Designing wood: Riva1920
You can see that this is the story of a passion immediately, from the car park of the Riva Center, a splendid building totally covered in Siberian larch. It can also be seen in its attention to detail, aesthetic research and its expression of ‘everythi …
Doors flush with the walls Pietrelli Porte
An original “footprint”, made of bright colours, unusual textures, camouflage patterns, flowery decorations and much more: Cibic Workshop has designed the interiors of the Glam Hotel in Milan, a four-star facility occupying one of the front areas of th …
Patricia Urquiola and Hotel Il Sereno
A very important opening in the year 2016, standing out for the overall quality of its design and the services it offers, and above all its ability to interpret its exceptional location on the shore of Lake Como. Hotel Il Sereno Lago di Como, designed …
Ancient form, modern vocabulary
The essence of Mediterranean culture is summed up in the restoration of the San Giorgio Palace Hotel in Ragusa Ibla. The hotel building in all its monumental splendour stands in the oldest part of the Sicilian town, where the path of history and the ma …
Style, relaxation and comfort: the new SWISS lounges
Simplicity and elegance, excellence and contemporary design, style and practicality, all with a single goal: guaranteeing comfort, top quality hospitality and an exclusive reception for all First Class and Business Class passengers and for Miles & …
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Redevelopment Project
The Lincoln Center Redevelopment Project is one of the most important urban, civic transformations in New York City’s recent history. To preserve its cultural status and avoid obsolescence, Lincoln Center required a thorough overhaul – a project that t …
Bubble: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Expansion
The ‘Bubble‘ is an inflatable structure that entirely occupies the cylindrical courtyard of the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, designed by Gordon Bunshaft and built in 1974. The Bubble is an architecture of air – an anti-monument that …
High Line
The High Line is a 1.5-mile long public park built on an abandoned elevated railroad stretching from the Meatpacking District to the Hudson Rail Yards in Manhattan. The High Line’s design is inspired by the melancholic, unruly beauty of the postindustr …
area 149 – DILLER SCOFIDIO + RENFRO
presentazione/introduction A part worth the whole text by Marco Casamonti editoriale/editorial The practice of architecture, with and without buildings text by Rowan Moore interviste/interviews From the outside in: epiphanies and indeterminacies interv …
Design in flight SWISS and PriestmanGoode
A complete, holistic environment, an interior consistent with SWISS’s corporate identity and the Zurich airport lounges: PriestmanGoode’s cabin for Swiss International Airlines’ new Boeing 777 was designed in close contact with the airline and all its …