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Floornature is an international portal about architecture, design and design culture, investigating the contemporary with a special focus on sustainability. Its vocation, from the micro to the macro-scale of creativity, is to present new developments in architecture and design as they happen, with the specific intention of tracking emerging trends. The portal features special focus articles on materials for architecture and interviews with great masters of architecture and design.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Unrivalled master of the Modernist movement, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) worked in both Europe and the USA (after 1937), building numerous projects characterised by “minimalist choices, refined details of construction and simple structures” (Di Marco), elements which were to become the hallmarks of his constructions. After studying Applied Arts and apprenticeships in Aachen, he worked in the studio of Peter Behrens as assistant to Walter ....
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Kristin Jarmund
Norwegian architect and interior designer Kristin Jarmund (1954) is best known for her works in her homeland, particularly in her native city of Oslo. In the Norwegian capital, Jarmund is one of the most important architects of the last several decades, sought after by both private clients and national institutions, thanks to projects created for various types buildings: hotels, schools, offices, cafés and restaurants, as well as the famous metro station of Nydalen (2003), which ....
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Frits Van Dongen
Dutch architect Frits van Dongen (1946) graduated in 1980 from the University of Technology, Delft and began working with Kas Oosterhuis (1951), with whom he would produce notable publications and projects. In 1985 he founded Van Dongen Architekten in Delft. The Natal complex in Rotterdam paved the way for a series of large-scale housing projects which, along with his masterplans, are characteristic of his subsequent body of work. Three years later he founded ....