Stone: Origins and Future in Architecture
On June 12 and 13, 2025, IUAV University of Venice will host "Stone is…," an international forum entirely dedicated to natural stone. Organized by PNA, this event aims to thoroughly explore the material's enduring value and sustainability, featuring insights from internationally renowned speakers.
“Mumuth” (which stands for the new House for Music and Musical Theatre) is instead the project designed by Dutch practice Ben van Berkel winner of a competition set in 1998: “The Idea is of spirals, as an organic element. A continuous line absorbs and regulates intervals and interruptions, changes their directions and their scale, without losing their continuity”, explain the designers. It is a space to be dedicated for music of all kinds, home of the chamber orchestra and choir but which will also host concerts and operas.
Other projects include the conversion of the old house of culture into the more modern “Literaturhaus” designed by Florian Riegler and Roger Riewe which should be ready by March 2003. The long awaited “Kunsthaus” which will hold the city collection of modern art will open in September 2003 and is being designed by British team Peter Cook and Colin Fournier.
The most spectacular and ambitious project however probably has to be that by New York artist Vito Acconci “Island in the Mur”: a floating platform able to hold up to 300 people. It is shaped like an enormous shell which emerges for three storeys from the water of the Mur river. Its official opening is planned for January 2003.
http://www.graz03.at
http://www.stadthallegraz.at
The restyling of Fiandre’s historic headquarters
The project by Iosa Ghini Associati studio is the ultimate expression of the company’s products and philosophy. The result is a workspace meant to be lived in.