Tag Public Buildings

08-01-2021

A micro-museum of Russian Impressionists made of concrete and perforated aluminium

The courtyard of a former chocolate factory in Moscow is now home to a museum about the Russian Impressionists

30-12-2020

Brick architecture: the winners of Brick Award 20

The University of Silesia, Faculty of Radio and Television designed by BAAS Arquitectura, Grupa 5 architekci and Maleccy biuro projektowe has won the Grand Prize in the Brick Award 20 competition. The prize for innovative brick architecture was awarded for the 9th time this year, in the first online awards ceremony in the history of the competition.

17-11-2020

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH JING LIU, SO-IL

“The Greeks had two words to mean life and existence. Life is the fact that we move in the world, are in the world and exist in the world. Existence is the form taken on by life: given the external conditions, political conditions, traditional and cultural conditions and so on. I‘m not interested in life at all, I’m interested in existence… As a designer, as an architect and also as an intellectual I do this job: thinking about what existence can be, what it will be or what it has been.”, —Ettore Sottsass

30-10-2020

h2o architects’ philological renovation of MAM

The interior renovation of the Modern Art Museum in Paris connects the artworks with outdoor spaces via a big new hall

22-10-2020

Inauguration of Terna electrical station in Capri designed by Frigerio Design Group

In the unique setting of Capri, the world-famous island in the gulf of Naples in Italy, Frigerio Design Group designed the new Terna electrical station, a cutting-edge project offering important environmental and economic benefits.

20-10-2020

DYS Design Your Slabs: expressions of style for daily living

Customising spaces in homes, businesses and public places is a key goal of contemporary design. DYS Design Your Slabs is a decorating solution allowing Iris Ceramica Group brands to reproduce any image or illustration on ceramic maxi-slabs, a surprising and innovative solution permitting free, creative reinterpretation of everyday living spaces

29-09-2020

Efficiency and beauty: Granitech ventilated façades on new and renovated buildings

The Granitech ventilated façade is a laying system in which Iris Ceramica Group ceramic slabs play the dual role of adding aesthetic value to buildings while protecting their walls. Buildings are given a facelift and preserved against long-term damage caused by atmospheric pollutants thanks to the innate properties of high-tech ceramic, such as lightness, strength and non-absorbency: a set of qualities which also provide thermal insulation, saving energy and money

03-07-2020

Ostana’s Mizoun de la Villo and the rebirth of a village

Mizoun de la Villo is part of the process of regeneration of the Alpine community of Ostana, in the province of Cuneo (Italy) which began 35 years ago, bringing permanent residents back to reverse the gradual abandonment of the village. Massimo Crotti, Antonio De Rossi and Luisella Dutto designed an Alpine welfare centre.

26-06-2020

A minimalist reconstruction in concrete and steel by LAPS arquitectos

A minimalist reconstruction in concrete and steel has made Montevideo’s mid-twentieth-century marketplace into a multipurpose building.