NEWS
19-10-2021
Architecture and Adaptation - Resilient Communities Biennale di Venezia
Adaptation and resilience: the keywords to tackle climate change. One of the most...
18-10-2021
Mario Cucinella Architects and SOS - School of Sustainability inaugurate new headquarters in Milan
Mario Cucinella Architects and SOS - School of Sustainability inaugurate new headquarters...
ALL GOOD VIBES - CONNECTING NEW ARCHITECTURAL HORIZONS
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
19-10-2021
EXPO Dubai 2020, itinerary and exhibition spaces of the Spanish Pavilion
The itinerary and the exhibition spaces entitled “Intelligence for Life” of the Spanish Pavilion at EXPO Dubai 2020 are curated by Italian architect Carmelo Zappulla, founder and director of the External Reference firm, together with the Onionlab multidisciplinary studio. An artificial forest that produces oxygen and an immersive reality that allows us to understand our environmental impact.
18-10-2021
Prodesi/Domesi designs small cottage inspired by a ship cabin
The latest project by the Czech architectural firm Prodesi/Domesi is a small holiday home inspired by a ship cabin. A cottage engaged in an intense dialogue with the nature of the artificial lake on whose shore it stands and characterised by a marked materiality projected by the careful attention to the surrounding environmental context.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series – A documentary on: Powerhouse Company
The latest event in The Architects Series, scheduled for Thursday, September 16, will host the Powerhouse Company international architecture firm and include the projection of a video and a lecture entitled “Level Up Architecture” given...
PROJECTS
Projects
John McAslan: Lancaster University’s Health Innovation Campus
John McAslan + Partners designs the Innovation Hub within the Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster...
Architectural Solutions
NU Architectuur designs house in wood, lime hemp and straw
In Belgium’s countryside, a pentagonal wooden house combines classic and innovative building...
Inspiring Spaces
New Ultra Ariostea marbles for rooms with a personal, sophisticated style
The versatility of high-tech ceramic and the large size of Ultra Ariostea slabs make it possible to...
Projects
The new façade of the Grand Théâtre de Québec, designed by the Lemay and Atelier 21 studios
The Canadian-based Lemay and Atelier 21 architectural firms recently inaugurated the new...
Architectural Solutions
Rammed earth dwellings in Australia by Luigi Rosselli
The new project designed by Australian architect Luigi Rosselli is a village of 12 dwellings built...
Inspiring Spaces
The charm and beauty of large-size ceramics: the new Iris Ceramica Group marbles
The new collections of marbles offered by the Iris Ceramica Group for floors, walls and...
Projects
The new Integrated Day Centre in Nembro is the work of Remo Capitanio
Architect Remo Capitanio, in collaboration with Joi Donati and Alice Bottelli, has headed up the...
Architectural Solutions
A tower in Fuzhou made of concrete, glass and marble designed by INUCE
In Fuzhou, a 22-storey tower, designed by the INUCE studio and built in concrete, glass and marble,...
Inspiring Spaces
Pietra di Bilbao: timeless beauty for walls and floors
The new Iris Ceramica collection reinterprets the aesthetics of natural stones characterised by a...
Architetti
Peter Eisenman
Originally from New Jersey, Peter Eisenman (1932) has always had a deeply-rooted cultural connection with European intellectuals, historians and artists, including Rowe, Tafuri, Chomsky and Derrida, who influenced his design concepts. His architectural and urban planning projects, and above all his long career in theory and education, position him “close to conceptual art” and to deconstructivism, with a strong experimental component and constant search for dialog between opposites and disciplines apparently unconnected to conventional architecture (for example, philosophy, semantics and linguistics). A profound connoisseur of Italian rationalism (...) he has designed residential and town planning schemes, innovative private houses and public buildings, always in search of a dialog between opposites." (Treccani) The link with Italy is particularly long-standing. Eisenman visited the country for the first time in the summer of ....
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15-10-2021
Bruno Gaudin Architectes Library La Contemporaine campus of the Université Paris Nanterre
On the campus of the Université Paris Nanterre, the new building of the...
14-10-2021
Atelier Pierre Thibault designs contemporary house on Brome Lake
The relationship with the surrounding landscape, the vivid colours and the enchanting...
13-10-2021
Moving Architecture – the Italian Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020
Expo Dubai 2020 has officially opened its doors. Our journey through the pavilions of the...