NEWS
21-01-2022
MAD Architects Cuntan International Cruise Centre Chongqing
By 2027 Chongqing, China will have a new cruise centre featuring the futuristic Yangtze...
20-01-2022
LIM Café in Suzhou Bay Sports Park, China, designed by Parallect Design
In Suzhou, China, in an area popular with tourists near Taihu Lake, the Parallect Design...
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Livegreen
21-01-2022
GRNDCNTRL, a theatrical nightclub in Shanghai
Located in Shanghai's affluent Xintiandi district, the new GRNDCNTRL nightclub designed by the PIG DESIGN studio, led by architect Li Wenqiang, stands out from other Shanghai nightlife spots. Inspired by the metaphorical concept of a "theatre", the design elevates the hip-pop nightclub to the next level of evening entertainment.
20-01-2022
Villa Timmerman by Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm
Villa Timmerman in Göteborg, Sweden is not just a semi-detached house but a manifesto of a married couple of architects, Andreas Lyckefors and Josefine Wikholm. The pair have designed a house that can easily be adapted in response to new requirements, made of prefabricated timber elements.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series - A documentary on: WilkinsonEyre
ATTENTION: "The Architects Series – a documentary on WilkinsonEyre” will be delayed to the 27 January 2022..
The last episode of 2021 of The Architects Series will be presented in London on Thursday...
PROJECTS
Projects
Lecumberri Cidoncha Architects: Casa RE in Lérruz, Navarra, Spain
Lecumberri Cidoncha Architects designed Casa RE in Lérruz, a village in the Spanish region...
Architectural Solutions
Kempe Thill’s prefabricated concrete and stone apartments
Atelier Kempe Thill has created 38 apartments in a prefabricated concrete and limestone building...
Inspiring Spaces
Innovation, quality and sustainability: new sizes and colours for Ariostea’s Ultra Pietre collection
The catalogue of Ultra Ariostea materials for floor and wall coverings and custom-made furnishings...
Projects
DnA Design and Architecture: Museum of Poetry, Songyang
In Songyang, China, Beijing-based firm DnA_Design and Architecture has restored the tombstone of...
Architectural Solutions
NU architectuuratelier’s concrete and timber reception building
The new multifunctional entrance to Meise botanical gardens, in Belgium, incorporates a number of...
Inspiring Spaces
DYS Design Your Slabs: the power of decoration for unique, customised spaces
Following the most refined design trends and taking advantage of the innovations of high-tech...
Projects
From NZZ to JED, a redevelopment project by Evolution Design
Swiss studio Evolution Design has brought new life to an abandoned printer’s shop in Schlieren....
Architectural Solutions
FMD Architects’ CLT and aluminium home renovation project
An Australian home has been renovated in contemporary style with a CLT frame and aluminium...
Inspiring Spaces
Atmospheres of harmony and beauty: Great Elite and Great One marble-effect ceramics
The prestige of famous marbles and the attraction of the total white look: Porcelaingres’s Great...
Architetti
Andreas Kipar
After graduating from Essen and the Politecnico di Milano, Andreas Kipar (1960) began his eminent professional career in planning and landscape design. In 1990 alongside Giovanni Sala, he co-founded LAND (Landscape Architecture Nature Development) in Milan. In addition to their Italian headquarters, LAND has offices in Lugano, Switzerland and Düsseldorf, Germany. LAND’s urban redevelopment projects for parks, natural areas and agri-landscape systems, green infrastructure and green spaces for the retail industry and businesses encompass everything from masterplan to meticulous attention to detail. Based on the assumption that "every landscape has its own soul, a reflection of the society that has shaped it", the design studio’s mission takes a multidisciplinary and unique approach, in such a way as to manage "the complexity of apparently fragmented landscapes to possibly reunify them” so they become ....
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19-01-2022
Farewell to architect Ricardo Bofill
Architect Ricardo Bofill died in Barcelona on January 14, 2022 at the age of 82. He was...
18-01-2022
The winners of the AIA New York Design Awards 2022
AIA New York has announced the winners of the 2022 Design Awards. Divided into four...
17-01-2022
Adjaye Associates designs new Library and Events Centre in Winter Park, Florida
On December 10 and 11, 2021, before local authorities and architect David Adjaye, the...