Iran. A sinuous villa for an older brother
In the province of Tehran, Alireza Taghaboni’s nextoffice designed a fluid residence hosting an executive living area.
Denmark. Tactile surfaces reinventing tradition
Dorte Mandrup’s extension of the Wadden Sea Centre pays homage to the local craftsman tradition of the water reed cladding.
Lisbon. An exhibition tells the behind the scenes of architecture
At the Centro Cultural de Belém, “Building Stories” shows the hidden facts of building sites, with three installations by Maio, de vylder vinck taillieu and Ricardo Bak Gordon.
Brazil. A bamboo-clad house made of blue concrete
Vilela Florez designed the building as a Mediterranean-inspired concrete block frame with bamboo sticks arranged in a fishbone pattern.
Urban speculations in Africa, on show at the Architekturgalerie München
Curated by Christopher Marcinkoski and Javier Arpa, a recent exhibition analysed wild urbanisation in the Black Continent with a catalog of projects.
Saba Innab
Can permanent temporariness be documented?
Interview with Saba Innab, architect and artist who, with the photographer Armando Perna, brings a reflection on Palestinian settlements to the Milano Arch Week.
Los Angeles. The “Vernacular Environment” exhibition explores the meandres of space
Presented at the Edward Cella Gallery, the show curated by David DeBoer merges utopian architecture and art.
Auto-màtic: generative design spanning technology and art
Is it possible to produce creative processes that do not rely on human intellect? An exhibition at the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica explores the potential and the limits of automation in architecture and design.
Taipei. An organic set of white lamellae arranging a coworking
Yuan Architects transformed a 130 sqm basement with a system of white elements cohesively enclosing the interiors.
UK. Carmody Groarke’s double project on a rural property
In the hills of Sussex, the two pavilions designed by the London-based studio deal with a ruin and a man-made landscape.
The voice of mosaic
Light and free like a butterfly, extending and folding like a folding screen, ORIGAMI, designed by Alberto Meda, is an electric plug&play radiator that liaises with its surroundings.
VISUAL GEOMETRIC
Square mirror with lacquered metal frame, mocha or burnished brass finish. Central mirror available in different shades.Fascinating reflections and precious finishes enrich with refined simplicity every single public or private habitat.
TREASURED LIGHT
A symmetrical bamboo-effect interlocking puzzle characterises Mr. Zheng coffee tables by Roberto Lazzeroni, which name underscores its Far East inspiration.
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Parasite 2.0: “Architecture is at the base of the split between nature and artifice”
Primitive futures, relationship platforms and radical islands. An interview with the “young architectural studio” which operates between Milan and Brussels.
Portugal. Renovation of a layered rural architecture
Inspired by local architecture, architect Pedro de Azambuja turns a stable into a single-family house.
Siberia. A building system transforming a riverfront
OOO ADM redesigns a public space in Divnogorsk with an adaptable structural system that features metal joints and wooden beams.
Taipei. An extra-small apartment for a metropolitan city
PhoebeSayswow Architects’ conceived the 33 sqm apartment as a playful interior taking advantage of a partial double-height.
New Zealand. A studio for a design agency in a ship chandlery
In the port town of Lyttleton, Knight Associates completed a 150 sqm renovation with an industrial and refined allure.