NEWS
16-01-2019
Artworks and architectures of light in Amsterdam, Montréal and Salerno
"The Medium is the Message" is the fascinating theme of the seventh Amsterdam Light...
15-01-2019
Christensen & Co. Architects and Rørbæk og Møller Architects Life Science Bioengineering B202 Building
Christensen & Co. Architects and Rørbæk og Møller Architects designed...
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
16-01-2019
An exhibition on Street Art by Ozmo
Ozmo is one of the most famous Street Artists in Italy...
15-01-2019
LOOP by FAHR 021.3, place-making in Porto
Public art has proved to be an important driver for urban planning...
THE ARCHITECT SERIES
The Architects Series - A Documentary on: FXCollaborative
The last event of the year in The Architects Series begins on 13 December at SpazioFMG...
PROJECTS
Projects
Snøhetta+DIALOG: new central library in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Assiduously used by half the population of the city of Calgary, in Canada, the central library now...
Architectural Solutions
Tingbjerg library, a COBE project with a brick baguette façade
COBE’s Tingbjerk library is a provocative and seductive brick-faced prism that goes beyond...
Ceramic Innovation
Marble, stone, resin and cement effects: ceramics from Fiandre and Aqua Maximum
In continuity with the company’s decade-long history, in 2019 Fiandre once again offers new...
Projects
Interview with Giacomo della Villa: Iris Ceramica Group for Isokinetic
Floornature interviewed Giacomo della Villa, who has designed advanced sports rehabilitation...
Architectural Solutions
AREP expansion of Montpellier railway station using ETFE
The expansion of Montpellier railway station spans the tracks with pointed arches covered with...
Ceramic Innovation
SapienStone: the best surfaces for the kitchen countertop in 2019
Porcelain is the best solution for surfaces for everyday use. The many applications of porcelain...
Projects
Wall Architects: Village Centre in Sanhe (China)
Wall Architects’ new village centre commissioned by the village committee of Sanhe, China...
Architectural Solutions
MVRDV’s Crystal House: a glass brick façade.
The glass bricks of MVRDV’s Crystal House unexpectedly blend with masonry bricks, and are even...
Ceramic Innovation
Diesel Living with Iris Ceramica: the new design effects of Cosmic Marble
The brilliance of marble is reinterpreted in the new Cosmic Marble collection of floor and wall...
Architetti
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Coop Himmelb(l)au is a group of architects that has been active since the late sixties and is best known for its experimental theories about architecture. Founded in 1968 in Vienna by Wolf D. prix, Helmut Swiczinsky and Michael Holzer, in its early years the group was known for its provocative artistic installations. The “Deconstructivist Architecture” exhibition curated by Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley at MoMa in New York in 1988 drew the world’s attention to Coop Himmelb(l)au and the challenges it posed to architectural form. The Deconstructivist group created works that are famous for their counter-current spirit and aggressive forms, often brutal and contorted, always truly innovative. The group’s design method is perfect for use of 3D rendering tools which underline the lightness and apparent inconsistency of the relationship between built parts. This is the concept that gives the studio its name: ....
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14-01-2019
Sauerbruch Hutton M9 multimedia museum of the twentieth century in Mestre, Venice
M9, a new museum of twentieth-century Italian history in Mestre, is more than just a...
11-01-2019
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum turns 60
A true icon of world architecture, the New York Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd...
10-01-2019
C.F. Møller Architects expansion of Norway’s Haraldsplass Hospital
In C.F. Møller Architects’ new building now open at Haraldsplass Hospital in...