Tag Architecture And Culture

24-01-2017

Feltrinelli Milan: Herzog & De Meuron new headquarter of Fondazione Giangiacomo

The new headquarters of Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, a long glass building on Viale Pasubio in Milan, opened on December 13 2016. Herzog & De Meuron’s project, though privately commissioned, is a simple yet surprising project of great value to the city.

23-12-2016

OMA Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park - Miami Beach

OMA’s project for the Faena District in Miami Beach was inaugurated recently. Three separate buildings, the Faena Forum, Faena Bazaar and Park, are linked by public spaces with views over the Atlantic Ocean offering the city a dynamic art, culture and design district.

25-11-2016

Francis Alÿs, Ciudad Juárez Projects, Proyectos Impala

Ciudad Juárez Projects is a body of work that began during a number of visits by Belgian artist Francis Alÿs, who has lived in Mexico City for many years.

11-04-2014

MosBuild. Cersanex, 15-18 April 2014.

Tuesday, April 15th begins Cersanex, the second week of the MosBuild exhibition, a showcase of ceramics, bathroom furnishings and technologies for the industry, held at Moscow’s Expocentre.

24-03-2014

Mosbuild 2014, green technologies and ceramics

Floornature is media partner at MosBuild 2014, Russia’s most important event for construction, ceramics and related technologies.

07-02-2014

Floornature: social media meets architecture and overturns the rules

Here is an abstract of a lengthy interview conducted for the cowinning communications portal on November 14 2013. An informal chat in which we discussed our identity, which we now wish to share with our readers, because we believe that the more we know about each other, the better we will get along.

24-04-2013

“Roca dels Moros” rock paintings visitors’ centre

Architects Prudenci Espanol Pons and José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano, finalists in the first international “Next Landmark” architecture contest organised by Floornature, presented their plans for a visitors’ centre for the “Roca dels Moros” rock paintings in El Cogul, Catalonia. The structure and materials of this partially underground construction are intended to minimise its impact on the landscape.

09-01-2013

3XN architects: Plassen Cultural Center in Norway

Winner of the competition on invitation for the new cultural centre in central Molde, Norway, Danish studio 3XN interprets the building as a city square, using the same materials on the walls as on the outdoor paving. The work demonstrates continuity with its context and with the most recent developments in architecture.