NEWS
26-08-2019
KAAN Architecten two campuses for Anhembi Morumbi University in Brazil
The new buildings designed by KAAN Architecten for Anhembi Morumbi University have...
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...
Architecture and materials
Floornature is an international design and architecture portal with a focus on materials for contemporary architecture, exclusive interviews with great masters of international architecture and the most interesting new developments in the world of architecture.
Livegreen
26-08-2019
House of Silence by Natura Futura Arquitectura
Casa del Silencio is a house in Quevedo, in the province of Los Ríos, Ecuador, designed by Natura Futura Arquitectura to meet the needs of a senior citizen who wants to enjoy their family.
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”.
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
Mário Martins
Mário Martins was born in Lagos, Algarve – Portugal in 1964, and graduated in 1988 from the Architecture Faculty of Lisbon Technical University. He worked for about one year in the architectural practice of Manuel Graça Dias and Egas José Vieira, and occasionally with the architect João Luís Carrilho da Graça. At the end of 1988 he decided to return to Lagos, setting up Oblíqua Arquitectos with the architect Vítor Lourenço, with whom he developed many projects before the partnership ended in 2000. Since then, through the company Mário Martins Atelier with Maria José Rio (his business partner and wife), he has continued to focus exclusively on architecture, assisted by his enormously dedicated and hard-working team. With a contemporary style influenced by the place in which he mainly works – Algarve – his projects have undergone a natural process of evolving and maturing ....
latest news from Floornature
22-08-2019
Arquitecturia Camps Felip – Balaguer Courthouse, Spain
The new Balaguer Courthouse building designed by architects Josep Camps & Olga Felip...
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...