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17-05-2023 - News
FABG Architects and the Esplanade Tranquille du Quartier des Spectacles
The Esplanade Tranquille du Quartier des Spectacles is a project recently completed by the Canadian FABG Architects studio, located in the heart of Montreal's entertainment district. The project consists of a building, a pedestrian walk and a public square that connects several key cultural institutions, including the Place des Arts, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.
22-02-2023 - News
Art as an activator in the new Bay Park in Sarasota, Florida
Two artistic installations, Portal and Drum Coral, designed by The Urban Conga for the Bay Conservancy’s new Bay Park in Sarasota, Florida, beautify the first part of the waterfront park. While maintaining a relationship with their natural surroundings, they are designed to offer two opportunities for play while serving as occasions for socialisation during construction of phase two in the environmental redevelopment project.
07-02-2023 - News
Architecture Drawing Prize 2022, the overall winner and the exhibition
The overall winner of the Architecture Drawing Prize 2022 was announced yesterday by World Architecture Festival co-curators Make Architects and Sir John Soane's Museum. The hybrid drawing entitled 'Fitzroy Food Institute' by Samuel Wen and Michael Ren combines different rendering techniques. The exhibition with the winning and shortlisted drawings exhibition opens on 8 February at the Sir John Soane's Museum in London.
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20-12-2022 - News
Studio Capitanio Architetti and the new Trafilerie Mazzoleni office complex
Remo Capitanio’s studio designed a new administration centre for Trafilerie Mazzoleni in Bergamo, an architectural project that seeks to establish a new dialogue with the city’s public dimension, in addition, of course, to providing a functional space for the historic manufacturer of steel wire and metallurgical products.
14-12-2022 - News
ADDP Architects’ Whistler Grand brings nature into the city
Award-winning Singapore studio ADDP Architects has completed Whistler Grand, a residential project consisting of two 36-floor towers inspired by a dramatic riverscape, providing a natural oasis in an urban setting. The certified sustainable complex establishes dialogue with Singapore’s luxuriant natural setting.
28-11-2022 - News
Migliore+Servetto, Waterfront Door / Into the Ocean in Busan, South Korea
The Waterfront Door / Into the Ocean project is a large urban graphic intervention, but also an extensive process of redevelopment of the coastal strip of the city of Busan, completed by the Migliore+Servetto design studio. It has now been selected for the 2022 edition of the ADI Design Index as an example of excellence within the Communication Design category.
23-11-2022 - News
Architecture Discipline’s NUO hotel in New Delhi
The new NUO hotel in New Delhi designed by Indian studio Architecture Discipline treats the hotel not as an isolated building but as a comprehensive urban intervention. Created for jüSTa Hotels & Resorts, Nuo offers a unique, highly recognisable identity while opening up to the neighbourhood.
16-11-2022 - News
An initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Culture in support of artists and artisans
Spain’s Ministry of Culture recently launched a platform bringing together Spain’s best professional artisans, ESPAÑA ARTESANA, supporting the creativity of more than 250 professionals who combine traditional Spanish craftsmanship with forward-looking design.
07-11-2022 - News
Valencia is named European Green Capital 2024 and two cities share the title of European Green Leaf 2024
The winners of the European Green Capital 2024 and European Green Leaf 2024 awards were announced in a ceremony held at the end of October in Grenoble, France, this year’s European Green Capital. The Spanish city of Valencia will be European Green Capital in 2024, while the title of European Green Leaf 2024 has been jointly awarded to Elsinore, Denmark and Velenje, Slovenia.
