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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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Bjarke Ingels - BIG
BIG, founded by Bjarke Ingels in 2005, is one of the world’s most advanced studios in the definition of urban scenarios and horizons. BIG has worked on numerous projects all over the world, all sharing a visionary view and an interest in innovative theories about contemporary society and lifestyles. Its two offices in Copenhagen and New York bring together professionals from all over the world, promoting cultural exchange as a source of wealth in design. The ....
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Odile Decq & Benoit Cornette
Odile Decq & Benoit Cornette French architect and town planner, Odile Decq (1955) is internationally acclaimed for numerous eclectic projects carried out with Benoît Cornette (1953-1998), until his tragic death in a car accident, which also involved Decq. Born in Laval, Odile Decq studied architecture at the University of Rennes and completed her studies at the University of Paris VI in 1978, followed by a post-graduate course in urban ....
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Diener & Diener
The Basel-based international architectural firm Diener & Diener acquired this name in 1980, when Roger Diener (1950) officially joined the firm of his father, Marcus Diener (1918-1999). Active since 1942, Marcus Diener’s firm has designed a staggering number of projects (homes, offices, buildings and cinemas) in the 1950s and 1960s. When Roger joined, with projects developed together with J. Erb, D. Righetti, A. Rüedi and W. Schett, over the course of a few ....