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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.

27-10-2016
Alvaro Siza at Maxxi Rome and the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca
Maxxi and the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca are dedicating a series of events and three exhibitions to the great master of contemporary architecture: "Il Grand Tour. Álvaro Siza in Italia 1976-2016", "La Misura dell'Occidente. Álvaro Siza e Giovanni Chiaramonte" and "Álvaro Siza, Sacro".

14-10-2016
RIBA Stirling Prize Caruso St John's Newport Street Gallery
The winner of the 21st RIBA Stirling Prize has been announced. The UK’s most prestigious award for architecture has been assigned to Caruso St John's Newport Street Gallery. Let us look at Floornature’s coverage of some of the projects that have won the prize in the past.

06-10-2016
Interview with Jacob van Rijs, MVRDV. Part 1, Italy
Rome, the Eternal City is the perfect setting for a chat about architecture, the culture of the project and creativity with Jacob van Rijs, co-founder of Dutch firm MVRDV (Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries).

29-07-2016
The Versilia River - The City and the Water workshop
This year's International Summer School “The City and the Water” organised by DESTeC (Department of Energy, Systems, Territory and Construction Engineering), University of Pisa, the Foundation Terre Medicee and CAV (Centro Arti Visive of Pietrasanta), has begun and is exploring the territory crossed by the Versilia river.

27-07-2016
LANDA Arquitectos: Pabellón M in Monterrey (Mexico)
LANDA Arquitectos has completed Pabellón M in Monterrey. The city of Monterrey now has a new public centre with a 52 storey concrete and glass tower. The ceramic tiled floors in Pabellón M feature special materials made by Iris Ceramica Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti and Ariostea and distributed by Versitalia, the local branch of the Italian group.

06-07-2016
Webcreativity or the success of The Floating Piers
The Floating Piers, the artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude on Lake Iseo has been the big “hype” of summer, and not just in Italy but elsewhere too, if the massive numbers of photos circulating on the web are anything to go by.

28-06-2016
Moneo wins the International Religious Architecture Award
The Iesu Church in San Sebastian (Spain) designed by architect Rafael Moneo has won the 6th International Religious Architecture Award, promoted by the Frate Sole Foundation, Pavia, Italy.