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27-09-2023

Casa Encinos by APT, a fusion of form and function respectful of the local context

With Casa Encinos, Architect Lilian Rebollo from the APT arquitectura para todos studio has created a small architectural gem that respects the breathtaking natural context of the Santo Domingo Ocotitlán village situated in the El Tepozteco National Park, in Mexico. The use of local materials, techniques and labour makes the project particularly sustainable.

09-08-2023

Mimosa Architects transforms the outdoor cinema in Prachatice

In their transformation of the old outdoor cinema in the Czech town of Prachatice, Mimosa Architects drew their inspiration from the imagery of film, with its reels and projectors. The complex now has a new face, offering a new attraction for summer evenings with a special focus on urban greenery and maintaining all the charm of its past.

22-03-2023

PULO Market di a9a rchitects creates a sense of community

The Chinese a9a rchitects studio has designed PULO Market in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, a new multifunctional complex for The Ideal Land developer. The project serves as a reference point for new neighbourhoods to promote interaction between inhabitants and to help create a sense of belonging.

16-12-2022

The Art-Sauna expands Gösta Serlachius Museum

The Art-Sauna by architectural practices Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio is a continuation of the emotional journey offered to visitors by Finland’s Gösta Serlachius Museum. The new building integrates the Finnish tradition of the sauna into an experience of art, nature and architecture.

13-12-2022

Fiandre Architectural Surfaces Il Veneziano: all the attraction of contemporary classic style

Fiandre Architectural Surfaces revives the age-old, much-loved artisanal technique of Venetian terrazzo flooring in the high-tech ceramics of the Il Veneziano collection, paying homage to fifteen-century Venetian palaces with a dazzling harmony of colours and variety of grains and sizes offering timeless grace and elegance for homes, public places and commercial spaces

06-12-2022

Sapienstone: design ideas for the kitchen of 2023

Kitchens featuring black and white high-tech ceramic surfaces are setting the trend for the new year. Easy to combine with any colour, particularly practical and resistant, porcelain is literally the “top” for the kitchen thanks to its aesthetic qualities and great range of different styles, as will be clear in the catalogue of Sapienstone, the first brand concerned solely with production of kitchen countertops

29-11-2022

New design trends for 2023: practical, versatile Ariostea ceramic maxi-slabs

The new surfaces proposed for 2023 offer a contemporary reinterpretation in high-tech ceramic of traditional surface coverings such as marble and stone. Ultra Ariostea maxi-slabs explore the aesthetic potential of these materials with unprecedented creative freedom, translating them into solutions for interiors abounding in charm, originality and character

01-11-2022

New Ariostea Ultra Fragmenta and Ultra Graniti collections: natural artistic creations

Refined, elegant and timeless are the best adjectives to describe Ariostea’s new Ultra Fragmenta and Ultra Graniti maxi-slab collections. With their sophisticated natural colours abounding in precious details, the new surfaces underline the qualities of the full-body production process and the ductility of maxi-slabs, the ideal solution for customised furnishings and surface coverings

11-10-2022

New impressions of matter: the PULSAR collection by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces

The new PULSAR collection by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces presents itself as a deep dive into the nature of matter itself, intimately intertwined with the environments that mankind has always lived in. PULSAR is an extremely versatile high-tech ceramic product, made using the full-body technique that transforms every slab into a unique and unreproducible piece, for a sensory experience with a great deal of visual and tactile impact