presentazione/introduction
Grafts, a central issue in the contemporary debate – text by Marco Casamonti

editoriale/editorial
A dialogue about grafts: Marco writes, Cino replies – photo by Cino Zucchi

letture critiche/critical lectures
Capri imaginary atlas – text by Cherubino Gambardella
Transforming in order to preserve – text by Paolo Giardiello

scenari di architettura/architectural scenario
David Closes/Church of Sant Francesc Convent – photo by Jordi Surroca
maast arhitecture/Résidence Poissonniers – photo by Cécile Septet
Marion Bernard/Garden Room – photo by Thomas Maileander
Elio Di Franco/‘The First‘ Residential Building – photo by Arrigo Coppitz
Cleaa Claudio Lucchin & architetti associati/Hannah Arendt School – photo by Alessandra Chemollo
Archea Associati/Salaroli Showroom – text by Laura Andreini– photo by Pietro Savorelli
Dorte Mandrup Architekter/Ama’r Chldren’s Culture House – photo by Torben Eskerod, Jens Lindhe
SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov/Museum for Architectural Drawing – photo by Roland Halbe,Patricia Parinejad
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos/Kastner & Öhler Extension – text by Enrique Sobejano and Fuensanta Nieto – photo by Paul Ott
Josef Weichenberger architects + Partner/MG9 – photo by Erika Mayer
TAO/Office in Woods – photo by Yao Li
Kengo Kuma & Associates/Sunny Hills Japan – text by Andrea Ferraro – photo by Daici Ano
Fernanda Canales/Elena Garro Cultural Center – photo by Jaime Navarro
Pereda Pérez arquitectos, Ignacio Olite/Footbridge of Labrit Bastion – photo by Pedro Pegenaute

bibliografia/bibliography
grafts bibliography – edited by Damianos Damianakos

itinerario contemporaneo/contemporary itinerary
London – in collaboration with ProViaggiArchitettura – edited by Andrea Nastri and Giuliana Vespere

esiti concorsi/competitions

recensioni mostre e libri/exhibition and book reviews

new media


Grafts, a central issue in the contemporary debate

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Introduction to “Grafts”

Kastner & Öhler Extension

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Nieto Sobejano design the extension of Kastner & Öhler stores in Graz: a graft that combines disparate buildings, retaining some differences related to different uses.

Salaroli Showroom

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Archea Associati office designs a new Salaroli Showroom through a transformation of several anonymous existing buildings into a harmony capable of redesigning the new access to Cesena’s old town.

Résidence Poissonniers

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In Paris, in a dense urban fabric of courtyards and small gardens, a six apartments building rises.

Office in Woods

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TAO (Trace Arcitecture Office) designs a structure for offices zigzagging in the woods of Weihai.

Contemporary itinerary: London

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London, the capital of the United Kingdom and England, is a multi-ethnic metropolis that has enormous influence in the world of architecture.

The German fascination for the Post Modern of 1984

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This year’s Summer appointment with culture, organised in the civilised city of Frankfurt, attaches great significance to the spirit of innovation promoted ever since 1984. To remember past avant-garde movements…