VCU Institute for Contemporary Art
Steven Holl Architects have recently designed the new Institute for Contemporary Art at the VCU, Virginia Commonwealth University, that will open in Spring 2018. The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a no …
Ephemeral architectures for an experimental music festival
Troppecolonne e Troppotondo was realised by the Milan based office ZarCola (Federico Zarattini and Edoardo Giancola) with Francisco Rodriguez. The incipient new-born music festival Terraforma contacted the architects in order to create an intervention …
One Airport Square
The building is located in a specific climate and cultural context, that of Accra, in Ghana. In this colorful environment of blue and pink, modernity has been represented by the unusual display of mirrored buildings. Banks and office buildings have no …
Italian Stories by Luca Molinari
If we were to answer a foreign friend about the recognisable symbols of Italian architecture of the last few years, I think we would have a few problems finding a plausible answer. There is the Bosco Verticale (Vertical Wood) by Stefano Boeri, an abnor …
Caixa Forum – Sevilla Cultural Centre
The Project for the new Cultural Centre Caixaforum Sevilla by Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra attemps to coherently resolve two questions that are always important when dealing with interventions on existing buildings (in this case, existing structures), a …
area 155 – italian stories architecture between portrait and self-portrait
presentazione/introduction Italian Stories. Architecture between portrait and self-portrait text by Marco Casamonti editoriale/editorial Francesco Borromini text by Paolo Portoghesi Italian stories text by Luca Molinari intervista/interview The project …
Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Fátima
photo by João Morgado The construction of this building came from the desire to have a chapel at the National Scout’s Activities Camp (CNAE), in the municipality of Idanha a Nova, central region of Portugal, for the XXIII National Jamboree of Portugues …
Objects définis par l’activité
We are pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson, the well-known Icelander artist educated in Denmark, at Espace Muraille, opening 24 January 2018. photo by Studio Olafur Eliasson Founded by collector Caroline Freymond, Espace Muraille, …
The inverted truss
Historical building contains many strong characteristics of space and living and it expresses the significance of the certain age. While facing the renovation of an historical building, the first intention is to “re-specify” the initial gestures of the …
OPod Tube House
Hong Kong has long had the smallest average flat sizes in the world and it seems that finding a place to live is never been harder than in 2017. According to the 2017 Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, Hong Kong is ranked as having …