10 Cal Tower
Driven by technology and social media, people in different ages in our society are changing the ways they spend time. Daily activities and sports can be easily tracked and shared with friends by just clicking devices. Activities seem to be more diverse …
MuRéNa – Musée Régional de la Narbonne Antique
Ground breaking ceremony for MuRéNA, the Musée de la Romanité Narbonne. The museum – the outcome of an international design competition won by Foster + Partners in 2012 – will house an array of Roman artefacts excavated in this region of southern Franc …
Xixi Wetland Estate
Xixi, a national wetland park located on the outskirts of Hangzhou, is a built landscape and an area of nature, which has been shaped by man for over a thousand years. The omnipresent relationship between landscape, architecture, and water is key to th …
Seashore Library
The library is located along the seashore of China Bohai Bay. The design key point is focused on exploring the co-existing relationship of the space boundary, the movement of human body, the shifting light ambience, the air ventilating through and the …
Canal Swimmer’s Club
In 2015, the city of Bruges decided to start again the organization of a Triennale for contemporary art and architecture, to expand its tradition of Triennals for contemporary Belgian art made in 1968, 1971 and 1974. The main theme proposes the challen …
Controluce 1991-2014
illuminiamo i monumenti dentro e fuori is an event by the Metropolitan City of Naples which enlighten its historical sites: Palazzo Matteotti, Reggia di Portici, Complesso di Santa Maria la Nova and Gran Caffè Gambrinus will metaphorically enlighten, a …
Plastic Village – Il limite imperfetto tra architettura e design
Plastic Village – “Il limite imperfetto tra architettura e design” is an initiative promoted by Fondazione Donnaregina for contemporary arts in collaboration with Fondazione Plart. The project is coordinated and curated by architect Cherubino Gambardel …
Centre national des arts du cirque
photo by Christophe Manquillet The Centre national des arts du cirque (Cnac), based in Châlons-en-Champagne since 1985, is concentrated on the historic 19th century circus site. The French government and local authorities have undertaken an overall ren …
A new vertical forest in Lausanne designed by Stefano Boeri
Switzerland will have the honour to house a vertical forest as well as Milan. The project designed by Studio Boeri Architetti is the result of the competition for the construction of a residential tower in Chavannes-Près-Renens in Lausanne. Among the f …
The Facade: the role and autonomy of the face
Archea Associati, Tango Disco, Beijing. Photo by Pietro Savorelli. During the Renaissance, a building‘s facade acquired autonomy and importance that went beyond the building‘s sense of necessity; whereas in the nineteenth century, the facade embodied t …