Tag Gianluca Giordano

09-07-2018

Ivrea as UNESCO World Heritage Site

Italy now has its 54th UNESCO World Heritage Site, “Ivrea industrial city of the 20th century”, an acknowledgement of the entire system based on Adriano Olivetti’s humanistic concept, not just the individual buildings. Floornature’s editorial team has been keeping up with the entire process of acknowledgement, from candidacy onwards, recorded in photographs by Gianluca Giordano.

05-07-2018

Girelli holiday camp in Ivrea, just declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

For many years now, Floornature has been supporting the application of Ivrea, the Piedmont city famous for the brand and the architecture commissioned by Adriano Olivetti as a 20th-century industrial city.

06-06-2018

A place of design, the 2.0 venue in Tortona

Chic eateries and trendy bars are synonymous with big cities in Italy, particularly Milan.

18-05-2018

Heritage as FREESPACE at the Venice Architecture Biennale

“Heritage as Ultimate Freespace” is just one of the many events at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and the 2012 Pritzker prize winner, Wang Shu is sitting on the panel.

17-07-2017

The Chapel of Varinella by Ignazio Gardella

In 1936, the architect Ignazio Gardella designed the Chapel of Varinella, a small village near Arquata Scrivia in Italy's Piedmont region.

23-06-2017

Spanish exhibition UNFINISHED in Australia

UNFINISHED, the Spanish Pavilion exhibition curated by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlo Quintáns that won the Golden Lion award at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is now on show in Australia as part of the “40 Days of Spanish Architecture in Australia” initiative.

16-06-2017

High speed architecture

Projects dedicated to railway stations recently featured in the pages of Floornature, in a journey through “high speed” architecture.