13-02-2024
From the 31st of January to the 3rd of March, the works of the finalists and winners of the 7th edition of the Prize celebrating architectural drawing, will be displayed at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London
22-12-2023
Westway Architects has transformed a former industrial space in Rome's San Lorenzo district into "Reti 15", an innovative architecture studio and versatile events space. The project, led by Luca Aureggi, Maurizio Condoluci and Laura Franceschini, reflects the Studio's distinctive design philosophy, which preserves the traces of the place and favours unique future-oriented solutions
18-12-2023
Huizhen High School, designed by the Approach Design Studio in collaboration with the Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group, is a campus that breaks the traditional mould of school buildings, allowing students to relax and "waste their time mindfully". The project was initially selected in the Completed Building School category of the World Architecture Festival, and went on to win the World Building of the Year title
Architecture and materials
Floornature is an international portal about architecture, design and design culture, investigating the contemporary with a special focus on sustainability. Its vocation, from the micro to the macro-scale of creativity, is to present new developments in architecture and design as they happen, with the specific intention of tracking emerging trends. The portal features special focus articles on materials for architecture and interviews with great masters of architecture and design.
27-12-2023
Tarabot: Weaving A Living Forum, inspired by an idea by architect Adib Dada of studioOtherDada in Beirut, is a sustainable pavilion inaugurated during COP28 at the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. Made with locally sourced materials such as clay, mycelium, date palm waste and upcycled fabric, the pavilion incarnates a circular, ecological ethic and promotes biodiversity.
13-12-2023
Dutch architectural practice MVRDV has completed an important project transforming an old monument in the Albanian capital. A facility opened in 1988 as a museum about the dictator Enver Hoxha has now been given new life as a vibrant cultural centre and educational facility in the heart of Tirana, demonstrating the great potential of historic constructions in Brutalist style.
06-12-2023
The innovative design of the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM)'s stations heralds an era of transformation for Montreal's cityscape. The inaugural Rive-Sud line, designed by the Lemay, Bisson Fortin and Perkins & Will consortium, is an important component of the REM, reflecting on the Canadian city's commitment to sustainable public transport as a symbol of its regeneration.
20-12-2023
Changing from inside, renewing the urban dimension of Christmas: this is the goal of Christmas Design, a community event in Bergamo based on an idea by landscape architect Maurizio Vegini, in which nineteen light installations designed especially for the occasion by artists, architects and designers are funded by local businesses, lighting up the heart of the city.
The Architects Series, now up to its 33rd episode, will feature international architecture studio TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten on Thursday, November 16, with a video screening followed by a lecture by Sergei Tchoban. Beginning at 7 pm (CET) / 6...
06-07-2023
Projects
What is happening in the Chinese countryside of Fujian province? The government has appointed ten architectural practices to come up with a pilot project for the development of pioneering residential neighbourhoods in rural areas.
27-12-2022
Inspiring Spaces
The latest new technological solutions and the versatility of ceramic materials have allowed decoration to return to a role of prominence in interior design.
22-06-2023
Projects
Just like a bird’s nest, a new prototype house for Vietnam’s cities - proposed by H&P Architects - is a model that prioritises protection and lightness, constructed by assembling traditional local bricks in an unprecedented way.
08-06-2023
Projects
In an adaptive reuse project aimed at creating the new ZIIN store in Beijing, Atelier tao+c explores the relationship between container and contents.
13-12-2022
Inspiring Spaces
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25-05-2023
Projects
It immediately stands out from the dense building curtain first and foremost because it allows room to breathe.
13-12-2022
Inspiring Spaces
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25-05-2023
Projects
It immediately stands out from the dense building curtain first and foremost because it allows room to breathe.
06-12-2022
Inspiring Spaces
Kitchens featuring black and white high-tech ceramic surfaces are setting the trend for the new year.
Architect
One of the most renowned architects of the contemporary era, Renzo Piano was born in Genoa in 1937 into a family of builders. He obtained his secondary school diploma in classical studies and then earned a degree in Architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1964.
Following his university studies, he gained experience in Philadelphia and London, and the London experience in particular became a determining factor in his professional development, as Jean Prouvé assigned him the role of ....
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Born in Mendrisio in 1943, Mario Botta attended the Liceo Artistico (High School) in Milan and graduated in architecture from IUAV, Venice in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta met Luis Kahn and worked at Le Corbusier.
Strongly influenced by two great masters, his design style evolved into pure, geometric and imposing forms. Brick is a key material in his body of work, used as cladding to accentuate the severity of his designs.
All his work has a spiritual connotation, through ....
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Architect
Born in Brussels to French art enthusiast Jacques Léobold and Belgian artist Claude De Smedt, Julien De Smedt attended schools in Brussels, Paris and Los Angeles, before graduating from the Bartlett School of Architecture, London (source: We Can Change the Weather, Vubpress 2010).
De Smedt worked firstly with OMA in Rotterdam, then in 2001 co-founded and became director of PLOT architectural practice in Copenhagen, alongside Bjarke Ingels.
The PLOT design ....
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