Led by Honorary Prof Sumayya Vally @time 100 Next List honouree @wef YGL @biennale_sa ‘23 @la_Biennale ‘23 @DhakaArtSummit '23 @serpentineuk Pavilion ‘21
Johannesburg and London
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Fab premiere yesterday @V_and_A where we @WorldMonuments teamed up with @mmcasrilanka, Sumayya Vally of @_counterspace & Chris Turner for ‘is this an architectural documentary’ a gorgeous film by Irushi Tennekoon, Sumedha Kelegama & Sumudu Athukorala looking at Minnette De Silva
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"I don't believe that instinct is separate from rigor, knowledge and research" says Sumayya Vally @_counterspace: worldarchitecture.org/archit… #interview
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Discover the transformative power of architecture in addressing inequality with architects Alejandro Aravena & Sumayya Vally on #StudioBUnscripted.
Join their conversation on creating a better future for all.
Watch on @AJEnglish
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Sumayya Vally, an award-winning architect, sees her hybrid identity as a power, not a challenge.
Watch the full episode on @AJEnglish
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"My deepest strength is the confluence of lenses through which I see the world - the woman in me, the #African in me, the #Muslim in me..."
"Meet Sumayya Vally, the artistic director of the world's first ever Islamic Arts Biennale":
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In Conversation with Sumayya Vally, Artistic Director of the Jeddah Isla... youtu.be/b2SM-6q68-c via @YouTube
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‘In the Sound of the Muzdalifah’ by @telematchsadat is unique and visually compelling. Sumayya Vally talks about how the work evokes the value and imprint of collective and community experience on our memories and imagination.
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In our latest issue, superstar architect Sumayya Vally shares her thoughts about an extraordinary mosque in Mali that undergoes an annual process of ‘re-mudding’.
Catch her work @la_Biennale this summer & find the issue here: craftscouncil.org.uk/crafts/… 📷Baron Reznik, Flickr
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Sumayya Vally, artistic director of the first Islamic Arts @Biennale_Sa talks to us about a featured artwork by Noura Al Sayeh which honours the Friday sermon in a mesmerizing way.
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Curating the 1st Diriyah Islamic Arts @Biennale_Sa in #Jeddah, adding to the Islamic art canon, and subverting the colonial gaze with Sumayya Vally @_counterspace. Episode out today on YouTube/wherever you listen to your podcasts 👋hubs.li/Q01XSNF10
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Going live today! Incredible interview about the Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah #SaudiArabia with Architect Sumayya Vally youtube.com/watch?v=uKDU6f4a… cc: @_counterspace @Biennale_Sa
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MONDAY: Dearborn, being Arab-American post 9/11, and writing short stories with @guszeineddine author of “DEARBORN”
WEDNESDAY: Curating the 1st @Biennale_Sa in #Jeddah & the iconic Hajj terminal in conversation with award-winning architect Sumayya Vally of @_counterspace
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'our generation is very motivated by success and that worries me for the future of architecture, because there are so many wrongs that need to be righted,' says the principal of @_counterspace sumayya vally
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The South African architect, artist, and curator Sumayya Vally discusses creating gathering spaces, celebrating hybrid identities, and the Venice Biennale of Architecture: bit.ly/41WUbXf
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The word ‘pavilion’ derives from the Latin ‘papilio’, butterfly - there is no more perfect word to describe these beautiful light, fleeting buildings
My piece for @standardnews
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It's a tribute to Farnana's horticultural work! #SumayyaVally designed a bridge which resembles to interconnected log canoes. Inspired by Paul Panda Farnana's legacy and Vilvorde's diversity #VilvordeBridge #CongoHeritage #BridgeDesign architectura.be/fr/actualite…
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Catch up on recent Scaffold interviews with architects Arno Bandlhuber and Roberta Jurčić of the experimental practice b+, the disabled architectural historian David Gissen and Sumayya Vally, architect and curator of the Islamic Arts Biennale.
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In @SerpentineUK 2023 Pavilion, designed by @LinaGhotmeh: even better I’m listening to Lina and Sumayya Vally @_counterspace, who designed the 2021 Pavilion, as they speak with Bettina Korek @bettina_korek about the importance of these ephemeral, fleeting places… @WorldMonuments
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Sumayya Vally vence concurso para projetar ponte de pedestres na Bélgica dlvr.it/SqhWLq