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These spring exhibitions provide rich opportunities to explore how architecture, design, and material are taking shape in our modern world.
This spring, several thought-provoking architectural exhibitions are inviting visitors to engage with critical issues in design, energy, and material production. From explorations of energy’s overlooked role in our lives to windows into historic architectural drawings, these exhibits provide unique opportunities to reflect on how architecture shapes and is shaped by the world around us.
January 28–May 24, 2026 at Bard Graduate Center
This spring, Bard Graduate Center presents Drawing Worlds, an exhibition dedicated to the work of French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. A towering figure in 19th-century architecture, Viollet-le-Duc's drawings offer a window into his innovative designs and ideas about restoration. His approach to architecture, with its meticulous attention to historical detail and emphasis on the functional aspects of buildings, remains a pivotal influence in architectural theory and practice today.
March 21–May 31, 2026 at Art Omi
Sand, stone, and earth are among the most extracted materials on the planet—yet their removal is rarely pictured, let alone understood as foundational to the built environment. In the exhibition DOMINIO: An Unfinished Visual Archive of Architectural Extractivism, on view in the Newmark Gallery at Art Omi this spring, architectural photographer Onnis Luque traces these often-invisible origins of construction back to the raw landscapes from which they are born. By exposing these hidden truths, DOMINIO asks visitors to reconsider the cost of architecture and the environmental impact of building materials.
October 3, 2025–March 28, 2026 at the Center for Architecture
There are only a few weeks left to catch Making Energy Visible! This exhibition aims to rethink the cultural, political, and spatial aspects of energy. While energy—manifested as light, heat, and motion—is integral to modern life, its infrastructure often goes unseen. In this exhibition, visitors are able to explore how architects and designers can shift energy from being a indiscernible, technical issue to something visible, debatable, and public. Divided into six thematic sections—Bodies at Work, Sources of Energy, Conserving Energy, Systems of Conversion, Distribution of Power, and Consumption to Expenditure—the exhibition features a range of architectural and environmental projects, both historical and contemporary.
For a more in-depth exploration of the exhibition, join us for Sensing Data, Seeing Energy this Friday, March 6, 6–8pm.
March 5–August 2, 2026 at the Guggenheim
This exhibition marks the first museum survey and largest presentation of Carol Bove’s work to date. Spanning 25 years, the exhibition traces pivotal shifts in Bove’s practice, from her early drawings and assemblages of found objects to her new series of large-scale steel sculptures known as “collage sculptures.” Bove’s work explores the transformative power of materials and their relationship to space. Her steel compositions subtly intervene in the Guggenheim’s spiral ramps, inviting viewers to reconsider how objects are transformed by their surroundings.
Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.
