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10-02-2011

A new public school in Cartagena

Local building materials and techniques, integration of inside and outside and social value are the key themes of the school building designed by Mazzanti and Mesa for Cartagena in Colombia. Flor del Campo is an example of the contribution architecture can make to rehabilitating the area in which it is situated.

25-01-2011

Exhibition of the works of Kristin Jarmund

An exhibition of selected works by architect Kristin Jarmund, a representative of the new generation of the Norwegian school, is coming to Italy, accompanied by a catalogue including an essay by critic Kenneth Frampton.

21-01-2011

Prefabricated ecological school in China

Professor Zhu Jingxiang coordinated a research team concerned with designing and constructing buildings in which more than 90% of the components are prefabricated to reduce the amount of time necessary to assemble the structure and provide a construction solution for places threatened by natural disasters or requiring rapid reconstruction in the wake of an earthquake.

15-10-2010

Active Prize for Architecture and Design

The prize-winning architects, designers and students will soon leave for Shanghai to visit theUniversal Expo and the Italian Pavilion where GranitiFiandre has been chosen by the Government's General Commissariat to create 7000 m² of flooring.

21-09-2010

BSI Swiss Architectural Award

African architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has won the second BSI Swiss Architectural Award, due to be presented on November 18 2010 at the Architecture Academy in Mendrisio.

10-09-2010

Elementary school, Tressano, Reggio Emilia

In coming up with a plan for the new elementary school campus in Tressano-Castellarano, Archilinea of Sassuolo in the province of Modena began by affirming the central role of teaching by creating a building with a design that responds to all the ideas and issues emerged in meetings with the public authorities and the teaching staff.