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17-09-2021

Wallmakers designs a church with catenary arches in clay bricks

In the Southern region of Kerala, in India, the Wallmakers studio completed the project for an Orthodox church built by using only catenary arches and stabilised clay bricks.

15-03-2018

David Adjaye: awards and new projects

With the Spyscape Museum in New York, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture 2018 and the plans for Ghana’s National Cathedral, architect David Adjaye confirms that he is one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

09-08-2017

Archstudio: Buddhist temple on the river in Tangshan, China

Han Wen-Qiang and Archstudio’s new Buddhist temple on the river in Tangshan, in northern China, is a highly symbolic project. Archstudio has designed an underground construction with open courtyards and skylights that let the temple’s natural surroundings come in and promote meditation.

04-03-2016

Alvisi Kirimoto and Renzo Piano's Piazza Faber has been completed

This summer will see the inauguration of an installation designed by Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners with Renzo Piano for Piazza Faber in Tempio Pausania, the square named after well-known Italian singer and songwriter Fabrizio De André.

07-05-2015

Thailand Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015

The Thailand Pavilion was presented on April 25 and 26 during "Participants’ Weekend”, a series of events held every weekend to present the pavilions designed by the nations participating in Expo Milano 2015 to the public.

14-04-2015

Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners Piazza Faber Tempio Pausania Sardinia

The town of Tempio Pausania in Sardinia will soon have a piazza named after well-known singer and songwriter Fabrizio De Andrè. Piazza Faber is based on an idea by architect Renzo Piano, developed by Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners.

16-06-2014

José Maria Sanchez Garcia awarded the 2014 BSI Swiss Architectural Award

Spanish architect José Maria Sanchez Garcia has been awarded the fourth BSI Swiss Architectural Award, a biennial award for architects under 50 who have contributed to contemporary architectural debate with projects displaying a particular awareness of landscape and the environment.

23-02-2011

Gaudì and La Sagrada Familia: Parable and hyperbole of architecture

The exhibition first presented in Cagliari tells the story of how Gaudì’s architecture has evolved, with a focus on his well-known incomplete work, La Sagrada Familia.