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Floornature is an international portal about architecture, design and design culture, investigating the contemporary with a special focus on sustainability. Its vocation, from the micro to the macro-scale of creativity, is to present new developments in architecture and design as they happen, with the specific intention of tracking emerging trends. The portal features special focus articles on materials for architecture and interviews with great masters of architecture and design.
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Sou Fujimoto
One of today’s best-known Japanese architects, Sou Fujimoto (1971) graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1994. The majority of his work (initially projects for small spaces) is located in Japan, where he founded Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000. He gained recognition some years later, when he won the Architectural Review award for emerging architecture 3 years in a row. Fujimoto lectures at the Universities of ....
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Mario Botta
Born in Mendrisio in 1943, Mario Botta attended the Liceo Artistico (High School) in Milan and graduated in architecture from IUAV, Venice in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta met Luis Kahn and worked at Le Corbusier. Strongly influenced by two great masters, his design style evolved into pure, geometric and imposing forms. Brick is a key material in his body of work, used as cladding to accentuate the severity of his designs. All his work has a spiritual connotation, through ....
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Isolarchitetti
Established in 2000, the Turin architecture practice Isolarchitetti was founded by Oreglia d'Isola (1928) with his son Saverio (1972). Currently it also comprises Flavio Bruna, Michele Battaggia, Andrea Bondonio and Stefano Peyretti. Isolarchitetti “draws on the legacy of the Gabetti & Isola design studio, which from 1950 to 2000 was one of the most fruitful professional partnerships in modern, contemporary architecture”, with internationally acclaimed ....