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22 Nov 2025.... Eternal Sunrise in Madrid

Eternal Sunrise is shining on Calle Goya in Madrid.

Check out the project details here

24 Jan 2025..... Sanya Haitang Bay, China!

To celebrate the Chinese New Year, we have been commissioned a temporary art installation in Hainan, China. Check out the project details here.

03 Jan 2025...... Beijing!

We have made it to Beijing! We have been invited to participate in the 17th Solana Light Festival, 2025. We redesigned our Light Maze, with some improvements and alterations we were keen to test. Shǎnyào Light Maze is shining till the 20th of February.

May 2024........ 20th Anniversay! 

A big thank you to all our clients who have placed their trust in us! Thanks to all the fantastic people who have collaborated in and with our team! Not forgetting the photographers, journalists and colleagues who made our work shine!

12 Dec 23..... We have created a new video channel on bilibili for our Chinese public

01 Nov 23.... It was a great pleasure for Ben to attend the 7th Wuhan Design Biennale in person at the invitation of the organising committee

24 Nov 22..... Iris installed in Madrid. Video online now. Iris is our new light installation for Plaza Canalejas, Madrid 2022

Feb 22...... Our new project in China, the LIGHT FLOWERS for Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, which we finished for Chinese Spring Festival 22, is online

18. Feb 22..... Bauwelt nº 4 2022 showcases our light installation for Leipzig 21 Ring (do, undo, redo) and includes a fondly and extensive interview of Ben Busche realized by Sebastian Redecke.

The video of Ring for Lichtfestival Leipzig is online!

09. Oct 21...... Opening of Ring (do, undo, redo), a commission by City of Leipzig for Lichtfestival Leipzig 21, designed by Ben Busche and Miguel de Guzmán. Lichtfest Leipzig remembers the demonstrations on 9 October 1989 in the East German city of Leipzig – a decisive catalyst for the start of the Peaceful Revolution that finally led to the fall of the Berlin Wall

21. May 21..... 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia /  >INCERTAINTY< at the Spanish Pavillion!

28. Jan 21.... Ben Busche speaks about kiosk m.poli and prefabrication at the webinar Prefabrication in the Public Realm, organized by Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Colombia University, NY, USA  (01:00 PM Eastern Time)

The video of our permanent light art installation YOYO for a student residency in Madrid is online! All about the project here

7 Aug 20, 10am MET..... Ben Busche participates in the live conference City with Light 

The video of our HighMileTree in Denver, CO, USA is online!

 

 

 

publications (print media/ selection)

 

ELLE Decoration nº 223 (China), Apr 2023, Diseño Interior nº 351, (Spain), July 2022, Bauwelt nº4 (Germany), Feb 2022 / Interactive Installation Art & Design,  Art Experience driven by technology, (China), Artpower Int Pub Co Ltd, 2021 / Diseño Interior nº 340, (Spain), July 2021, igloo nº 201 (Romania), April 2021 / LUX nº 307 (France), Oct 2020 / Diseño Interior nº 318, (Spain), July 2019 / New Media Installation (China), Sandu Pub. Co Ltd, Aug 2018 / bob (South Korea), Issue 168, July 2018, Professional Lighting Design Magazine (Germany), Nº 105, March/ April 2017 / Casa Viva (Mexico), Issue 84, May-June 2017 / Lumínica (Spain), issue nº 31, April 2017/ bob (South Korea), Issue 152, Feb 2017/ AD (Architectural Digest, China), December 2016/ Ephemeral Architecture, Promopress Editions (Spain) 2016/ Public Art Now (Sandu Pub. Co., China), 2016/ AD (Architectural Digest, China), December 2015/ Atlas of the World Housing (South Korea) Damdi Publishing Co., 2015/ Installation Design (China) Hi-Design Int. Publishing Co, 2015 / el cultural (Spain) April 2015/ Public Landscape (China), Hi-Design Int. Publishing Co., 2014/ obstanovka magazine (Belarus), April 2014/ landscape architecture (China) nº 109, February 2014/ ecoms (Japan) nº 37, February 2014/ LUX 275 (France), February 2014/ modo de vida (Puerto Rico) December 2013/ landscape paving (China) Phoenix Publishing & Media Inc., 2012/ Urban Landscape (China) Hi-Design Int. Publishing Co., 2012/ DC diseño de la ciudad (Spain) Issue 81, March 2012/ DC diseño de la ciudad (Spain) Issue 79, September 2011/ AV Monografías (Spain) Issue 140 Obra Mínima, June 2011/ paisea revista de paisajismo (Spain) Issue 13, June 2010/ aishti magazine (Lebanon), Issue 47, April 2010/ casa viva (Spain), Issue 62, March 2010/ move – architecture en motion (CH), Birkhäuser V., February 2010/ Materia (Italy), Issue 65 Architetture Attive, January 2010/ Detail (Germany), Issue 12 Experimentelles Bauen, December 2009/ Domes (Greece) Issue 83, Vol 08/09, September 2009/ Indian Architect & Builder (India), Vol 22 (12), August 2009/ CAIS (Portugal), nº 142, July 2009/ amc (France), hors série lumiere, June 2009/ arhitectura (Romania) nº 73, april 2009/ Interni (Russia), nº 11, March 2009/ Spacecraft 2 (Germany), Gestalten Verlag, Berlin 2009/ Arkitekten (Denmark), February 2009/ Tasarim (Turkey), nº 188, February 2009/ b-guided (Spain), nº 38, winter 2009/ Topos (Germany), nº 65, December 2008/ Architectural Review (UK), nº 1342, December 2008/ Architectural Record (USA), nº 12, December 2008/ arq./a (Portugal) arquitectura e arte, nº 63, October 2007/ Arena (South Korea), August 2008/ Design Quarterly (Australia), nº 30, August 2008/ Detail (Spain), nº 4, April 2008/ c3 (South Korea), nº 281, January 2008/ domus (Italy), nº 910, January 2010/ Construir (Portugal), nº 114, November 2007/ Paisajes Construcción (Spain), nº 33, November 2007/ Diseño Interior (Spain), nº 183, October 2007/ arq./a (Portugal) arquitectura e arte, nº 50, October 2007/  Detail (Spain), nº 4, July-August 2007/ arq./a (Portugal) arquitectura e arte, nº 43, October 2007/ a10magazine (EU), nº 14, march 2007/ wallpaper (UK), march 2007/ Arquitectura COAM (Spain), nº 347, 1T 2007/ Arquitectura e Vida (Portugal), nº 58, March 2005/ Concursos COAM (Spain), Iluminar Madrid, Edt. F. COAM, Madrid 2005/ arq./a (Portugal) arquitectura e arte, nº 28, December 2004/ Bauwelt (Germany), nº 48/04, December 2004/ Concursos COAM (Spain), construtec 2004, Edt. F. COAM, Madrid 2004

 

 

exhibitions   (selection)

 

Game Changers, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom, April 2017 / Invisible Cities, Urban Multimedia Festival, Gorizia, Italy, section Incontri, June 2015 / 6th Budapest Architecture Film Days, Hungary, March 2014 / arq film fest, Santiago de Chile, Chile, October 2013 / Topos Landscape Award, Cracow, Poland, June 2010 / Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Madrid Pavillion, May - October 2010 / Premio Outros Mercados 2008, exhibited at Universidad do Minho, Portugal, November 2008, and Academia das Artes dos Açores, Portugal, December 2009 / Emerging Architecture 2008, RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects), London, Great Britain, November 2008 / Perdidos, Fundación COAM, Madrid, Spain, May 2008 / emissâo zero, Ordem dos Arquitectos, secciâo regional sul, Portugal, October 2007 / Premio Outros Mercadus 2006, Delegación de Algarve, Portugal, October 2007, Centro Portugues de Design, November 2006 /  Tres Concursos, Fundación COAM, Madrid, Spain, May 2005

 

 

lectures + symposiums

 

Ben Busche is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Universidad Complutense de Madrid since 2025.

 

Ben Busche has been invited to participate in talks and to lectures showing the work of Brut Deluxe by multiple institutions and universities over the last years, like Columbia University, NY, USA, RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London, Great Britain, UCM (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), International MeiChen Art Club Shanghai, China, AUS (American University of Sharjah) United Arab Emirates, Chulalongkorn University (INDA), Bangkok, Thailand,  San Pablo CEU University in Madrid, UEM and UEM Valencia (Universidad Europea de Madrid), IED Madrid (Istituto Europeo di Design), COAM (Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid), APDI (Asociación Profesional de Diseñadores de Iluminación), Madrid, Spain, FAUTL (Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa) in Lisbon, Portugal,  BDA Hessen (Bund Deutscher Architekten) and Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt, Germany, among others.

 

Ben Busche has been teaching postgraduate Master of Lighting Design at IED Madrid (Istituto Europeo di Design) with Lara Elbaz and Maja Petric from 2016 to 2020.