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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.

20-06-2016

Observatorium and the culture of water

Observatorium, the Dutch artists' collective - whose member Andre Dekker is scientific director of “The City and the Water”, workshop organised by DESTeC (University of Pisa) in Seravezza, Versilia - has been working for decades on transforming places with close ties to water.

16-06-2016

The City and The Water, Versilia Summer School with Andre Dekker

A workshop with a stand-out artistic and scientific director, Andre Dekker from Rotterdam-based Dutch collective Observatorium with twenty years' experience in land transformation.

10-06-2016

Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Floating Piers Lake Iseo

The Floating Piers, a work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in Italy reinterpreting Lake Iseo and connecting the island of San Paolo to the mainland through a modular system of floating piers covered with iridescent yellow fabric, will be inaugurated on June 18.