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30-03-2016

Elasticospa+3: The restoration of a country house in Salice

The country house in Sacile (Pordenone), designed by Elasticospa+3, is a restoration that bridges the past and present experiences of living on the Friuli plain. In the country house at Sacile, Elasticospa+3 works on creating a conscious disconnect between architectural shell and internal space.

25-03-2016

CF Møller and signs new Bestseller offices in Aarhus (Denmark)

The accuracy of the compositional language of CF Moller translates into a new office complex for the fashion brand Bestseller in Aarhus (Denmark). The Bestseller offices on Aarhus Harbour are a multi-block complex, a small city within a city offering a balanced mixture of buildings and outdoor spaces.

09-03-2016

V+ e Bouwtechniek: expansion on Montigny-Le-Tilleul town hall

V+ and Bouwtechniek won the competition for expansion of the town hall in Montigny-Le-Tilleul (Belgium). Their project has adapted the old town hall to suit its new functions and used the green area behind the existing 18th century building to create a new wing, a lightweight construction which clearly stands out from the old town hall.

01-02-2016

DiDeA Ai Giudici coffee shop and lounge bar, Palermo

Architects Nicola Giuseppe Andò, Emanuela di Gaetano, Alfonso Riccio and Giuseppe De Lisi of Studio DiDe have designed a little coffee shop and lounge bar in central Palermo, a flexible space inspired by post-industrial design which can be constantly changed by altering the position of handmade elements and furnishings.

21-01-2016

Tokyo replaces Zaha Hadid: Kengo Kuma will design the Olympic Stadium

Just before Christmas the Japanese government announced its decision to replace Zaha Hadid’s project, which had won the design competition but was then rejected because of the high cost of its construction, with the plan by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for the new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

19-01-2016

Naturehumaine’s Bolton Residence

In the mountainous land east of Quebec City in Canada, architect Stéphane Rasselet designed a single-family house which, when seen from a certain angle, appears to float in mid-air above a rocky slope. It’s not magic: the illusion is created by volumes and coverings.

18-01-2016

Coldefy CAAU building in the Cambrai Docks

CAAU, Coldefy & Associés Architectes Urbanistes, the studio of architects Thomas Coldefy and Isabel Van Haute, has designed the first building to be constructed in the conversion of the Cambrai warehouse and docks area.

11-01-2016

Zaetta House C: a villa for friends and family

Architecture and design in a residential project by architect Giorgio Zaetta in Montebelluna, halfway between Venice and the Dolomites. A villa for getting together with family and friends, where the design of the structures is accompanied by that of the furniture, either custom-made or selected from well-known designers' collections.