Tag Sicily

09-03-2017

Eco Bar, creative repurposing by Giuseppe Gurrieri

Architect Giuseppe Gurrieri has converted an abandoned building outside Ragusa into Eco Bar.

13-01-2017

Recipe: orange salad

A quick, easy dish to be enjoyed in winter, when blood oranges abound. And above all in Sicily, where it is traditional. As an elegant appetiser or an unusual side dish

06-09-2016

Marcello Maltese Maurizio Nuovo Teatro Triscina Selinunte

The Nuovo Teatro, built in Triscina di Selinunte, opened in the summer of 2016 and was dedicated to famous Italian actors Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. The project was carried out by architects Marcello Maltese and Maurizio Oddo, who also won the competition for ideas for the adjacent areas back in 1999.

10-08-2016

Photography exhibition in Sicily, Gibellina Photoroad

Gibellina Photoroad – International Open Air Photography Festival is the first edition of an event that in Gibellina, Sicily explores the issues of disorder, using the reconstructed city as an exhibition backdrop.

13-07-2016

Architrend’s CH Showroom

The Chiarandà showroom stands on the slopes of the Hyblaean plateau, on the road linking Ragusa with Comiso. The building containing it was originally a farm building, but Architrend’s renovation changed that.

06-06-2016

Architrend’s Casa LS: lightness in Sicily

Sicilian architects Manganello and Tumino, also known as Architrend, designed a villa in Ragusa which stands out for its lightness, created with white walls and a minimal selection of materials.

23-03-2016

MACA CAMPUS 2016, a cultural project

Fashion, Art, Cuisine, Architecture - these are the ingredients used to create MACA CAMPUS 2016, a major cultural project centred on the Mediterranean, with two regions of excellence for their production in these fields - Sicily and Catalonia.

22-02-2016

Architrend’s Erny House: a window on the sea

A privately owned villa in Marina di Ragusa, in Sicily, stands out on the waterfront like a big white gemstone, its clean lines emerging from the traditional homes around it.