NEWS
11-08-2022
Farewell to Lucien Kroll
Belgian architect Lucien Kroll died in Brussels on August 2nd. An essayist and ecologist, he believed that architecture was founded on the relationships that connect individuals with their environment. A leading figure of the global architectural scene, he is considered the father of sustainable and participatory architecture
10-08-2022
m2atelier interior design for the Lagfin offices in Milan
In the heart of Milan, the architecture firm m2atelier developed an interior design project for the conversion of offices on the first floor of a historic, late 19th-century building. The expertly engineered operation made it possible to recover original 20th-century elements, which shows just how feasible it is to renovate a historic setting without giving up contemporary comfort
09-08-2022
Foster + Partners new Apple store in London
The new Apple Store was recently opened on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, the famous London neighbourhood that includes the Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as the two department stores Harrods and Harvey Nichols. The project, designed in collaboration with the Foster + Partners architecture studio and the Apple Design Team, aims to offer visitors an oasis of tranquillity and calm in this hectic and bustling area of the city
Architecture and materials
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Blog
11-08-2022
EQUATOR PEAK COFFEE, sharing a good coffee in Yiwu
Designed by Chinese studio WJ Studio, the new EQUATOR PEAK COFFEE is a place designed to stimulate interaction between its customers. A physical place to take a break from the online world, achieved through a simple yet cosy interior design with a vague camping flavour.
10-08-2022
Public Art for Public Life book by Observatorium
Working between architecture, sculpture, and landscape, focusing on themes such as the creative process, temporality, integration in changing landscapes, public participation, and imagination. In short, this is the work of the Dutch art collective Observatorium presented in their latest book Public Art for Public Life, published by nai010 publishers.
09-08-2022
Upside Down House UK upside down experience
The first UK Upside Down House opened in November 2018 in the English town of Bournemouth. Building on the success of this Upside Down House, not least to the virality of the images taken there, other locations were added, including London and Brighton.
Podcast
Design&Trends
11-08-2022
The US government, road design and traffic victims
Human fallibility should not lead to human fatalities, recites the simple motto adopted by the US Department of Transportation, emphasising responsible design of infrastructure, vehicles and regulations.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series – A documentary on: CZA
PROJECTS
29-07-2022
Projects
B2 Architecture: Kabelovna Studios in Holesovice, Prague
B2 Architecture’s Kabelovna Studios represents interior design style for recording studios and post-production areas.
26-07-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Originality and expressive power: coverings and furnishings inspired by agate
In addition to traditional covering materials, high-tech ceramic can now faithfully reproduce the aesthetic properties of precious minerals such as agate.
27-07-2022
Projects
Yonder: Haus S in Oberreute, Germany
The decomposition of volumes is the go-to approach taken by up-and-coming young firm Yonder, based in Stuttgart.
20-07-2022
Projects
OPEN Architecture: Pinghe Bibliotheater in Shanghai
As part of the plan for Shanghai’s new Pinghe school district, OPEN Architecture built the Bibliotheater, combining books with the performing arts: a landmark that looks “a bit like a blue whale and a bit like a transatlantic liner” connecting the school with the community.
12-07-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Aesthetic quality, efficiency and energy savings: Granitech ventilated façades
The Iris Ceramica Group’s new-generation ceramic materials allow the Granitech ventilated façade system to optimise buildings’ performance and energy efficiency, improving living quality.
15-07-2022
Projects
Archstudio: Courtyard villa in Tangshan, Hebei, China
In a twist on the traditional Chinese ‘siheyuan’, Archstudio has created a contemporary villa in Tangshan built around a central courtyard.
12-07-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Aesthetic quality, efficiency and energy savings: Granitech ventilated façades
The Iris Ceramica Group’s new-generation ceramic materials allow the Granitech ventilated façade system to optimise buildings’ performance and energy efficiency, improving living quality.
15-07-2022
Projects
Archstudio: Courtyard villa in Tangshan, Hebei, China
In a twist on the traditional Chinese ‘siheyuan’, Archstudio has created a contemporary villa in Tangshan built around a central courtyard.
05-07-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Unique welcoming atmospheres: the magic of nature in Fiandre’s wood-effect surfaces
The look of wood is brought back to life in top-quality ceramic slabs guaranteeing resistance, impermeability, security and durability.
Biographies
Architect
Herman Hertzberger
One of the leading Dutch theorists and architects of the modern age, Herman Hertzberger (1932) graduated in Engineering and Architecture in 1958, as a student of Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) and opened his own Practice in Amsterdam that same year. During his studies, Hertzberger had already won a competition to design a student residence (1959-1966) in Amsterdam. This project, like the expansion of the LinMij factory (1964), already contained numerous recurrent ....
Architect
Philippe Starck
A world-renowned French designer, Philippe Starck (1949) is the son of an aeronautical engineer and admittedly inherited his father’s creative flair to be applied “as if it were a duty”. He has more than 10,000 creations to his credit, each of which “must improve the lives of as many people as possible”, regardless of the form an object takes. Therefore, from his professional ethics point of view, it is crucial for “an ....
Architect
Andreas Kipar
After graduating from Essen and the Politecnico di Milano, Andreas Kipar (1960) began his eminent professional career in planning and landscape design. In 1990 alongside Giovanni Sala, he co-founded LAND (Landscape Architecture Nature Development) in Milan. In addition to their Italian headquarters, LAND has offices in Lugano, Switzerland and Düsseldorf, Germany. LAND’s urban redevelopment projects for parks, natural areas and agri-landscape systems, ....