Cardillo

Exhibitions

2025 – 2008

Documentation of Antonino Cardillo’s exhibitions, conferences and group events, in reverse chronological order and cultural context


C.G. Jung-Institut, Zurich, .

Will present the seminar ‘Depth Architecture—The Aesthetic Nature of the Psyche’ as part of the autumn 2025 Analytical Psychology Training Programme curated by Julia Budai at the Carl Gustav Jung Institute in Zurich.

D’Arch, Università di Palermo, Palermo, .

Outlines a personal journey shaped by childhood in Trapani and the formative encounter with Antonietta Iolanda Lima in Palermo, during the lecture ‘Style, Form, Proportion, Position’, part of the main conference series La giovane architettura 4, organised by the Department of Architecture at the University of Palermo.

Elogio del grigio, Castiglione delle Stiviere, .

Discussed the phenomenology of self-documentation in the lecture ‘Architecture of a Historiography: antoninocardillo.com’, delivered during a visit to the house project Elogio del grigio, as part of California Polytechnic State University’s History/Theory Workshop, invited by Professor Thomas Di Santo.

Anima Restaurant and Club, Rome,  – .

The screenwriter Andrea Paolo Massara guided visitors through the Paradiso project, part of the Open House Roma 2024 programme, curated by Gaia Maria Lombardo.

Museo Pepoli, Trapani, .

Presented built works in the lecture ‘An Integrative Journey’, following an introduction by anthropologist Rita Cedrini, as part of the conference Anthropology in Architecture at the Museo Agostino Pepoli in Trapani.

House of Dust, Rome,  – .

Guided visitors through the House of Dust, part of the Open House Roma 2023 programme. The work also marked the opening of the Festival by hosting the first of nine Nine by Night aperitifs.

House of Dust, Rome,  – .

Alfredo Vattimo conducted guided tours of the House of Dust, part of the Open House Roma 2021 programme, curated by Gaia Maria Lombardo.

DIA, Bauhaus Campus, Dessau, .

Interpreted seven images of architectural works in the lecture ‘A Synchronicity of Cultures and Civilisations’, introduced by Professor Johannes Kister, part of the Dessau Talks series at the Dessau Institute of Architecture, Bauhaus Campus.

Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rome, .

Explored the relationship between video games and architecture in the lecture ‘From Zak McKracken to House of Dust’, part of a panel at the Rome Video Game Lab festival, curated by Diego Grammatico and held at the Istituto Luce, Cinecittà Studios.

Royal College of Art, London, .

Discussed the nightclub project in the lecture ‘The Making of Rome’s Off Club’, part of the Inside/Out conference series curated by Yara Boulos and Riccardo Rizzetto of the Interior Design department at the Royal College of Art.

STATION-Berlin, Berlin, .

Spoke on architectural archetypes in the lecture ‘Vaults, Grottoes, Arches and Polychromy’, part of the Heinze ArchitekTOUR congress held in the halls of the former Berlin Station, curated by Stephan Burkoff.

Mitte/Rand Verlag, Berlin, .

Interviewed by Tim Berge on beginnings, antiquity, and the sexuality of architecture, at the Mitte/Rand lounge on Berlin’s Marienstraße, invited by directors Jeanette Kunsmann and Stephan Burkoff.

Palazzo dell’Arte, Milano,  – .

The House of Dust was exhibited among fifty representative Italian interior architecture projects from 1925 to 2016, part of the Rooms. Novel Living Concepts exhibition curated by Beppe Finessi at the Palazzo dell’Arte, Triennale di Milano.

Goethe-Universität, Deutschen Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, .

Presented the Seven Houses for No One series and spoke on the theme of faked reality in the conference The Dream Houses of Antonino Cardillo, part of the Constructed Realities series at Goethe University and the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, invited by Professors Chris Dähne, Frederike Lausch and Bettina Rudhof.

Sir John Soane’s Museum, London,  – .

The bespoke series of seven sculptures Min was exhibited in the breakfast room at number 12 of Sir John Soane’s house-museum in London, as part of the Space and Light exhibition curated by director Abraham Thomas.

AA School, London,  – .

Participated in the 2013 Intermediate Unit 2 programme at the AA School in London, invited by Professors Ana Araujo and Takero Shimazaki. Curated the study trip to Sicily, introduced work to students, and engaged in design reviews and critical discussions. Separately, student Alexandra Savtchenko-Belskaia invited a presentation of the recent Rome project during the House of Dust conference.

Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum, Basel,  – .

Publications on the House of Convexities were exhibited, and the ‘Cardillo phenomenon’ mentioned, in the Building Images. Photographie Focusing on Swiss Architecture exhibition curated by Hubertus Adam at the Swiss Museum of Architecture in Basel.

Chelsea College of Arts and Design, London, .

Recounted computer-generated images in the lecture ‘Light and Rendering’, part of the BA Interior and Spatial Design course at Chelsea College of Arts and Design, invited by Professor Ana Araujo.

Chabot Museum, Rotterdam,  – .

The Lime and Limpid Green House model was exhibited in the Wallpaper* Future 30 exhibition at the Chabot Museum, part of the IV International Architecture Biennial in Rotterdam, curated by journalist Ellie Stathaki.

The Horse Hospital, London,  – .

A print of Ellipse 1501 House and the video Tales of Light—featuring four projects later included in the Houses for No One series—were exhibited in a show dedicated to artists inspired by musician John Foxx, held at The Horse Hospital in London.

Popov Central Museum of Communications, St-Petersburg,  – .

Boards on the projects Canto sospeso, Let There Be More Light, Ellipse 1501 House and Birnbeck Island were exhibited as part of the Architectural Dialogue 04 exhibition at the Popov Central Museum of Communications in St Petersburg, curated by Nikolai Fedotov and Sergei Kovaliov.

Birnbeck Island Competition

The Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare,  – .

Presentation boards of the Birnbeck Island project, submitted for the RIBA–Urban Splash competition, were exhibited at The Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare, curated by Linda Roberts.