The Fashion of Architecture

Which is hotter—fashion or architecture? It’s probably a toss-up. Celebrities jam the front rows as designers reveal their new collections; cities clamor to enlist globe-trotting starchitects to devise their spectacular new landmarks. (For that matter, so do fashion labels, Prada’s commissions for Rem Koolhaas being but one example.) Organized by British curator Bradley Quinn and based on his book of the same name, this traveling exhibition plumbs the many connections between the two forms, which date back to the days when hunter-gatherers made both garments and shelters from single animal hides. But this is no fusty anthropological display; on view are cutting-edge designs (a cantilevered bikini, a house that “wears” a flirty curtain-skirt) by clothiers, architects, and collaborative entities from all over the globe. 89 Church St. S.E.; 612-626-9068; events.tc.umn.edu