Tag Urban Architecture

20-02-2023

A glimpse of the future through the work of MAD Architects

The projects built over the past year, and the Blueprint Beijing exhibition, final event in the first Beijing Biennale, curated by architect Ma Yansong and created by MAD Architects, offer interesting glimpses of the prominent international studio’s vision of the architecture of the future.

18-11-2021

Paradise Masterplan in Birmingham, first stage completed

In Birmingham, Two Chamberlain Square is an eight-storey office building with columns and glass façades. Designed by the Glenn Howells Architects (GHA) studio, it is the second building to be completed within GHA’s larger Paradise Masterplan, marking the completion of the first phase of the project. A major milestone therefore for the redevelopment of the English city.

21-09-2021

Asti Architetti redesigns and redevelops a part of the city in Milan

The Asti Architetti studio has designed the redevelopment of an important urban block in the city of Milan. The project, “il Cortile della Seta” involved a typical courtyard building located between Via Moscova and Via Solferino. The architects redesigned the street front of the four above-ground levels, the covered courtyard and the new glass roof.

10-05-2021

3LHD’s urban revitalization of the former Gredelj industrial zone in Zagreb

"Re-use architecture", a European conference on architectural policy held in Zagreb on April 22 and 23, saw the presentation of a study of urban revitalization of the former Gredelj industrial zone in the city centre: a global multidisciplinary planning initiative involving a number of professionals, including architectural studio 3LHD.

25-03-2021

Carlo Ratti Associati’s Hot Heart for the city of Helsinki

The international Helsinki Energy Challenge launched by the government of the city of Helsinki to reduce polluting emissions in cities is over. Helsinki is one of the world capitals most active in combatting climate change, aspiring to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2030. The Hot Heart solution proposed by the transdisciplinary team led by Carlo Ratti Associati is one of four Challenge winners aiming to make the city carbon-neutral in the near future.

23-12-2020

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT wins the competition for redevelopment of Shanghai’s Century Square

Miralles Tagliabue EMBT has won the competition for redevelopment of Shanghai’s Century Square. The square in East Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s busiest shopping street, has always hosted events and performances; EMBT transforms it into a kaleidoscope reflecting the fabric of the city around it and providing the city with a new green space.

19-06-2020

UNStudio’s geothermal cathedral for the Socio-Technical City of the future

A project for the future of the Hague combining sociological and technological requirements in an interesting and original blend.

03-04-2020

Farewell to architect and urban planner Michael Sorkin

Architect, urbanist and prolific writer Michael Sorkin passed away on 26 March due to complications caused by the Covid-19 virus. The news was announced on the web site of Terreform, the urban research studio Sorkin founded in 2005 to investigate forms, policies, technologies, and practices yielding equitable, sustainable, and beautiful cities.

20-03-2020

Farewell to architect Vittorio Gregotti

In this difficult time under lockdown, Italy says farewell to one of its most important twentieth-century architects and urban planners, Vittorio Gregotti, who passed away on March 15 in Milan. Milan’s Bicocca district and Palermo’s ZEN are among his best-known works, but Gregotti also played an important role as a teacher and above all a promoter of architecture through articles in architecture magazines, above all Casabella, of which he was editor-in-chief for about 15 years.