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22-11-2023

Vereda, a restaurant for sustainable conviviality

A SPACE ABOUT (ASA), the design studio founded by Laura Blanch and Noa Massanet, transformed a small empty shopfront into Vereda bar and restaurant. ASA’s spatial vision gives material form to the culinary concept of Vereda’s chef and owner, creating an authentic space appropriate for the community of Barcelona’s Eixample district.

16-08-2023

MVRDV’s Matrix ONE in Amsterdam, a circular construction

Matrix ONE, an innovative building designed by Dutch architectural practice MVRDV to contain laboratories and offices in the Amsterdam Science Park, is a structure that can be completely taken apart to reuse the elements in similar high-quality constructions: a building combining the principle of circularity with a strong focus on users’ well-being.

20-12-2022

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.

08-12-2022

A bridge as a boulevard in Belgium, an award-winning project by the ZJA studio

The Theunis bridge in Belgium, on the Albert Canal, connects Merksem to Deurne. Commissioned by De Vlaamse Waterweg, the ZJA architectural studio designed the new infrastructure in collaboration with Arcadis, Sweco and OKRA Landscape Architects. The bridge, conceived as a panoramic boulevard, has been awarded the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize 2022.

01-12-2022

A757, a flexible condominium in Buenos Aires

The Argentinian architecture firm Hitzig Militello has built a new condominium in the Villa Crespo district of Buenos Aires. A volume characterised by linear shapes and a flexible layout, to accommodate future uses, harmoniously integrated into the urban context without sacrificing a strong visual identity, based on a monochrome palette.

02-11-2022

dkarchitekti studio’s indoor swimming pool in Louny aims to encourage physical activity

The new Municipal Swimming Hall in Louny, in the Czech Republic, designed by dkarchitekti studio under the direction of David Kudla, offers a new concept of the indoor swimming pool in which interaction between people swimming inside the building and passers-by outside plays an essential role in the architectural narrative.

01-11-2022

Mi Pan, a bakery designed by Concentrico in Mexico City

Concentrico, a Mexican interdisciplinary studio concerned with architecture, interior design and creative concepts, designed a new store and café for the renowned Mi Pan bakery in Mexico City. Buying bread becomes a social experience thanks to self-service shopping with an interior design playing upon elements of traditional breadmaking.

24-10-2022

Mahos Architecture’s addition to a home in a vineyard

Mahos Architecture, the French studio of Lucile Maurel and Camille Hours, designed an addition to a family home in Provence to provide extra living space and panoramic views over the vineyard. The geometry of the addition is based on the proportions of the home and extension of the existing façades in harmony with the landscape.

04-10-2022

Francesca Perani designs functional beauty in an industrial space

Italian architect Francesca Perani has created a small multifunctional room inside a plastics production and processing company, which allows workers to rest and also serves as a showroom. An small intervention covering a space of just a few square metres, fittingly called "Mini Break", becomes a true oasis of relaxation for users.