Tag Squares

10-11-2020

Moving Dunes, an installation by NÓS in Montreal

With Moving Dunes, the Canadian studio NÓS has designed an urban project in the centre of Montreal based on the concept of anamorphosis. This method revolves around a distorted projection requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point, use special devices or both to view a recognizable image and here it animated their installation that they propose as an experiential mirage.

07-10-2020

DAP studio, via Monviso Square Garden, Garbagnate

The recent urban regeneration project designed by the DAP studio transformed an abandoned area, on the outskirt of Milan's Garbagnate district, into a square-garden that has become a point of reference for an entire neighbourhood. Whatâ's more, the space became the protagonist of a short film selected among the 20 finalists of the first edition of the Venice Architecture Short Film Festival, an event organised by the ArchiTuned cultural association and dubbed "Living Together Again".

16-07-2020

V-Plaza by 3deluxe in Kaunas, Lithuania, an urban living room

V-Plaza, the work of the German architecture studio 3deluxe stands amid a newly designed set of buildings in Kaunas, Lithuania. This visionary plaza celebrates contemporary mobility and technology of the future—a joyful combination of skate park, playground and urban living room for the community.

02-06-2020

The DROM studio transforms a monotonous square - Azatlyk Square - into a lively public space

The recently completed Azatlyk square in Naberezhnye Chelny, in west-central Russia, is a contemporary, dynamic and multifunctional space dominated by a panoramic orange spiral-shaped platform. The renovation project, which gave the square its own, unique identity and the city a public space well-appreciated by its inhabitants, was designed by the DROM architecture studio in collaboration with the Strelka KB firm.

15-05-2020

Led lighting and glass for Willem II Passage in Tilburg

A cycling and pedestrian passage has been given iconic power with LED lighting and matte glazed bricks

14-05-2020

Stodistante, public space for conscious use by Caret Studio

We’ve moved from the coronavirus lockdown to phase 2 of the pandemic, and we need to learn how to repopulate public places in cities while remaining physically distant. The Italian architects from Caret Studio have addressed this issue head-on with their proposal in Vicchio, Tuscany.

12-02-2020

C+S Architects carry out an urban intervention for Piazza del Cinema in Venice Lido

The C+S Architects studio redesigned Piazza del Cinema in Venice Lido by restitching together all the original elements that created and characterised the urban space, as well as rearranging the façades, the internal halls and a number of installations housed in Palazzo del Casinò. The project was awarded the German Design Award 2020 in the Urban Space and Infrastructure category.

07-01-2019

ADEPT and Topotek1 in Aabenraa, Denmark

The Danish firm of architects called ADEPT together with the design team from Berlin-based Topotek1 have completed a major urban transformation in the city of Aabenraa.