What remains about the lesson of Mies van der Rohe?
What remains today about the lesson of Mies van der Rohe? Forecasting, logical thinking, search for identity between classicism and design, but also a peaceful balance between form and structure.
The contribution of Ai Weiwei to the architectural invention
Caroline Klein curates a book dedicated to the contribution of Ai Weiwei to the architectural invention.
Feminine thoughts, ideas and forms
The authors coordinated by Maria Grazia Eccheli and Mina Tamborrino, open up the curtain on many forgotten events regarding the feminine world of architecture.
La città come luogo di interazione tra individui e flussi di informazioni
Carlo Ratti and his vision of as a place of interaction between individuals and information fluxes.
Three realm of wonder essayer through art, design and good taste
Three interesting exhibitions are held this autumn in Genoa, in Venice and in Milan, to examine particular aspects of Italian design.
Between expressiveness and nature. A new modenrity for the work of Alvar Aalto
In collaboration with the Alvar Aalto Museum, the Vitra Design Museum dedicates an important critical and retrospective exhibition to the Finnish architect.
Few months to go to the beginning of Expo. Interacting and playing with food culture
Few months to go to Expo 2015, Milan will “put on the table” a great exhibition.
Focus Bathroom
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Mediterranean: ceramics in architecture between crafts and production
In the early Fifties Paolo Soleri, Agli inizi degli anni Cinquanta Paolo Soleri, After transforming a small bus into his first travelling home-studio, he began a journey across the peninsula, during which he also visited the Amalfi coast. While staying at Vietri sul mare to learn the ancient art of ceramics, he met the Solimene family of ceramists.
A shared intimacy
The bathroom is a place in an architectural interior strongly conditioned by its use, which requires a high performance and specific devices. It is a matter of a function which Le Corbusier reinterprets in his project villa Savoye.