Art & Architecture

At dialogue, we understand that art and architecture are distinct yet deeply connected ways of thinking — each shaping how we perceive and inhabit the world.

It is important that artists and architects remain distinct in their disciplines, yet allow their practices to meet and fuse. This meeting is where our work begins. In our projects, we bring architects and artists together in true collaboration — not to decorate a space or embellish a building, but to create meaning, expanding the potential of both the building and the artwork through their dialogue.

The foundation of this architectural thinking lies in Sonia Taborda’s early interest in Herzog & de Meuron’s collaborations with artists — first, as a student following their project with Joseph Beuys, and later, working in their Basel office while Remy Zaugg was involved, during the period when the Kramlich House was being developed and the Bird’s Nest Stadium, in collaboration with Ai Weiwei, was taking shape. This background helped shape the understanding of how architecture an art can engage.

dialogue was therefore created by an architect with an artist’s call. It evolved into a contemporary art gallery with a broader mission: to add quality of life and transform the built environment. We believe this transformation occurs when opportunity meets talented and visionary architects and artists.

An artwork does not exist in isolation. Its resonance depends on its surroundings — on how architecture frames, supports, or challenges it. Likewise, architecture gains new life when confronted with art: it begins to see itself through the artwork it holds.

Rooted in architects’ interest in artists’ different ways of viewing things, we bring both practices together to envision and place artworks where they are called to exist.

To make this bridge possible, dialogue acts as an advisor to architecture practices and developers, finding the best artist to create the right artwork for each project’s vision, and accompanying the process from concept to realisation.