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The Architects Series – A documentary on: Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT
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Mansilla+Tunón Arquitectos
Spanish architects Luis Mansilla (1959-2012) and Emilio Tuñón (1959) founded the studio that bears their name in Madrid in 1992. Alongside the studio’s theoretical and practical work, they teach at the Architecture School in Madrid and lecture frequently as visiting professors in Princeton, Harvard, Lausanne, Frankfurt and Barcelona. Educated in the methodological canons of ....
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Mario Botta
Born in Mendrisio in 1943, Mario Botta attended the Liceo Artistico (High School) in Milan and graduated in architecture from IUAV, Venice in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta met Luis Kahn and worked at Le Corbusier. Strongly influenced by two great masters, his design style evolved into pure, geometric and imposing forms. Brick is a key material in his body of work, used as cladding to accentuate the severity of his designs. All his work has a spiritual connotation, through ....
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Alberto Apostoli
In 1997 Alberto and his brother Francesco opened Studio Apostoli & Associati offering the multi-disciplinary professional profile for which his education qualifies him. In 2006 he held his first solo show in the European Parliament Building in Brussels, entitled "Contamination between communication and design in architecture", attracting attention in the press all over Europe. In 2006 he also opened a studio in Guangzhou, and in 2007 he opened an agency in Casablanca. ....