editoriale/editorial
Essential Tools of Living text by Paolo Giardiello

design/design
Living Tools: Kitchen
i29 interior architects/Invisible Kitchen - text by i29 interior architects - photo by i29 interior architects
The design is reduced to it’s absolute minimum, having a top surface of only a couple of centimeters thickness with all water, cooking and electrical connections included.
Simone Micheli/Casa con vista e cuore - text by Simone Micheli - photo by Jurgen Eheim
Patricia Urquiola/Salinas - text by Patrizia Urquiola - photo by Tommaso Sartori
Kraaijvanger Architects/The Hub Module - text by Kraaijvanger Architects - photo by Ronald Tilleman
George Pittarokilis/Cassandra - text by George Pittarokilis
Robert Dallet/Carnet d‘Équateur - text by Hermès - photo by Mélanie & Ramon
To discover the porcelain service Carnets d‘Équateur, is like being at the dawn of the world and calling by name each of the wild animals drawn with fervour by Robert Dallet.

Living Tools: Bathroom
Klein Dytham architecture/Gallery TOTO - text by Klein Dytham architecture - photo by Daici Ano
Piero Lissoni/Conservatorium Hotel Room - text by Piero Lissoni - photo by Amit Geron
King Roselli Architetti/Palazzo Montemartini Luxury Hotel - text by King Roselli Architetti - photo by KRA
Simone Micheli/ Swan Room - text by Simone Micheli - photo by Jurgen Eheim
The concept stems from the idea of defining a new hospitable field of signs, as unlikely as surreal in which to live riveting emotions.
A. Marcante/A. Testa (UDA architetti)/French Metal Rack - text by Uda architetti - photo by Karel Balas
Apart from minimal changes to the masonry, the project is outlined through a framework of metal section bars and perforated sheet metal

living tools
bibliographical journey
edited by Aldo De Poli

esiti concorsi/competitions

recensioni mostre e libri/exhibition and book reviews
texts by Aldo De Poli, Maria Amarante, Federica Arman, Massimiliano Azzolini, Lorenzo Bonfietti, Matteo Casanovi, Claudio Dolci, Ali Filippini, Gabriele Gardini, Alessandro Massera, Ilaria Morcia

new media
edited by Monica Bruzzone


The Hub Module di Kraaijvanger Architects

area 145+ | living tools

The Hub is a modular, easily dismantled system that allows empty buildings to be turned into homes in a few days.

Rediscovering Italy Guides

area 145+ | living tools

Cultural sites and landscapes. The Rediscovering Guides by Il Mulino publisher.

Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium

area 145 | underworld

BIG’s project for the Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium features in the issue 145 “Underworld”.

Atelier in Bahia Azul

area 145 | underground

Felipe Assadi Arquitectos design Atelier in Bahia Azul, in Chile: small retreat perfect for painting.

A Stone Sky

area 145 | underworld

Archea Associati, Square and public facilities in Merate, Lecco – photo by Pietro Savorelli There is a passage, in Calvino‘s Cosmicomiche, which, describing our planet from an unusual point of…

House in Leiria

area 145 | underworld

The site is o the outskirts of Leiria, in a high position overlooking the city. The functions are banal: a house divided in private area with bedrooms, and social area…

Essential Tools of Living – The kitchen and bathroom: presence and absence of domestic space

area 145+ | living tools

You could build a history of living, changes in lifestyles and forms of family relationships through an account of the evolution of places in the home that are indispensable for…

Gallery TOTO

area 145+ | living tools

TOTO‘s new Gallery TOTO in the new Sky Lounge ‘WA‘ of Narita International Airport Terminal 2 doubles as a showroom for the iconic brand‘s state-of-the art designs while providing an…

area 145 – underworld

area 145 | underworld

          presentazione/introduction A Stone Sky text by Maria Argenti editoriale/editorial Message from the Bowels of the Earth – text by Manfred Sack – photo by Peter…