NEWS
23-09-2021
Glenn Murcutt wins Praemium Imperiale for architecture
The winners of the 32nd edition of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale, often described as...
22-09-2021
Floornature, media partner of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and of the Future Spaces Foundation
A new and important partnership marks the 20th anniversary of Floornature, set to be...
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Livegreen
23-09-2021
Hakka earthen houses on display at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale
The exhibition Hakka Earthen Houses on Variation at pavilion 30 of Forte Marghera is a collateral event of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2021, and investigates Co-operative Living, Art and Migration Architecture in China. Because migration and cultural identity are aspects that strongly influence “how we will live together”.
22-09-2021
In Montreal, vacant shops become studios for emerging artists
Thanks to the Créer des Ponts ("Building Bridges") project, created through the alliance between the downtown commercial real estate community and representatives of the Canadian city’s vibrant visual arts ecosystem, 30 vacant retail spaces in 22 buildings in Montreal’s city centre have recently become art studios for 60 emerging artists.
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
Arbau: Redevelopment of Centro Soranzo, Forte Rossarol, Venice
In the conviction that quality space can be a part of the treatment process, Arbau performed the...
Architectural Solutions
Wallmakers designs a church with catenary arches in clay bricks
In the Southern region of Kerala, in India, the Wallmakers studio completed the project for an...
Inspiring Spaces
A warm and relaxing ambience with wood-effect technical ceramics
The aesthetics of wood has always been central to design, interior design and surfaces of...
Projects
New developments in Chinese museums: three exemplary cases
In recent years China has worked hard on adding to its number of significant museums. China’s new...
Architectural Solutions
Matt Innauer’s timber bathing establishment on the lake
Between the wharf and the new mouth of the Kugelbeerbach stream in the Austrian town of Lochau, on...
Inspiring Spaces
The strength and beauty of technical ceramic tiles in the contemporary bathroom: exclusive interior design by Seventyonepercent
A new bathroom concept takes shape in the Seventyonepercent project, a major partnership of...
Projects
WEYES: Casa nel bosco del Barrial, Santiago, Messico
“Casa en el bosque” is a house built in the forest of El Barrial in Santiago, Mexico,...
Architectural Solutions
CoopHimmelb(l)au’s steel, concrete and aluminium House of Music
A building for the culture of music, made of steel, concrete and aluminium, making use of all the...
Inspiring Spaces
SapienStone kitchen countertops: resistent, practical surfaces for customised spaces
There are always plenty of new developments and changes in the contemporary kitchen, even...
Architetti
Kengo Kuma
Born in Yokohama in the Kanagawa prefecture, Kengo Kuma (1954) is considered one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects. After graduating from the University of Tokyo (1979), he studied at Colombia University for two years as a visiting researcher (1985-86). In 1987 he founded the Spatial Design Studio (now Kengo Kuma & Associates) and opened his Paris Studio in 2008. His design vision expresses the emotional content of materials, linked to intrinsic characteristics in construction and the teachings of Japanese traditions. “Almost tuning in” to the materials themselves, Kuma has for years “engaged in a serious critique of what is defined as the “concrete method of construction”, in his desire to find an alternative to this material that “dominates” the world (Treccani). Projects such as the Stone Museum (2000) and Ando Hiroshige Museum (2000), both in Nasu, in ....
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21-09-2021
Asti Architetti redesigns and redevelops a part of the city in Milan
The Asti Architetti studio has designed the redevelopment of an important urban block in...
20-09-2021
RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize 2021 Finalists
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the list of six finalist...
17-09-2021
The winners of the 24th edition of the IIDA/HD Expo Product Design Awards
The IIDA association, in collaboration with the Hospitality Design magazine, recently...