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03-07-2015

Germany Projects and Expo Milano 2015 Pavilion the best of the week

The recent inauguration of SALA ARCHITETTURA BERLIN at FAB Architectural Bureau Berlin offers inspiration to look back at German projects presented recently in Floornature, starting with the German Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015.

22-06-2015

San Giobbe +160 by act_romegialli

Italian architecture studio act_romegialli, has designed the San Giobbe +160 project for the interior refurbishment of an old shop on Fondamenta di San Giobbe, a canal side-street in Venice.

11-06-2015

Pier Luigi Nervi and the salt warehouses in Tortona

Tortona, crossroad for the motorway and railway networks, midway between Milan and Genoa, is home to some cultural gems built in the 20th century: two large storage sheds with parabolic roofing designed by engineer, Pier Luigi Nervi, which Livegreenblog visited with photographer Gianluca Giordano.

10-06-2015

Ricardo Bofill and La Fàbrica: studio in a former cement factory

La Fàbrica is now Ricardo Bofill’s home and studio. In 1973 the Spanish architect found a big old cement factory and converted it to contain his studio, as well as exhibition spaces and halls for concerts and other cultural events. The surreal atmosphere of the place inspired Ricardo Bofillìs visionary architectural regeneration plan.

05-06-2015

Primo Ramo, operation by LAND architecture studio for Aquae Venezia 2015

As part of the green regeneration for the port of Maghera, Milan-based studio LAND srl directed by architect Andreas Kipar, designed Primo Ramo - first branch - symbolising the Green Tree Strategy currently taking place in Vega, the Science and Technology Park in Venice.

03-06-2015

ZAO/standardarchitecture: Micro-Yuan’er in a hutong in Beijing

An art centre and a library designed by ZAO/standardarchitecture in a converted hutong in Beijing. Micro-Yuan’er is the name of the project ZAO/standardarchitecture implemented in the Cha'er Hutong, without betraying its historic architecture.

02-06-2015

Milan Pedestrian bridge over the canals inaugurated, Lombardini 22

The first of the cycling and pedestrian bridges designed by Lombardini 22 architectural studios has been completed. The projects are part of a wide-ranging plan for redevelopment of the Naviglio Grande and Canale Villoresi canals to the Ticino River under the Vie d’Acqua programme in the context of EXPO Milano 2015.

20-05-2015

Dominique Coulon renovates the municipal swimming pool in Bagneux, Paris

Dominique Coulon has expanded and renovated the municipal swimming pool in Bagneux, on the outskirts of Paris, creating a building that interacts with the neighbourhood. Dominique Coulon has placed a new concrete volume containing a hall and a solarium terrace before the existing pool building.