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02-12-2016

Architecture for the Net Economy

In various parts of the world architectural practices and architects are designing campuses, headquarters and ordinary office buildings for companies active in the Net Economy: Google, Adobe, Pinterest, Dropbox... here are a number of recent projects presented in the pages of Floornature and Livegreenblog.

21-10-2016

The Olivetti buildings in Ivrea: a journey through the 20th century in Italy.

From rationalist architecture to industrial design, between the 1930s and 60s.

28-09-2016

RB12 of Triptyque and the renewal of Rio de Janeiro

Urban renewal and green retrofitting are the keys to Triptyque’s RB12 project in Rio de Janeiro. Triptyque’s RB12 office building in Avenida Rio Branco is part of the “Porto Maravilha” project commissioned by the City of Rio for the 2016 Olympics.

23-09-2016

RDLP Arquitectos’ Torre San Pedro in Mexico

RDLP Arquitectos designed the new Torre San Pedro in San Pedro Garza García, south of Monterrey, Mexico. The Torre San Pedro’s ventilated façade, designed by RDLP Arquitectos, is a special product by Iris Ceramica Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti, distributed by Versitalia, the local branch of the Italian group.

15-07-2016

a year of exhibitions at SpazioFMG

This is the last week of the exhibition “NORWAY Architecture, Infrastructure, Landscape - With photographs by Ken Schluchtmann” at SpazioFMGperl'Architettura. Iris Ceramica and FMG Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti’s gallery and showroom will be closing for the summer holidays, looking forward to seeing you again in September!

01-07-2016

ANMA: Hexagone Balard defence department, Paris

The French Department of Defence has a new home, Hexagone Balard: a 163,000 square metre complex in the 15th arrondissement in Paris. Designed by ANMA, Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés, the complex brings together parts of the defence department that were formerly scattered around the city in a monumental building with a green heart.

15-06-2016

MVRDV Glass office 133 Wai Yip Street Hong Kong

MVRDV has transformed number 133 Wai Yip Street, Hong Kong into a completely transparent office building. The architects stripped the building down to its primary structure and left it in view, then used glass to make all the furniture and even equipment such as computers and speakers.

28-04-2016

KAAN Architecten Supreme Court of the Netherlands, The Hague

The new Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague designed by KAAN Architecten opened on April 23. The building’s foyer features the painting “Hoge Raad” by Dutch artist Helen Verhoeven, commissioned specifically for the Supreme Court.