.substack.com/pub/recessed...

The country’s newest stone circle has been created in Luton as a space for gathering & community by @willjennings.bsky.social recessed.space/00289-Matthe...

Another great review of my book can be found here: recessed.space/00285-Robert... Thank you @willjennings.bsky.social @recessedspace.bsky.social for an insightful reflection on the themes running through the images and texts

An interview with Ronald Rael about 3d printed mud architecture at Desert X recessed.space/00288-Ronald...

The Recess 033 Read & subscribe here: recessedspace.substack.com/p/the-recess...

Discover the culture & spaces that influence leading artists in a new book by @benlukeart.bsky.social recessed.space/00287-What-i...

Mark Leckey & Arthur Jafa summon ghosts into an ever-shifting shopping centre by @elliebrown.bsky.social recessed.space/00286-Mark-L...

Thank you to @willjennings.bsky.social for reviewing my new photo book @recessedspace.bsky.social - I am most grateful for his appreciation of my narrative throughout the book, an architecture photo book with a difference... recessed.space/00285-Robert... Please take look here:

A celebration of post-war utopian architecture for the people in a new book from photographer @robclayton.bsky.social recessed.space/00285-Robert...

You’re all invited to Jeremy Deller’s public party! recessed.space/00284-Jeremy...