Tag Oscar Niemeyer

03-09-2021

Modernist Brazilian architecture up for auction?

Palácio Gustavo Capanema, the seat of Brazil’s Ministry of Health and Education, is a government office building in Rio de Janeiro’s Centro district. Brazil’s first Modernist building, it has been tentatively listed as a UNESCO heritage site as, but it may now be sold into private hands.

26-08-2020

Carlo Ratti Associati expands Brasilia’s historic masterplan with Biotic

The new Brasilia high-tech innovation district surrounded by nature is to be called Biotic. The recently completed expansion project, designed by Carlo Ratti Associati architects practice, began in 2018. It reinterprets the 1955 modernist masterplan created by town planner Lúcio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer for the Brazilian city, now a UNESCO world heritage site.

06-06-2017

Milano Arch Week gets underway

From 12th to 18th June 2017 Milan will be playing host to Milano Arch Week, seven days of architecture-related events curated by architect Stefano Boeri. SpazioFMG will also be launching a special exhibition on Giancarlo Mazzanti as part of the Week.

01-06-2017

Mudun Vitra Design Museum Gallery Exhibition

Mudun مدن Urban Cultures in Transit, an exhibition where stories of buildings, cities and men combine, to show how urban spaces transform cultural identity.

06-10-2016

Paulo Mendes da Rocha Royal Gold Medal 2017 RIBA

2016 was definitely a "golden year" for Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The long list of awards presented to him over the course of his career, including the 2006 Pritzker Prize, grew longer with the addition of a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award and now, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal.

07-09-2016

Vazio Cine Theatro Brasil Structural Archaeology

The project by Brazilian architect Carlos M. Teixeira of the Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo studio breathes new life into an unused area of the Cine Theatro Brasil of Belo Horizonte, after the transformation of the building into a cultural centre.

12-05-2016

Pietro Porcinai in Trivero: Gardens and landscape exhibition

Until July 10 the Winter Garden on the roof of Lanificio Zegna, designed by architect Pietro Porcinai, hosts an exhibition about the public and private gardens the landscape architect has created over the course of his twenty-year partnership with the Zegna family.

26-02-2016

Temporary constructions: the Serpentine Gallery pavilions

The Serpentine Gallery pavilions are temporary structures that last only one summer. They are always designed by an architect or architectural practice that has never before built anything in the United Kingdom. Let us take a look at recent pavilions presented in Floornature.

13-10-2015

Porcelain floor and wall coverings summing up the familiar atmospheres of everyday life

Porcelaingres’s Urban and Great Metals porcelain tile collections sum up the atmospheres linked with the elements of the city and everyday life, offering a source of inspiration for the design of floor and wall coverings and furnishing accessories