“We want people to become aware of nature again.” The words of Francis Kéré, famous African architect awarded with the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2022they tell a good part of the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano. By title Unknown Unknowns, this important appointment of Design and Architecture chooses to go to the origins of our […]
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Charlotte Perriand, the artist who dared to experiment
“Cushions are not embroidered here,” says the already famous architect Le Corbusier when Charlotte Perriand shows up in his Paris studio with his drawings. A first skeptical approach that quickly becomes trust: in the ten years that the Parisian architect and designer spent within the walls at 35 rue de Sèvres, the great master’s refuge, […]
Bioarchitecture, how to live your home in a healthier way
All products are selected in full editorial autonomy. If you buy one of these products, we may receive a commission. Have you ever thought of your home as a medicine to achieve the maximum state of well-being? In short, a house that is finally the perfect den of the body and soul? To explain how […]
Open House Rome is back: 200 secret places to discover
Open House Roma is back on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May, the event that opens 200 buildings to the public this yearoffers dedicated events and organizes forty free tours to discover the architecture of the city, from those that have made history to those linked to contemporary living. Open House Rome, the program Now […]
Open House Milano, to discover the sensational places of the city (and its air-raid shelter)
There is the crypt of the Holy Sepulcher and a former railway yard, the air-raid shelter in Piazza Grandi and the Giuseppe Verdi conservatory, and much, much more: Open House Milano is back this weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 Maythe event – now in its seventh edition this year – which allows visitors to […]
The Procuratie Vecchie opens in Venice (after 500 years)
After three days reserved only for Venetians, the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco, to Venice. Looking at the basilica, it is the building on the left side of the square, which goes from the Clock Tower to the Correr Museum and which has fifty arches and one hundred windows. The palace, designed in the […]
Bringing the university into prisons, the commitment of Marella Santangelo
It could be the occasion: for people in detention that time in prison could be used (also) to recover the study not done and maybe take home a university degree. Of course, the difficulties are not few, but there are those who fight for this to be possible, proposing “extraordinary didactic experiences”, perhaps even eliminating […]
In London, a transparent pool was arranged between two 10-storey buildings: photo, video
Residents of the upmarket Southwest London residential complex Embassy Gardens took the opportunity to cool off in a pool 35 meters above the ground in a 14-meter gap between two 10-story buildings. It is reported by the BBC. The Sky Pool is described as “the world’s first transparent pool”. While swimming in it, you […]
A futuristic “aerial” island park appeared in Manhattan: video from a drone from New York
A new park was opened in New York a few days ago. Unique to the city in terms of design and architecture Little Island – an island with an area of about 10,000 m2, which was built on 132 concrete columns along the banks of the Hudson River. The drone video of the park was […]