Tag Architecture And Culture

02-07-2021

Waterloo City Farm, a Feilden Fowles project made of timber and sheet metal

Waterloo City Farm is a place in central London where office work, farming and livestock-raising are combined with schooling.

18-06-2021

Murals for Ivrea, added to UNESCO World Heritage List as an industrial city of the 20th century

Ivrea, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018 as an industrial city of the 20th century, has been embellished with a series of murals on various buildings. A sign that clearly demonstrates the importance of street art in urban regeneration, following the humanistic spirit of Ivrea's famous industrialist Adriano Olivetti.

30-04-2021

Palaluxottica by Studio Botter and Studio Bressan wins the Premio Architettura Città di Oderzo award

The Palaluxottica in Agordo, designed by Studio Botter and Studio Bressan, has won the 17th Premio Architettura Città di Oderzo award. The judges chose the project from among the 10 finalists for its ability to qualify the territory around it, contributing both architectural quality and social value.

16-04-2021

Prefabricated concrete renovation and addition with a perforated aluminium façade

A 1937 Salle des Fêtes in Romainville has been restored and expanded as a multipurpose pavilion

30-03-2021

MoDusArchitects’ Renovation and expansion of Accademia Cusanus: Structures, Surfaces and Light

Following a design competition held in 2017, MoDusArchitects was appointed to renovate and expand Accademia Cusanus in Bressanone, Italy. The architects were asked to come up with a measured project that would leave the three existing buildings unaltered and create a new public space uniting the entire academic complex.

02-03-2021

A BRIDGE TOWARDS THE FUTURE

“We have to design environmentally conscious buildings and cities to meet today's needs without compromising the future generations’ needs”— Alessandro Melis, Heliopolis 21

20-01-2021

Winners of the 2021 AIANY Design Awards

AIA New York’s annual Design Awards program recognises outstanding architectural design by AIA New York members. This year’s jury met online to select the winners in four of the five categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. No awards were given this year in the Sustainability category.

13-01-2021

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH CLÉMENT BLANCHET

“Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering various toxic products. This immunity is acquired by the repetitive and progressively increasing intake of these harmful substances. The process of creating requires possibly a certain type of Architectural Mithridatism” —Clément Blanchet

08-01-2021

A micro-museum of Russian Impressionists made of concrete and perforated aluminium

The courtyard of a former chocolate factory in Moscow is now home to a museum about the Russian Impressionists