Julia Cooke » Art, Architecture and Design http://www.julia-cooke.com freelance journalist, specializing in culture, architecture, design and art, based in Mexico City. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Contemporary Architecture in Havana http://www.julia-cooke.com/2011/10/uncategorized/contemporary-architecture-in-havana/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2011/10/uncategorized/contemporary-architecture-in-havana/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:11:27 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=580

A handful of young architects are hoping to take advantage of the momentum of change rustling through Cuba these days to highlight the potential for contemporary architecture in Havana. Link, Design Observer

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Link to digital magazine, English (p60)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2011/07/art-architecture-and-design/interview-peter-marino/feed/ 0 Prime Time in Havana http://www.julia-cooke.com/2011/01/art-architecture-and-design/art/prime-time-in-havana/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2011/01/art-architecture-and-design/art/prime-time-in-havana/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:15:25 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=521 In acquiring works for their lush home in Havana, Xantha and Sebastiaan Berger have become de facto patrons of a handful of emerging talents in the lively local art scene.

Link to ArtInfo web version of story (English)

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PDF, English

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/07/uncategorized/introducing-alejandro-campins/feed/ 0 Bringing New Art to Old Havana http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/06/art-architecture-and-design/art/bringing-new-art-to-old-havana/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/06/art-architecture-and-design/art/bringing-new-art-to-old-havana/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:23:16 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=480 An ArtInfo Q&A with the proprietress of the the recently-opened art space, Factoría Habana.

Link, English

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/06/art-architecture-and-design/art/bringing-new-art-to-old-havana/feed/ 0 Q&A with Mexican Architect Derek Dellekamp http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/01/art-architecture-and-design/qa-with-mexican-architect-derek-dellekamp/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/01/art-architecture-and-design/qa-with-mexican-architect-derek-dellekamp/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:45:20 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=469 Dellekamp has designed everything from funky cantinas and private apartment complexes to social housing projects in difficult areas; read this interview to find out how both types of commissions shape his practice.

Interview with Derek Dellekamp (PDF: English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/01/art-architecture-and-design/qa-with-mexican-architect-derek-dellekamp/feed/ 0 Latin American Collectors http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/latin-american-collectors/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/latin-american-collectors/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:38:48 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=460 A short story on the upsurge of prominent collectors of contemporary art in Latin America.

Collector Focus: Latin America (PDF: English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/latin-american-collectors/feed/ 0 The Monocle Mexico Survey 2009 http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 17:02:46 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=359 A national survey of Mexico’s key economic, cultural and design forces. In addition to the odd statistic (know that one of every five Mexicans has regular access to the internet? Or that ten Mexicans have fortunes of over $1bn and one has a fortune of $60bn?), I contributed the supplement’s section on architecture & design.

Monocle Mexico National Survey (PDF, English) Page 1 Page 2

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/feed/ 0 Small Island, Big Art http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:21:39 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=311 Collectors are opening their eyes– and wallets– to Cuba’s new wave of talent. 

Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December 2008 (English, PDF)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/feed/ 0 Designer Identikit: Nel Collective http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/designer-identikit-nel-collective/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/designer-identikit-nel-collective/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:19:17 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=307 A lively interview with Nel Collective, one of Mexico City’s first experimental design groups.

Azure, November/December 2008 (PDF Page 1) (PDF Page 2)

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