The spaces of Challengers: life as a tennis match
In Guadagnino’s latest film, tennis talk takes center stage, yet it’s never about tennis. And the court becomes a cinematic metaphor.
Grand Palais, the rebirth of a Paris symbol
The restoration of the Nave, supervised by Chatillon Architectes, is nearly complete, just waiting for the inauguration for the upcoming Olympic Games.
Wood and stone for a new university building in the Netherlands
In Tilburg, the first university building in Europe made entirely of wood and clad in stone reinterprets the idea of the palace by following the principles of circularity.
“If we have a heritage, it’s to enrich it”. Jean Nouvel’s Paris beyond the Olympics
The future of a changing capital, starting from its architecture. We talked about it with our 2022 guest editor, a protagonist of this transformation through four decades, who designed an installation for Samsung in the heart of the Olympic area.
Building in straw: a possibility for the future of living in 5 key projects
From the American suburbs to the Milanese countryside, from Belgium to the Alps, architecture shows the sustainability and poetics of building in straw.
The renovation of an Art Nouveau building in Barcelona
BACH renovated and extended an early 20th century building while preserving its original features, in a skilful dialogue between old and new.
A video project that tells the story of Milan, between Berio, Ponti, and BBPR
MASBEDO’s “Ritratto di città” (Portrait of a city) at the Museo del Novecento in Milan recreates the topography of a city driven by collaborative intelligence on an 8-meter LED wall.
The glass house, in 12 landmark projects
We propose a selection of dwellings where glass is the predominant material, between fades and reflections, from Mies van Der Rohe to Lina Bo Bardi, Odile Decq to Marcel Duchamp.
The three lives of a house in Stockholm
Krupinski/Krupinska Arkitekter has added a contemporary twist to a 1920s mansion already transformed in the 1970s, eclectically preserving and valorizing three ways of living.
A house near Goa, nestled around an enclosed garden
An introverted and protective dwelling in India, designed to offer shelter from monsoons, discloses familiar and private atmospheres around a hidden courtyard.
Francis Kéré: My new projects, two years after winning the Pritzker Prize
“Sustainability is continuity,” says the architect, who claims he doesn’t consider himself an intellectual and whose work is booming.
Aerodream, the spectacular history of inflatables
Art sets the pace and architecture follows
Frederic Migayrou, curator of the exhibition “Aerodream” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, tells us the aesthetic and social evolution of these majestic inflatable structures, from Second World War until today.
The history of Villa Borsani and why it matters
The design of this villa in Brianza, now home to Alcova, tells many stories: family, business, and modern architecture. And it represents well the incredible contribution of its region to the history of design and the Salone.
Abstract shapes and sobriety for a kindergarten in Hungary
Archikon Architects designed a building with no concessions to softness, giving back to the city’s reformed religious community a reference point for learning and listening.