A SPACE ABOUT (ASA), the design studio founded by Laura Blanch and Noa Massanet, transformed a small empty shopfront into Vereda bar and restaurant. ASA’s spatial vision gives material form to the culinary concept of Vereda’s chef and owner, creating an authentic space appropriate for the community of Barcelona’s Eixample district.
Roland Baldi Architects, the studio appointed to design the interiors in the renewal and expansion of the Clubhouse in Falzes, in the Pusteria Valley, has made the town’s cultural hub into something truly special. The architects’ proposal allows the facility to adapt to the changing needs of the community with great elegance.
“Local Cultures in Global Settings” is an international contest promoted by the Iris Ceramica Group and its associated Foundation and organised by UAE Modern, drawing attention to creative contributions arising out of the interaction between expressions of identity and universalistic culture. We talked about it with Massimo Imparato, who, with Monica Mazzolani, co-founded UAE Modern, the cultural hub presenting the series of events accompanying the competition.
Mercosul Biennial Foundation is a Brazilian non-profit organisation that develops educational projects in the field of visual arts, encouraging dialogues between contemporary artists and communities.
Squad Design, a Lebanon-based design firm, revives the 10 100 1000 project, a concept rolled out in Mexico by Francisco Torres for La Metropolitana, in order to involve 10 Lebanese designers in creating a wooden stool contained in a 35 x 35 x 35 cm cardboard box.
An interior design workshop in the middle of the forest? Well, yes, in Estonia you can, and the results are at the same surreal and spectacular in every sense of the word, with three structures in the forest that intensify the experience of nature.
The exhibition titled “Arkitekturstriper: Architecture in comic-strip form” at the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo covers a theme that is more topical than ever - communicating architecture.
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