The invisible portal
The wind sweeps the hair of the woman that defies the empty stop at the edge of the portal; dances of clouds play in silence, the sun becomes a line of fire that hit the horizon; a horse neigh while climbing the hill. The green of the Meadows is an ima …
Paghera designs the outdoors
An open-air showroom, a fluid space which is carefully designed to appear as natural as possible, in perfect symbiosis with primordial elements such as water and vegetation such as trees and flowers. Without neglecting the built environment, which fits …
Pratic and “room” bioclimatic
A breath-taking view: the changed city skyline is a unique backdrop, and the skyscrapers are so close you feel you could reach out and touch them. From the splendid penthouse apartment on the ninth floor of a historic building in Milan’s Brera district …
AGB and architectural mimesis
There is no clear separation between the architectural artifice and the astounding beauty of nature. No gap divides built space from its surroundings, so that both become integral parts of a single composition, underlining the features of its design. V …
Simone Veil’s group of schools in Colombes
The ‘Simone Veil’ group of schools forms a structural element in the urban composition of the new eco-neighbourhood. It is tightly embedded in the dense urban fabric, opposite a park and straddling the maintenance workshops for the new tram line. photo …
Lisbon Architecture Triennale
The Lisbon Architecture Triennale is an open platform for debate, research and promotion of contemporary architecture founded in 2007. Unique in the Iberian Peninsula, it operates in a disciplinary field that benefits of great world recognition due to …
Centro Pecci Prato – Grand Opening
Growing waiting for the Grand Opening of the new Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, scheduled for next October 16th, 2016, after the completion of the futuristic expansion by Dutch architect Maurice Nio and the upgrading of the Italo Gamberin …
Ai Weiwei. Libero
“I never separate my art from my other activities . There is a political impact in my work and I do not stop being an artist when I deal with human rights. Everything is art, everything is politics ” Ai Weiwei From September 23rd, 2016 to January 22nd, …
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
The Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre is located in Kallithea, 4 km south of central Athens. An important cultural and educational project, the site will comprise the National Library of Greece and the Greek National Opera in a 170,000 sqm landscaped pa …
LÖYLY – public sauna in Helsinki
Sauna culture Sauna bathing is an essential part of Finnish culture and national identity. There are only 5,4 million Finns but 3,3 million saunas. Public saunas used to be common in bigger cities but now that most new apartments have sauna of their ow …