NEWS
22-04-2019
Mario Cucinella Architects wins a European Sustainability Award
Mario Cucinella Architects has won a European Sustainability Award for "Workshop...
19-04-2019
Tadao Ando The Challenge Exhibition Armani Silos Milan
The Milan Design Week 2019 has closed its doors, but not all events have ended. Until...
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
22-04-2019
St. Pius Chapel and Prayer Garden by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
The architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple has designed a new chapel on the St...
19-04-2019
GEZA, expansion of a production facility
The designers from GEZA Gri e Zucchi Architettura srl, have completed the expansion of the production facility for Pratic, an Italian company based in Udine after they finished the first part in 2011...
THE ARCHITECT SERIES
The Architects Series - a documentary on: BIG - BJARKE INGLES GROUP
To mark the opening of Design Week, the Iris Ceramica Group celebrates...
PROJECTS
Projects
H&P Architects: S Space cultural centre in Vietnam
S Space is a cultural centre in Vietnam and a model for the evolution of architecture. H&P...
Architectural Solutions
Steel cable structure of Rafael Viñoly’s David Lawrence Center
Rafael Viñoly’s David Lawrence Center is a steel cable structure that dialogues with the...
Ceramic Innovation
Exclusive and custom projects involving SapienStone kitchen countertops
The pure white of SapienStone’s Uni Ice worktop completes the kitchen in a fascinating...
Projects
FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects: Photographer’s house in Japan
Kouichi Kimura, founder of FORM in Yagura, was commissioned to build a photographer’s house in...
Architectural Solutions
Green philosophy for the Amager Resource Centre, BIG’s waste-to-energy plant
BIG Architects’ famous waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen is a green building and a landmark in...
Ceramic Innovation
Cosmic Marble and Metal Perf surfaces: unbridled creativity and imagination
All kinds of materials and spaces can provide inspiration for contemporary high-tech ceramic...
Projects
Austin Maynard: House on the Beach in St Andrews, Victoria
Austin Maynard Architects’ House on the Beach in St Andrews, in the Australian state of Victoria,...
Architectural Solutions
INDarchitect’s perforated sheet metal prism in Moscow
INDarchitect construct a simple building covered with micro-perforated sheet metal in Moscow, a gem...
Ceramic Innovation
Ariostea ventilated façades: benefits and aesthetic qualities for large outdoor surfaces
The outer walls of new and renovated buildings are given new life with ventilated walls built with...
Architetti
Kristin Jarmund
A Norwegian architect known for her work in her homeland, and particularly in the capital, Oslo, where she has built buildings of various kinds including hotels, schools, offices, coffee shops and restaurants as well as the famous Nydalen Metro Station. Born in 1954, Jarmund founded her practice in 1985 after studying at the Norwegian Institute of Technology and the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Her work focuses on attaining formal and functional simplification in complex situations. Her special focus on context and the human dimension has earned her numerous acknowledgements, including an Honorary Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (USA) in 2011, the National Building Quality Award for Gjerdrum Secondary School in 2010 and an honourable mention for Fokus Bank in 2006. In 1996 Kristin Jarmund was chosen to represent Norway at the Biennale in Venice, presenting her plans for Stensby Kindergarten in Eidsvoll. In 2012 she was awarded ....
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The new E26 canteen by the BAST firm is the Emerging Architecture for 2019
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17-04-2019
The Italian Design Museum opens in Milan
The most iconic and representative works of Italian design, part of the Collection of...
16-04-2019
The best skyscrapers of 2019 according to the CTBUH
On 10 April, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced from...