NEWS
23-08-2019
The 2019 Art Fund Museum of the Year is the St Fagans National Museum of History
The winner of the 2019 Art Fund Museum of the Year, the annual prize awarded to the best...
22-08-2019
Arquitecturia Camps Felip – Balaguer Courthouse, Spain
The new Balaguer Courthouse building designed by architects Josep Camps & Olga Felip...
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
23-08-2019
The sixth edition of Passages Insolites in Quebec
Passages Insolites is a 4 km public art circuit in the historic Petit Champlain and Saint-Roch districts of Quebec, Canada. This is the sixth edition of the event that brings together 14 artworks crafted by 40 local and international artists and architecture collectives whose work plays on the idea of “unusual passages”.
22-08-2019
Restoration of the Tomáš Baťa Memorial in Zlín
The Czech firm TRANSAT architekti is behind the reclamation and restoration of a 1933 constructivist building in Zlín, designed by the architect František Lýdie Gahura in honour of Tomáš Baťa. Tomáš Baťa was the founder of the Bata shoe company, an illuminated businessman who also focused on the social and architecture areas, a bit like Adriano Olivetti in Italy.
THE ARCHITECT SERIES
The Architects Series - A documentary on: SHoP Architects
From 7.00 pm, SHoP Architects co-founder, Corie...
PROJECTS
Projects
Pedro Domingos: Home in Oeiras, Lisbon
A railway line across from the entrance and an anonymous residential neighbourhood provide the...
Architectural Solutions
MAD’s ring-shaped Sheraton Hotel made of concrete, glass and aluminium
MAD Architects’ Sheraton Hotel in China is shaped like an arch, which is mirrored in the lake so...
Ceramic Innovation
SapienStone kitchen countertops: aesthetics and maximum practicality for every kitchen style
Iris Ceramica Group’s technical ceramics offer an outstanding range of solutions for the...
Projects
MAYU architects: Taichung World Flora Exposition Blossom Pavilion
The symbolic figure 8 shape is the key to the Blossom Pavilion project designed by MAYU architects...
Architectural Solutions
Glass and concrete for Istanbul’s Kordsa research and development centre
Piramit Architects construct a glass and steel building in Istanbul halfway between industrial...
Ceramic Innovation
Atmospheres and environments of design: the Marmi Maximum coverings
The Soft, Bright and Gold Onyx versions of GranitiFiandre Marmi Maximum technical ceramics combine...
Projects
Snøhetta: Under, the underwater restaurant in the fjords of Norway
Under is the emblematic name of the underwater restaurant in the fjords of Norway designed by...
Architectural Solutions
Smart factory made from steel and charred wood
The Trumpf smart factory in Illinois is now working remotely thanks to the digitalisation of its...
Ceramic Innovation
Porcelaingres #20 Outdoor: design proposals for outdoor spaces of all kinds
The strength of stone and cement, the warmth of wood: the high-tech ceramic solutions in...
Architetti
Rem Koolhaas - OMA
One of the best-known and most influential architects of today, Dutch architect Remment Lucas Koolhass (1944) is the son of the famous writer Anton (1912-1992). He spent his youth in Indonesia, and later frequented the literary and artistic circles of Amsterdam with his father. He worked as a reporter and wrote screenplays for film before graduating in London with a degree in architecture in 1972; he completed his education under O.M. Ungers at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. After working as a researcher at Iuas in New York (under the direction of Peter Eisenman), he founded OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) in 1975, emphasising right away “the programmatic aspects of ....
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21-08-2019
Cino Zucchi Architetti and RGAstudio - Bistrot Lavazza in Turin
One year later, we return to the Nuvola Lavazza, the project in Turin’s Aurora...
20-08-2019
Going to exhibitions Aldo Rossi in Padua - Alvaro Siza in Siena and others
The Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, Italy, is currently hosting the exhibition...
19-08-2019
Feilden Fowles Architects - Yorkshire Sculpture Park visitor centre
An interesting destination for those spending their summer holiday in the northern part...