Tag Milan

27-01-2021

WHOSE THE FAULT: PLASTIC OR MAN?

“We are consuming resources that future generations should have inherited. The Earth is a closed system. And if in a closed system we continue to consume without measure, the resources will run out. No other species would do that”— Stefano Mancuso

10-11-2020

P+F Parisotto + Formenton Architetti re-design Galleria Bolchini Milano

Parisotto + Formenton Architetti resigned Galleria Bolchini, located in Piazza Meda, Milan, in the building of the same name designed by Pier Giulio Magistretti between 1928 and 1930. The project focused on re-designing the lower part of the building with its public arcade.

05-11-2020

Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota MEET Digital Culture Center Milano

MEET is a new centre for digital culture and creative technology in Milan designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota in a historic building in the heart of the Porta Venezia district. The project centres around a large vertical public space containing the Living Staircase, a "habitable" stairwell 15 metres high representing the core of all the activities and events that take place every day at MEET. The new Digital Culture Center opened to the public on October 31, 2020.

21-10-2020

Farewell to Enzo Mari, master of design, celebrated in two exhibitions in Milan

"Goodbye, Enzo. A giant has left us," architect Stefano Boeri, director of the Triennale di Milano, tweeted on October 19, announcing the death of Enzo Mari. The great master of design passed away as the city where he chose to live and work all his life, Milan, held a major retrospective of his work, “Enzo Mari curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist with Francesca Giacomelli”, which opened recently at the Triennale, and Galleria di Milano held a new version of a famous 1973 solo show of Mari’s work.

20-10-2020

RE-CONJUGATE OUR TIME: THE NAVIGLI

"The periphery is perhaps poorer, but like me made up of the periphery- today has its shoes full of water, a coat torn out but still with pockets full of stars", Paolo Coretti

15-10-2020

Lombardini22 QUID Quintiliano District social housing in Milan

Architectural studio Lombardini22 has completed its first social housing project. L22 living, the group’s residential brand, designed QUID, which stands for Quintiliano District: an energy class A housing development complete with common areas expressly intended for promoting socialisation and interaction among residents.

13-10-2020

Piuarch designs Cascina Sella Nuova refurbishment project in Milan

The project designed by Piuarch and Silvia Passerini’s studio won the public tender launched by Milan’s local administration for the refurbishment of Cascina Sella Nuova. This ancient rural structure, built in the 15th century and located just outside the city, was in a severe state of disrepair. The complex will be restored according to sustainable and green principles and it will include housing, common spaces, experimental and urban gardens.

13-10-2020

After Ago new collection by Richard Yasmine

Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine is back in the limelight with a new collection of objects. AFTER AGO embodies the themes dear to Yasmine, who has always placed emphasis on the value of his native country’s artisan work, this time combined with architectural influences from the last century.