Diller Scofidio + Renfro

In 1992, DS+R was invited by the Fondation Cartier to contribute to the exhibition Machines d’Architecture. This was followed by Un Monde Réel (1999), Terre Natale, Ailleurs Commence Ici (2008), and their installation Musings on a Glass Box (2014). It was for the Terre Natale, Ailleurs Commence Ici exhibition that Diller Scofidio + Renfro, along with statistician Mark Hansen and architect Laura Kurgan designed the  installation Exit, inspired by an idea of Paul Virilio's. Exit plunges the visitor into a dynamic presentation of data that documents the movements of populations throughout the world. Exit became part of the Fondation Cartier collection in 2012, and the installation was subsequently shown in Copenhagen as part of COP15 in 2009. Then, in 2010, a new map was added to the installation for the inauguration of the Alhóndiga Bilbao (now known as the Azkuna Zentroa), in collaboration with anthropologist Bruce Albert and several contributors from around the world: Deforestation and Endangered Languages. In 2015, Exit was completely updated and presented at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris for COP21.

DS+R has undertaken significant architectural projects: in New York itself, they renovated the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (2010), designed the High Line (2014), and created The Shed  (2019), not to mention the London Centre for Music (2020). The studio also creates installations and multimedia spectacles. In recognition of their commitment to combining art, architecture and culture, DS+R was the first architectural studio to be awarded the MacArthur Genius grant in 1999. In 2019, the Royal Academy of Art in London also awarded them the Royal Academy Architecture Prize.