NEWS
14-12-2018
Haysom Ward Miller Architects’ Lochside House named RIBA house of the year
An apparently modest house in a fairy-tale location by a lake in Scotland, Haysom Ward...
13-12-2018
Studio Gemma and Alvisi Kirimoto design a new interior for the LUISS Aula Magna
Studio Gemma and Alvisi Kirimoto designed the new interior of the Aula Magna at LUISS...
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
14-12-2018
The winners of the 2018 World Habitat Awards
Two projects have won the 2018 World Habitat Awards for sustainable architecture for low-income earners...
14-12-2018
Hyatt Place Hotel Sanya Cina by BLVD International
Chinese firm BLVD is behind the interior design project for the Hyatt Place Hotel Sanya, on China’s Hainan Island...
THE ARCHITECT SERIES
The Architects Series - A Documentary on: FXCollaborative
The last event of the year in The Architects Series begins on 13 December at SpazioFMG...
PROJECTS
Projects
BIG Bjarke Ingels Group: Homes for all in Copenhagen
The non-profit association Lejerbo commissioned BIG Bjarke Ingels Group to design the "Homes for...
Architectural Solutions
Elizabeth De Portzamparc’s Musée de la Romanité in Nimes and its screen-printed glass facade
Elizabeth De Portzamparc’s Musée de la Romanité in Nimes encloses historic...
Mood
Design ideas for 2019: customising spaces with the neutral hues of Musa+
The neutral colours of GranitiFiandre’s Musa+, including the new Dune and Shadow versions...
Projects
OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen: Solo house in Matarraña
The second house in the Solo Houses residential project in Matarraña, Spain has been built....
Architectural Solutions
Air China Tower with aluminium cladding by AREP and IPPR
The Air China Tower is a simple building with a double skin of glass and micro-perforated...
Mood
IRIS Ceramica’s Arqui and Bowl coverings: imagination and elegance in rooms for everyday use
IRIS Ceramica’s new Arqui and Bowl surfaces come from Cersaie 2018 to create the warm, cosy...
Projects
BBGK Architekci: Katyń Museum in Warsaw
In the Warsaw Citadel is the Katyń Museum, commemorating the slaughter of 21,768 Polish military...
Architectural Solutions
MAD builds a kindergarten in Okazaki out of timber and asphalt shingles
MAD’s first building in Japan is a kindergarten which begins with reinterpretation of the...
Mood
New inspiration for the minimalist style: Ariostea’s CON.CREA. and Blend.HT
Ariostea presented its new collections of cement/resin-effect and stone-effect porcelain at Cersaie...
Architetti
Diener & Diener
Diener & Diener is an international architectural practice based in Basel. It took on this name in 1980, when Roger Diener (1950) officially joined the practice of his father, Marcus Diener (1918-1999). Active since 1942, Marcus Diener’s studio had already constructed a huge number of projects (homes, offices, buildings and cinemas) in the fifties and sixties. When Roger joined the practice, his projects in partnership with J. Erb, D. Righetti, A. Ruedi and W. Schett soon added an international dimension to the studio (in addition to Basel, it now has design offices in Berlin and Malmoe). Roger Diener combines the practice of his profession with teaching (1987-1994) at Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, Harvard, Amsterdam and the Royal Academy in Copenhagen. Specialising in urban housing developments and big office and retail complexes, “characterised by simple volumes and inspired by a ....
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12-12-2018
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11-12-2018
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10-12-2018
World Building of the Year Award 2018 goes to WOHA’s Kampung Admiralty building
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