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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.
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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.
04-11-2022 - News
Torre Fara, futurism and sustainability
The former colonia Fara in Chiavari, Italy is a case study in recovery of our modern architectural heritage. Five entrepreneurs in the Tigullio area formed a consortium to restore the tower block, which originally opened in 1935 as a summer holiday camp for 400 children; its new-found beauty is revealed in a series of new photographs taken from the sea.
28-10-2022 - News
Hacker Architects renovate Salem Public Library
Salem Public Library, in Salem, Oregon, is a concrete and glass structure designed by George Rockrise and Donald Richardson in 1970. Hacker Architects and local residents made sure that the building’s Brutalist architecture was skilfully preserved, improving its structural resistance and construction systems to meet the requirements of today’s standards.
21-10-2022 - News
The Athletes House by AR Design: a balance of the contemporary and the traditional
Multi-award-winning architecture firm AR Design, based in Winchester, last year completed a project in Hampshire dubbed ‘The Athletes House’. The brief was to extend a private 1950s home in a way that deftly combined the clients’ passion - triathlon - with a desire to blend the contemporary with the traditional.
