“Cerniera”, the fashion hub that connects, Boltas Bianchi Architetti
The winning project of the future reference center for training in fashion and textiles has been unveiled. It will rise along the railway axis connecting Switzerland and Italy, in correspondence with and in connection with the station of Chiasso – a town not far from the Italian border. There, at this intermodal node for both […]
Designing according to the principle of Permaculture, Ciclostile Architettura
Completed in 2019, in the magnificent territory of the “Colli Bolognesi”, by the Bologna-based studio Ciclostile Architettura, this house, called Ca ‘Inua, is an authentic masterpiece of architectural recovery. “(The name derives from) Kainua is the ancient Etruscan city that stood near the current town of Marzabotto. Ca ‘is a reference to the toponyms typical […]
The infrastructures beauty in 16 images around the world
Civil engineering masterpieces that express power just by looking at them. A power that is able to move vehicles, people and masses like no one would have dreamed before the 20th century. Infrastructures that, driven by technological progress and collaboration between professionals from multiple sectors, tame the world according to human needs. By grafting works […]
Tiny wooden worlds by Thibaut Malet
Thibaut Malet grew up in Montepellier, France, wandering and working as an assistant at his father’s workshop, home to the family company for several generations. From an early age he therefore had the opportunity to observe, experience and understand this wonderful artisan world and although he never officially studied to follow the footsteps of his […]
100 years to come in 100 colors, mirai by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Known for her large-scale installations, Emmanuelle Moureaux’s first public art sculpture has been unveiled in the new well-being distric in Tokyo, Japan. The sculpture is titled ‘mirai’, meaning ‘the future’ in Japanese. As part of Moureaux’s ongoing ‘100 colors’ installation series, ‘mirai’ visualizes the next 100 years to come (2020 to 2119) in 100 different shades […]
Le Cours des Arts, an intergenerational housing complex by a/LTA
Beauregard (beautiful outlook) takes its name from the vantage point on which it is located and which offers distant views between the valleys of the Ille and Vilaine rivers. To fully appreciate this, one need only climb to the top of the residential building located at the Southern tip of the triangle of the new […]
Villa Cortile, an outstanding project inspired by Villa Necchi
A unique Canadian home that has set the standard for combining striking, modernist features with classical European design. Villa Cortile is the product of an in-house collaboration between Audax’s Interior Design and Architecture teams, and exemplifies our holistic approach to design. The shared vision was masterfully executed and resulted in a stunning, Italian-inspired home in […]
Superverde, modular urban green islands
Imagine if the municipalities around the world had the opportunity to create in a simple, flexible and widespread way, small green areas along the urban spaces of their city. It would certainly be an interesting possibility. Especially if these green islands were modular and therefore were potentially able to create real mini parks on squares, […]
The Japanese theater made of trees
In the hills of Kurobe, Japan. A few steps from the Maezawa Garden House that Fumihiko Maki, winner of the Pritzker prize, built in 1982, there is a splendid architecture that someone would call shy. Or kind. “Since this gazebo is located at the foot of a slope covered by a forest – almost like […]
The latest collections in Artemide
Born in 1959 from the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, Artemide is still today a company specialized in the lighting sector which represents one of the many Italian design excellences. A company that throughout its history has won numerous gold compasses and that has invented globally recognizable icon objects. Like […]
Abandoned Art Deco buildings in Detroit, Philip Jarmain
It was the 2010 when the Canadian photographer Philip Jarmain began to immortalize the public buildings of a city that was experiencing a very bad season. The worst of its lifetime. It was the period of the crisis and the bankruptcy of a city that once, at the beginning of the last century, it was […]
How thin can a skyscraper be?
After the 432 Park Avenue, built in 2015 by Rafael Viñoly Architects, which with its base/height ratio of 1:15 has amazed the world and represents a recognizable landmark from every point of the mythical New York – recently, another skyscraper has been revealed and once again it is surprising for its thinness. This is the […]