NEWS
15-04-2022
MVRDV designs Sun Rock, an architecture for capturing the sun
The MVRDV architectural firm has designed a building that stands as a manifesto for Taiwan's ecological transition. The façade and shape of Sun Rock were, in fact, created to maximise the energy yield of photovoltaic panels and to clearly communicate to the public the Taiwanese electricity company's green choices
14-04-2022
Nuove cantine italiane. Territori e architetture exhibition and book
The photo exhibition "Nuove cantine italiane. Territori e architetture", has just been presented in the splendid setting of the eighteenth-century Palazzo Balladoro - Banca Passadore in Verona during the 2022 edition of Vinitaly. The exhibition and book guide visitors on a fascinating voyage among eleven examples of Italian excellence combining design with wine, innovation with tradition, to offer a complete experience of the country’s wine-making territories and buildings
13-04-2022
Farewell to artist, architect and designer Riccardo Dalisi
Riccardo Dalisi, an artist, architect, designer, sculptor and painter who had been working on welfare initiatives in various underprivileged zones of Naples for many years, left us on April 9th. He won two Compasso d'Oro awards, one in 1981 for his research into the flip coffee pot, turning it into an icon of the "opera buffa of design", and one for lifetime achievement in 2014. He promoted the “Compasso di latta” award for research in design in the areas of human support, eco-compatibility and degrowth, issues that were always of primary importance in his work
Architecture and materials
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Blog
15-04-2022
Ethical living in Austin Maynard Architects’ Terrace House
Terrace House in Melbourne is Austin Maynard Architect’s first multi-residential project as an architect and developer. The project adopts a revolutionary approach to housing offering quality apartments that are environmentally, socially and financially sustainable.
14-04-2022
Canal House by i29 in Amsterdam
Designers from the Amsterdam-based i29 interior design studio have brought a typical canal house back to life near Amstelveld. After two years of careful restoration and transformation works, in collaboration with a team of specialists, the house is ready to welcome a new family.
13-04-2022
Forgotten Architecture, from the internet to a book
Forgotten Architecture is a project for mapping neglected works of architecture. The initiative began on the internet, with a Facebook page created in 2019, and has now become a book offering testimony, thanks to architect Bianca Felicori, who came up with the idea, and publisher Nero Editions.
Podcast
Design&Trends
15-04-2022
A Radical Space for art and architecture at Centro Pecci in Prato
Luigi Pecci centre for contemporary art in Prato recently presented Trilogia Urbana, an exhibition about the work of “anarchitect” Gianni Pettena and the Superstudio and UFO groups of Florence, inaugurating Spazi Radicali, an overview of the experiences of Radical Architecture which continues with a closer look at the work done in the past in partnership with the Information and Documentation Centre, the Lara-Vinca Masini Archives, the Urban Center and the City of Prato.
THE ARCHITECTS SERIES
The Architects Series - A documentary on: Mecanoo
The next episode of The Architects Series will be presented in Berlin on Thursday 28th April at...
PROJECTS
08-04-2022
Projects
Behles & Jochimsen: Chamber of commerce and industry, Nuremberg
Behles & Jochimsen have concluded an ambitious project for redevelopment and expansion of the Chamber of industry and commerce of Nuremberg (IHK) that took 8 years to complete, with functional, flexible office spaces in a renewed container consistent with the appearance of the historic town centre.
05-04-2022
Inspiring Spaces
The heterogenous design of Whole: harmony and the utmost freedom of design
Iris Ceramica’s vast and highly varied Whole collection reinterprets classic cladding materials such as wood, stone, terra cotta and maiolica.
30-03-2022
Projects
Atelier ST: Kunsthaus in the new arts district of Göttingen
Atelier ST has completed work on the new Kunsthaus in Göttingen, mending a fracture in the continuous façade of Düstere Strasse.
23-03-2022
Projects
Espinosa+Villalba: Educan, multispecies architecture in Brunete, Madrid
Educan is an educational form of architecture in which dogs, humans and other species coexist and learn together.
22-03-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Versatile, evocative Blast ceramic slabs for indoor and outdoor use
Resistant, unalterable FMG porcelain slabs are the ideal covering for all kinds of surfaces, indoors and outdoors, as revealed by the Blast collection.
16-03-2022
Projects
Pérez Palacios arquitectos: Casa Octavia in Mexico City
PPAA Pérez Palacios arquitectos have developed a flexible hotel layout for the Octavia fashion brand in Mexico City’s Condesa district, a project based on the relationship between solids and hollows and on contrasts of light and materials, establishing a new form of contact with the neighbourhood.
22-03-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Versatile, evocative Blast ceramic slabs for indoor and outdoor use
Resistant, unalterable FMG porcelain slabs are the ideal covering for all kinds of surfaces, indoors and outdoors, as revealed by the Blast collection.
16-03-2022
Projects
Pérez Palacios arquitectos: Casa Octavia in Mexico City
PPAA Pérez Palacios arquitectos have developed a flexible hotel layout for the Octavia fashion brand in Mexico City’s Condesa district, a project based on the relationship between solids and hollows and on contrasts of light and materials, establishing a new form of contact with the neighbourhood.
15-03-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Black and dark grey SapienStone for today’s kitchens
In addition to timeless white, neutral hues and shades of wood, today’s kitchens feature bolder hues such as dark grey and total black.
Biographies
Architect
Gary Chang - Edge Design Ltd
Known for his research on minimal housing, Gary Chang (1962) is an architect and designer from Hong Kong who works mainly in China, in particular in his hometown, as well as in Japan, the Middle East and Europe. Chang earned a degree in Architecture from the University of Hong Kong in 1987, and his career has focused primarily on the study of space and finding the best solutions for tight spaces located in places with high urban density like Hong Kong, one of the most ....
Architect
Frank Owen Gehry
Born in Toronto in 1929, Frank Owen Gehry moved to Los Angeles in 1947, where he first studied art and then devoted himself to architecture, earning his degree in 1954. In the early years he worked for Victor Gruen Associates and then studied urban planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Gehry’s work is situated in the postmodernist current and in Deconstructivism, of which he is unanimously recognized as one of the leading exponents. In his buildings, the ....
Architect
Rafael Moneo
One of the most well-known Spanish architects and most significant figures in world architecture, José Rafael Moneo (1937) graduated from Madrid university in 1961. After a two-year apprenticeship with Danish architect John Utzon’s practice (1961-1963) and pivotal fellowship to study in Rome, he returned to the Spanish capital where he opened his own design studio in 1966. He began teaching firstly in Madrid and Barcelona simultaneously, then internationally ....