NEWS
04-08-2021
Tchoban Voss Architekten Embassy living alongside Köllnischer Park, Berlin
In Berlin’s vibrant, central Mitte district, Tchoban Voss Architekten designed a...
03-08-2021
MAP Studio designs MPavilion 2021, a temporary pavilion in Melbourne
Architects Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel from the MAP Studio recently unveiled the...
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Livegreen
04-08-2021
UAD designs new Museum and Library in Jiashan, China
UAD – The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zheijiang University Co., Ltd. – has recently completed a new cultural complex in Jiashan, China. The city is an eco-friendly and green development demonstration area in the Yangtze River Delta, thus playing the important role of a laboratory for implementing new architectural and social solutions.
03-08-2021
Radici, an exhibition by Josef Koudelka at the Ara Pacis in Rome
The Ara Pacis complex in Rome, designed by architect Richard Meier, hosts an exhibition entitled Radici by famous Czech photographer Josef Koudelka until September. Known to photography fans for his reporting as an official Magnum photographer, Koudelka has been photographing archaeological sites revealing our European roots for many years.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series - A documentary on: AMDL CIRCLE
On 8 July, the new appointment with The Architects Series, dedicated to major contemporary architecture firms, will be hosting ADML CIRCLE, the firm founded by Michele De Lucchi, with the video screening and lecture “Inspiring...
PROJECTS
Projects
Michael Green Architecture for Oregon State University College of Forestry
American architect Michael Green designed two new buildings for the Oregon State University’s...
Architectural Solutions
Barozzi Veiga’s glass and aluminium philharmonic hall
The Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin, Poland is a building that puts a contemporary twist on...
Inspiring Spaces
Marmi Maximum: beauty and flexibility for unique customised design
The technical and aesthetic performance of Fiandre Architectural Surfaces’s Marmi Maximum slabs...
Projects
Vector Architects: Shenzhen Pingshan Art Museum
Vector Architects is leader of the consortium of firms and companies that has won the international...
Architectural Solutions
Innauer Matt Architekten’s concrete and wood house
A concrete house covered with rounded larch shingles putting a contemporary twist on the...
Inspiring Spaces
Harmony and balance between different materials: Iris Ceramica’s Whole collection
Juxtaposing different materials is a key to creating fascinating, personalised spaces in the home....
Projects
Abin Design Studio: Gallery House in Bansberia, West Bengal, India
Indian architect Abin Chaudhuri convinced his client to open a community centre in place of a...
Architectural Solutions
High energy efficiency in COOP HIMMELB(L)AU’s Mocape
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU has built a twin ecological museum in Shenzhen to high standards of energy...
Inspiring Spaces
Granitech ventilated walls: the benefits of thermal equilibrium
Granitech ventilated walls, in combination with the Iris Ceramica Group’s porcelain...
Architetti
Steven Holl
One of the best-known and most influential architects and theorists of the contemporary era, American architect Steven Holl (1947) is known internationally for his numerous projects built primarily in the United States and Asia (China, Japan, South Korea). After graduating from Seattle University and studying in London and Rome, he opened Steven Holl Architects in New York in 1976. In his vast portfolio, Holl has synthesized “philosophical reasoning and design methodologies” in research that is at the same time “experience and criticism” (Heck-Chiarone). His work is “marked by neo-expressionist accents” and by the exploration of “irregular conformations with the aid of digital technologies”, in particular his many projects for universities, campuses, and art institutes, an area in which Holl is one of the major points of reference in contemporary architecture. ....
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Philipp von Matt Architects between architecture and art O12 – Artist House in Berlin
Philipp von Matt Architects designed an artist’s home and studio completed recently in...
30-07-2021
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura designs MG House, a contemporary house in a rural setting
In Bragança Paulista, in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil, the Gilda...
29-07-2021
"Prossima Apertura", an urban regeneration project in Aprilia
Prossima Apertura is an urban regeneration project led by Orizzontale, NOEO and ADML...