presentazione/introduction

Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas: the power of imagination text by Marco Casamonti

editoriale/editorial

Hybrid Vigor text by Joseph Giovannini

scenari di architettura/architectural scenario

Nardini Research Centre and Auditorium

Zenith Music Hall

MyZeil Shopping Mall

Armani Fifth Avenue

Admirant Entrance Building 18 Septemberplein

Lyon Islands

George Frêche School of Hotel Management

Public Service Hall

National Archives of France

Refurbishment of the ex “Unione Militare“ building

Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport Terminal 3

Eur New Congress Centre and Hotel

Regione Piemonte Tower

Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall

Guosen Securities Tower

fuksas works, biography and bibliography

itinerario contemporaneo/contemporary itinerary
Hong Kong and Shenzhen itinerary

esiti concorsi/competitions

recensioni mostre e libri/ exhibition and book reviews

new media


Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas: power to fantasy

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Marco Casamonti presents Area 131, retracing Studio Fuksas architectural vision.

Hybrid Vigor

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Joseph Giovannini highlights the importance of hybridization in Fuksas work, as in Renaissance, an architecture which does not exclude painting, sculpture and arts contamination.

Nardini Research Center and Auditorium

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The surface of the bubbles is composed of a totally transparent double skin allowing us to focus for 360° on the splendid mountain landscape of Montegrappa. Two signs: one of…

Zenith Music Hall

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Situated in a distinctly non-built-up area outside the city of Strasbourg, between the suburbs and the city centre. A place for music which the most sophisticated connoisseurs describe as uncultured….

MyZeil Shopping Mall

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Una grande “guscio” di vetro e acciaio conferisce all’edificio un’identità fluida e spazi luminosi, grazie alla presenza di vuoti e superfici curve che si insinuano come vortici, al suo interno.

Armani Fifth Avenue

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After Hong Kong Chater House and Tokyo Ginza Tower, Fifth Avenue completes the trilogy of the Armani Stores designed by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas for the famous designer. Situated in…

Admirant Entrance Building

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Following the outline of the masterplan in 1998 for the center of Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Studio Fuksas developed the four projects associated with it: – The 18.Septemberplein, a square…

18 Septemberplein

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The “18 septemberplein” is one of the major squares in the city of Eindhoven. The square is the connection between the central station area and the main shopping district of…

Lyon Islands

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Residential complex, built in between two voids of a park and a dock, characterized by not aligned volumes and vibrant shades reflecting on water.

George Frêche School of Hotel Management

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Built on 3.95 acres in the ZAC Port Marianne area to the East of Montpellier, the hotel-school Lycée Georges Frêche transforms the landscape and provides it with a distinct urban…

Public Service Hall

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Eleven big “petals” cover the Public Service Hall, where facades are completely released by the roof structure, in order to allow movements between the two.

National Archives of France

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The project of the New National Archives of France draws its inspiration from the surrounding reality, from the city seen as coexistence of chaos and order. The concept is born…

Refurbishment of the ex “Unione Militare“ building

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A new architecture redefines the urban landscape of Rome historic centre according to contemporary taste. It’s the steel and glass “Lantern“ of the “Ex Unione Militare“ building, situated between via…

Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, terminal 3

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Shenzhen airport is one of the most recent projects by Fuksas, a 1,5 km long tunnel, reminding us, with its organic shapes, a bird ready to fly.

Eur New Congress Centre and Hotel

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The structure will be built in a strategic area of the historic quarter EUR on a 55,000-square-meter built surface. The design concept is briefly explained by three images: the “Theca”,…

Regione Piemonte Tower

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The construction of the Regione Piemonte Tower, close to the Lingotto area, is on a building area of 95,000 sqm and it is part of the master plan signed by…

Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall

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The project site is located inside the green area called Rhike Park, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The building consists of two different soft shaped elements that are connected as a unique…

Guosen Securities Tower

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After Studio Fuksas won the Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport Terminal 3 in March 2008, on October 18th 2010 Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas won the “International Schematic Design Competition of Shenzhen…

contemporary itinerary: Hong Kong / Shenzhen

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Itinerario dedicato alle architetture contemporanee di Hong Kong e Shenzhen.