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02-01-2017

Cake Design: How Romana Gardani creates her cakes (part II)

We continue our interview with the architect who prefers butter cream to mortar and sugar paste to bricks. Together we look at the creative process that brings her cakes to life and the aspects she considers most important

30-12-2016

Cake Design: cake architect Romana Gardani (part I)

A former math teacher who enjoys kitchen projects was among the first to bring the art of Cake Design to Italy, writing books and teaching courses about the art of making creative cakes and cookies

22-12-2016

Milan and Rome two exhibitions made of Lego

Since the characteristic building system first came out in 1958, millions of children (and grown-ups too) have felt like architects upon opening a box of LEGO. The famous little bricks are the subject of two unmissable exhibitions in Italy at the moment.

21-12-2016

Towards the Mediterranean photo exhibition

Towards the Mediterranean: Sections of the landscape from Salerno to Reggio Calabria is an exhibition presenting more than 100 works by major contemporary Italian photographers illustrating changes in the landscape in Italy in three regions linked by an important highway, the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria motorway.

09-12-2016

Eduardo Souto de Moura Piranesi Prix de Rome for Lifetime Achievement

On November 22, 2016 it was announced that the prestigious award for classic achievement in architecture, the 2017 Piranesi Prix de Rome for Lifetime Achievement, would be presented to 2011 Pritzker Prize winner Eduardo Souto de Moura on March 24, 2017.

07-12-2016

Luigi Rosselli Architects Martello Tower Home

Architect Luigi Rosselli has converted a building constructed in the 1950s and early 1960s into a contemporary home with interior design by Romaine Alwill in neutral hues and Mediterranean blue, the client’s favourite colour.

24-11-2016

The Japanese House. Architecture and life after 1945

The Japanese House. Architecture and life after 1945, the exhibition that opened on November 8 at MAXXI in Rome, takes visitors on a voyage of discovery of Japanese culture through home architecture and how it is interpreted by more than 50 Japanese architects.

07-11-2016

Alvaro Siza Sacro exhibition at Maxxi Roma

From November 9 2016 through March 27 2017 Maxxi in Rome, the museum designed by Zaha Hadid, will contain a big installation designed by Álvaro Siza to display his projects in the exhibition entitled “Álvaro Siza, Sacro”, in which two profoundly different ways of approaching architecture appear in direct contrast.