Felix Burrichter

portrait by Jeremy Liebman

PIN-UP magazine

interview by ALEX HAWGOOD
portrait by JEREMY LIEBMAN

 

PIN-UP, a self-called “magazine for architectural entertainment,” is the brainchild of the German-born Felix Burrichter, a 37-year-old writer, editor, and curator based in New York City. Through his combination of unassuming intelligence and dry humor, PIN-UP has become a groundbreaking platform for creatives across the disciplines of fashion, art, politics, and architecture (of course) to wax over the ways in which buildings transform the cultural landscape. Burrichter’s next project will be curating the 2015 Design Exhibition at the Swiss Institute in New York, where he plans to recreate a technologically updated 21st-century version of Le Corbusier’s iconic Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau.

 
ALEX HAWGOOD — What is the genesis story behind PIN-UP?
FELIX BURRICHTER — I started PIN–UP while working as an architect in a big corporate firm, right after finishing…