The Spanish architect and engineer is not involved with the accessibility-improving project, which the city estimates will cost as much as 2 million euros.
This month's ongoing exhibitions include a show that reimagines the relationship between canines and the built environment with installations by Giulio Iacchetti, Kengo Kuma, and Toyo Ito.
Gabriella Carrillo, co-founder of Mexico City–based Colectivo C733, joins the podcast to discuss 36x36, a social design initiative in which the studio completed 36 architectural interventions throughout Mexico in 36 months.
Though cleared of any wrongdoing in an independent investigation, Woods’ tenure was clouded by a scandal of alleged financial mismanagement and nepotism.
Focused on improved accessibility and sustainability, the revamp will offer visitors a more seamless, easier-to-navigate gallery experience—and expanded outdoor spaces on the fourth and fifth floors.
The Byzantine emperor who commissioned this 1,500-year-old church-turned-mosque is better known than its designers, who were trained in engineering and mathematics.