NEWS
04-10-2022
Surrealism and design on display at London's Design Museum
The Design Museum in London is hosting an exhibition staged by the Vitra Design Museum that brings to visitors' attention the impact of Surrealism on design, with works and objects by, among others, Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp and Leonora Carrington. "Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 - Today" will open on October 14 and run until February 19, 2023
03-10-2022
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022: Here are the winners
The six winning projects of the 2022 edition of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious architectural awards, were announced on 22 September in Geneva. This accolade rewards both the designers as well as the clients and communities for whom the work was created; the six winners will share a million-dollar prize
30-09-2022
Lectio magistralis by Anna Heringer in Parma
In the enchanting setting of the Teatro Farnese in Parma, architect Anna Heringer will hold the lectio magistralis entitled "La sostenibilità è amare ", which will kick off the 16th edition of the Il Rumore del Lutto event. The event was organised by the Order of Architects of Parma and by the AMA (Mendrisio Alumni Academy) in collaboration with Il Rumore del Lutto, curated by Francesco Di Gregorio and Eleonora Caggiati, with the patronage of the Federation of Architectural Orders of Emilia Romagna
Architecture and materials
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Blog
04-10-2022
Francesca Perani designs functional beauty in an industrial space
Italian architect Francesca Perani has created a small multifunctional room inside a plastics production and processing company, which allows workers to rest and also serves as a showroom. An small intervention covering a space of just a few square metres, fittingly called "Mini Break", becomes a true oasis of relaxation for users.
03-10-2022
Agora Maximus, beyond tactical urbanism in Montreal
With the Agora Maximus project LAAB, a Canadian creative collective, together with Signature Design Communication (SDC), a multidisciplinary agency, proposed a temporary streetscape installation. Agora Maximus celebrates the seasonal pedestrianisation of Montreal's Saint-Denis Street with viewing platforms and vantage points that allow passersby admire the cityscape and its rich cultural offerings.
30-09-2022
MAB Anachar Basbous in Rachana, Lebanon: a site for beauty
Lebanese artist Anachar Basbous and architect Jawdat Arnouk created „Mohtaraf Anachar Basbous“, MAB, a site full of beauty, love and hope in Rachana, in northern Lebanon, as a container for the sculptor’s artworks, built of raw concrete on the basis of local architectural traditions.
Podcast
Design&Trends
03-10-2022
Ai Weiwei in Venice: Memento Mori, a monument to life made of Murano glass
A gigantic chandelier with no lights, made up of two thousand pieces of black Murano glass, stands out in the Palladio’s basilica in the Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore, on the island of the same name facing St.
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PROJECTS
23-09-2022
Projects
Traverso-Vighy: Salvagnini Campus in Sarego, Vicenza, Italy
Salvagnini asked Giovanni Traverso and Paola Vighy to transform its historic headquarters into a cutting-edge production facility.
27-09-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Ultra Pietre Ariostea: the timeless attraction of new covering solutions
Naturalness, harmony and easy mixing and matching are among the key aesthetic qualities of natural stone, a material which has always offered architects and interior designers plenty of freedom and practicality.
21-09-2022
Projects
SO-IL: Amant artists’ studios, galleries and offices in Brooklyn, NY
Amant, designed by studio SO-IL, is a new centre for contemporary art in New York’s growing North Brooklyn district that is grafted onto the anonymous volumes of an industrial district, creating a pedestrian axis perpendicular to the roads travelled by vehicles.
14-09-2022
Projects
AAU ANASTAS: Courthouse in Tulkarm, Palestine
In the new Courthouse in Tulkarm, Palestine, volumes characterised by different walls, types of cladding and strategies for protecting against the sun’s strong rays form a landmark scenario.
13-09-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Iris Ceramica Elementi: the primordial fascination of stone, earth and lava
Inspired by the pristine natural world in which human beings took their first steps, Iris Ceramica’s Elementi project brings all the fascination and simplicity of primordial elements such as Earth, Lava and Pietra di Sciara stone to spaces for everyday living.
09-09-2022
Projects
Rafiq Azam: redevelopment of Rasulbagh Children’s Park, Dhaka
In the heart of Dhaka, where there was once merely a gap in the urban fabric, there is now the Rasulbagh Children’s Park, a redevelopment project by Rafiq Azam and his firm Shatotto.
13-09-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Iris Ceramica Elementi: the primordial fascination of stone, earth and lava
Inspired by the pristine natural world in which human beings took their first steps, Iris Ceramica’s Elementi project brings all the fascination and simplicity of primordial elements such as Earth, Lava and Pietra di Sciara stone to spaces for everyday living.
09-09-2022
Projects
Rafiq Azam: redevelopment of Rasulbagh Children’s Park, Dhaka
In the heart of Dhaka, where there was once merely a gap in the urban fabric, there is now the Rasulbagh Children’s Park, a redevelopment project by Rafiq Azam and his firm Shatotto.
06-09-2022
Inspiring Spaces
SapienStone: black and green designs for today’s kitchen surfaces
The SapienStone catalogue has been expanded beyond the palette of whites and neutral colours typically used in kitchen design, and now includes black and green ceramic surfaces.
Biographies
Architect
Alejandro Aravena - ELEMENTAL
Among the emerging figures in the world of contemporary architecture is Alejandro Aravena (1967). Born in Santiago de Chile, he graduated from Pontificia Cilena University in 1992 and continued his studies in Italy at IUAV (University of Architecture, Venice). Following the opening of his own design studio in 1994, in 2001 he founded ELEMENTAL S.A. in Santiago, where he has been Executive Director since 2006. With ELEMENTAL (which also comprises architects Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan ....
Architect
Gio Ponti
Ever since the start of his career, the work of Giovanni (Gio) Ponti (1891-1979) was profoundly innovative, going beyond the return to neoclassicism characteristic of early twentieth century architecture. Ponti made the architect a promoter of culture and an interpreter of the new “bourgeois taste”. Ponti founded and edited the historic architecture magazines Domus (1928-40 and 1948-1979) and Stile (1941-1947); he sat on the executive committee of the ....
Architect
Cino Zucchi
Milan architect, Cino Zucchi (1955) graduated from MIT, Cambridge in Art and Design and then Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano (1979), where he currently lectures in Architectural and Urban Design. Actively engaged in theory and teaching, over the past two decades he has held numerous seminars and conferences at prestigious institutions (Harvard, Florence, Madrid and Zurich). A member of many international research groups, such as "ARE_Living ....