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35XV a sequined skyscraper in Manhattan by FXCollaborative

11-12-2018

35XV a sequined skyscraper in Manhattan by FXCollaborative

The Manhattan skyscraper designed by FXCollaborative recalls a sparkling sequined dress. Letâ's discover one of the most important designs by the studio that is the focus of the sixth event in The Architects Series, the cultural event at the Iris Ceramica Groupâ's SpazioFMGperl'Architettura exhibition space.

WORKac The Stealth Building living on the rooftops of New York

07-09-2018

WORKac The Stealth Building living on the rooftops of New York

WORKac has designed a new home on the roof of a historic building with an imposing cast iron façade in Tribeca, one of New York’s most glamorous neighbourhoods. The architects managed to add a new residential unit on the roof without altering the building’s historic façade in order to comply with the restrictions imposed by the New York City Landmark Commission.

The Austrian studio smartvoll and the Loft Panzerhalle in Salzburg

16-08-2018

The Austrian studio smartvoll and the Loft Panzerhalle in Salzburg

An example of a perfectly executed urban renaissance by the Austrian architecture studio smartvoll, on the site of an old armoury in Salzburg, Austria is the 2018 AZ Awards Winner for Residential Interiors.

Archi-Tectonics V33 Residential building in Tribeca, New York

25-05-2018

Archi-Tectonics V33 Residential building in Tribeca, New York

A series of overlapping urban villas, a project representing an innovation with respect to the classic apartment building. V33 is a residential project in Tribeca, NYC, by Archi-Tectonics, which will be featured in the third “episode” of The Architects Series, the new cultural format at SpazioFMGperl'architettura, the Iris Ceramica Group’s gallery in Milan.

Samuel Holzner. City Life Milano

02-03-2018

Samuel Holzner. City Life Milano

The young, South Tyrolean photographer, Samuel Holzner is on a mission to make architecture intelligible to the observer. This is his interesting visual representation of the City Life project in Milan, clearly showcasing its urbanistic and human dimension. Samuel Holzner, South Tyrolean, born in 1989 has a great passion - architecture photography. A passion he has been cultivating enthusiastically and with dedication since he first attended photography school in Hall, Tyrol, completing his studies as an assistant photographer first to Oscar da Riz in Bolzano, then to Florian Holzherr in Munich.  Since he became a freelancer in 2013, his mission has been to visualise the character of buildings as effectively as possible, and his response to this challenge is elegant, regardless of the weather conditions because Samuel Holzner really isn't concerned about “bad weather”. Indeed, when you work in such an impressive natural context as South Tyrol, with its standout visual impact, the “bad weather” means he can focus more on the architecture itself, for example when clouds cover the Dolomites and the landscape is not reflected in the glazing.  However, it takes in-depth knowledge of the landscape - whether natural or manmade - to do this, because that is what forms the substrate of the visual narrative running through his work. His sensitivity is particularly evident in one of his photographic projects, which took him from the rugged peaks of South Tyrol to Milan, more specifically to CityLife, the project for the redevelopment of the historical city hub of the Fiera di Milano exhibition centre. One of the largest urban redevelopments in Europe, with a total area of 366,000 square metres which includes works by Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki and Daniel Libeskind. Although a number of images of this landmark project have been published in the different media, rarely do we get the feeling that the redevelopment area has actually been integrated into a real, lived-in urban context, or that it has a human dimension to it. So, Samuel Holzner set out to explore CityLife with some keywords in mind - sustainability, quality lifestyle and services. All to portray this project whose intention is to be a “green lung” in the city of Milan., thanks to its public park - the first new-build park in the city centre since the end of the 19th century - for now with 70,000+ square metres of the total 173,000 square-metre area completed and opened. This is how the South Tyrolean photographer tells us all about this articulated, balanced mix of public and private functions, which includes residences, offices, shops and services, green areas, public and leisure spaces. And he does all of this with architecture photographs that do much more than just providing documentation, usually limited to shapes and materials. Holzner's photos really demonstrate the aesthetic and emotional thrust behind each building. Therefore, in Milan like in the Dolomites, Holzner uses contextualisation of the single buildings even when it's just a rough idea to bring out the character of each architectural element. Whether he photographs the  Allianz tower, designed by Arata Isozaki with Andrea Maffei, and currently Italy's tallest building (202 metres high with 50 storeys), or the  residential complex designed by Zaha Hadid or the CityLife Business & Shopping District, one of the largest urban shopping districts in Europe that opened on 30 November 2017, Holzner conveys sensations that spring from his skilful composition of the images. In conclusion, like with the Dolomites, here Samuel Holzner doesn't stop at the beauty of nature, nor does he stop even before the visual impact of iconic architecture. Moreover, by including the human element both inside and outside the buildings, he emphasises their use and provides a narrative of the true essence of this new urban landscape in third-millennium Milan as a possible driver of social and cultural change based on architectural redevelopment. @chrisbuerklein Samuel Holzner Instagram http://www.samuel-holzner.com/

Pisi Design Architects Apartment in the Champ de Mars, Paris

28-12-2017

Pisi Design Architects Apartment in the Champ de Mars, Paris

Architect Alessandra Pisi Joncoux’s latest interior design project is a loft created by uniting two smaller apartments, in colours inspired by the early twentieth-century Modernist Movement.

Studio DiDeA Existenz Minimum: an origami house in Palermo

24-11-2017

Studio DiDeA Existenz Minimum: an origami house in Palermo

A little loft designed by Studio DiDea in a historic building in central Palermo in which custom-tailored solutions optimise the use of space.

Marc Koehler and new solutions for architecture: Loft House 1

12-07-2017

Marc Koehler and new solutions for architecture: Loft House 1

A series of innovative lofts from every point of view. This is the new project by Dutch architect Marc Koehler called Loft House 1. A prefabricated wooden structure offers extreme flexibility, which is exploited to the full in the layout of the interiors.

Somerville House by Naturehumaine

19-06-2017

Somerville House by Naturehumaine

Stéphane Rasselet has signed his name to a new project. Somerville House is a home on four floors, whose interiors the Canadian architects, naturehumaine, have redesigned in a minimalist key, with great attention to detail.

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