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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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Kristin Jarmund
Norwegian architect and interior designer Kristin Jarmund (1954) is best known for her works in her homeland, particularly in her native city of Oslo. In the Norwegian capital, Jarmund is one of the most important architects of the last several decades, sought after by both private clients and national institutions, thanks to projects created for various types buildings: hotels, schools, offices, cafés and restaurants, as well as the famous metro station of Nydalen (2003), which ....
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Rafael Moneo
One of the most well-known Spanish architects and most significant figures in world architecture, José Rafael Moneo (1937) graduated from Madrid university in 1961. After a two-year apprenticeship with Danish architect John Utzon’s practice (1961-1963) and pivotal fellowship to study in Rome, he returned to the Spanish capital where he opened his own design studio in 1966. He began teaching firstly in Madrid and Barcelona simultaneously, then internationally ....
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Andrea Maffei Architects
After graduating in Florence, the career of Andrea Maffei (born in Modena in 1968) began with Massimo Carmassi in Pisa and continued in Tokyo, from 1997 to 2004, at the studio of Arata Isozaki. He was initially part of the team for the Ceramic Museum in Gifu (Japan) and then was head of the project for the competition to design the New Exit of the Uffizi Gallery. With its aim of expanding the exhibition space, improving the user experience and creating a new exit from the gallery, the ....