A self-signed SOM skyscraper
A self-signed SOM skyscraper Nella città cinese di Wujiang lo studio Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, realizzerà il Suzhou Center, un grattacielo di 358 m in grado di auto sostenersi grazie allo sfruttamento non solo dell’irraggiamento solare, ma anche della ventilazione naturale. Le cavità sulle pareti laterali dell’edificio, consentono di sfruttare l’impatto delle correnti sulle superfici per incanalare l’aria all’interno a beneficio… Continue »
Architecture in the City Festival 2012
Google Translation/ Architecture in the City Festival 2012 Architecture Back to the festival in the city, which will be held in Turin from May 30 to June 2, 2012. The program was presented last Thursday in the Hall of the State (Square Mollino, Turin), room that will become headquarters of the Info Point and many initiatives of the festival. Wikio Wikio … Continue »
L’Aquila: The II Exposition of the Reconstruction
L’Aquila: The exposition of the Reconstruction The second reconstruction of the Fair takes off from the airport of Parks Preturo in L’Aquila. From May 24 to 27 will be a meeting place for breath between national and international producers, designers, businesses and citizens, especially important when it is leaving the heavy reconstruction. A decisive moment for the present and the future,… Continue »
MAXXI: Travel in Italy in the late twentieth century.
MAXXI: Travel in Italy in the late twentieth century On the occasion of the Second National Day of archives of architecture, promoted by AAAItalia agreement with the MAXXI Foundation, the meeting takes place in Italy in the late twentieth century journey: from the archives of architecture: from the papers and drawings of architectural archives around the country, an unprecedented… Continue »
Rome: the night of the museums
Rome: the night of the museums Even this year’s Rome Capital adheres to European Night of Museums. On 19 May, all night, the city opens its locals and tourists the most beautiful places: museums, archaeological sites, exhibitions, cultural centers, historic buildings, public libraries and, together with international academies, museums and state private and at La Sapienza University, hosts a program… Continue »
Named winners of the 2012 Blue Award
google translation/ Named winners of the 2012 Blue Award On 24 February, at the Vienna University of Technology, the jury met to select the winners for 11 prizes, special prizes, honorable mentions and honorable mentions. The winners were presented at the awards ceremony April 26. Honorary President of the jury: Sir Michael Hopkins. Organized by the Department of Spatial Design and Sustainable… Continue »
herzog & de meuron + ai weiwei: 2012 serpentine gallery pavilion design revealed
herzog & de meuron + ai weiwei: 2012 serpentine gallery pavilion design revealed The collaborative design for the ‘2012 serpentine gallery pavilion’ by basel-based architects herzog & de meuron and chinese architect ai weiwei has been unveiled and will soon be constructed on the grounds of the serpentine gallery in london, england. Officially opening on june 1 and remaining open to… Continue »
The Art Gallery of Brera opens in the “Museum Night” 2012
google translation/ The Art Gallery of Brera opens in the “Museum Night” 2012 On May 19 MiBAC part in a major event in European nature, intended to promote and raise awareness of cultural heritage in a wider range of citizens, favoring the approach in an unusual time and facilitating, even for those who can not use them in during the day. The… Continue »
XXII International Seminar and Award of Architecture and Urban Culture – Camerino 2012
google translation/ XXII International Seminar and Award of Architecture and Urban Culture – Camerino 2012 CAMERINO Ducal Palace, 29 July-2 August 2012. The Seminar of Camerino for training purposes, the updating and deepening research and practice, in the comparison between the University, Profession and Civil Society, a spirit free and open to learning from each other. The themes include the transformation of… Continue »
Carlo Scarpa Prize 2012. Wood of Sant’Antonio
google translation/ Carlo Scarpa Prize 2012. Wood of Sant’Antonio The ventitreesina International Carlo Scarpa Prize is dedicated to Anthony Wood of, in the mountains of Abruzzo, near Pescara. As part of the cultural campaign of the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens in 2012, the Benetton Foundation, a documentary exhibition dedicated alBosco of St. Anthony, a place designated by the XXIII edition… Continue »
MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM
google translation/ MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM Lucien Kroll and Marcel Kalberer participate in the MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM to be held in Bari, May 18, 2012, aimed at supporting the centrality of the green as a new ecological approach to the design, management and economic development of the territory. The path of the new architecture leads to a synergy with the green, agriculture and nutrition. The… Continue »
One-hundred “What design can do!”
GOOGLE TRANSLATION/ One-hundred “What design can do!” Inside the beautiful Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam preparations are underway for the second edition of What design can do!, The event-conference born with the aim to collect thoughts, ideas and projects on the overall design, understood in a much broader sense. This year will be held on 10 and 11 May between seminars, conferences and side events. From food to world… Continue »
Pavilion Italy: Made in Italy
GOOGLE TRANSLATION/ Pavilion Italy: Made in Italy Made in Italy: the theme will be developed at the Italian Pavilion of the Biennale of Architecture (Venice, 29 August). The proposal made by Luca Zevi, newly appointed curator, has convinced the ministry because it is strongly linked to the difficult situation prevailing in the country. No abstract intellectualism, rather than reflect on how the ‘architecture all together’ entrepreneurship… Continue »
Matteo Thun, lectio magistralis in Ferrara
GOOGLE TRANSLATION/ Matteo Thun, lectio magistralis in Ferrara Be held on Thursday, May 10 at the Faculty of Architecture of Ferrara the lectio magistralis architect and designer Matteo Thun titled Wood works, to be followed by roundtable Will Wood Be the architectural material for the 21st century?. Lectio, after meeting with Maximilian Fuksas, Francisco Mangado, Max Dudler, Snøhetta, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Mario… Continue »
Rome Metropolis: 6 conversations of contemporary architecture
Rome Metropolis: 6 conversations of contemporary architecture Six leading architects talk about the skyline of contemporary Rome in a cycle of discussions mid-way between conferences and interviews, shedding light on the architecture built in Rome in recent years. The new TAV Tiburtina station, il Eurosky Tower skyscraper, la new Italian Space Agency Building, the Hertziana Library, the Bridge of Science and… Continue »
II Festival of Green Landscape-Rome
II Festival of Green Landscape-Rome Designed by Gaia F. Zadra and created by a group of professionals from the communications, organizing events and contemporary art, the Festival of Green Landscape and explores the different areas and languages of the contemporary landscape through the point of view of landscape architects, nurserymen specialized operators industry, companies, artists and designers, with a… Continue »
Controversy Ara Pacis, farewell to the underpass
Google Translation/ Controversy Ara Pacis, farewell to the underpass “Actually, not that the underpass could be done was known since 2007 …”. Roberto Morassut, Parliamentary Pd and especially former councilor for urban planning, use softer tones but in the concepts is furious: “Even on the Trident, we face the nth failure. We had intended the 20 million originally allocated through the underpass… Continue »
Architecture Biennale of Venice: Luca Zevi, the new curator of Italy
Google Translation/ Architecture Biennale of Venice: Luca Zevi, the new curator of Italy Hall Luca Zevi is the new curator of the Italy Pavilion for the 13th International Exhibition of Architecture Biennale of Venice, by appointment from 29 August to 25 November. The news was confirmed on May 3 by the Ministry of Culture. As soon as he knew the assignment… Continue »
Giovanni Michelucci. Elements of the city
google translation/ Giovanni Michelucci. Elements of the city It will open its doors tomorrow, May 5, the exhibition curated by Andrea Aleardi, Claudia and Corrado Conforti Marcetti. It was one of the greatest Italian architects of the twentieth century, famous for having designed the station Santa Maria Novella in Florence, the Church of the Autostrada del Sole, the City University of Rome… Continue »
