Designing from a single gesture: Vaselli’s latest collection
The Hoop series translates a morphological gesture into a family of travertine bathroom furnishings, where the poetry of the material meets the rigor of form.
Over the years there had been a certain loss of identity in what is now Avenida Marginal, running from south to north along the coast in Leça da Palmeira. It gradually turned from an unkempt path along the beach in the 1920s to a disorderly road serving the substandard building expansion to the east and the Petrogal refinery site to the north. When the oil pipelines on this strip of land required modernising, the Matosinhos authorities asked Álvaro Siza and António Madureira to rethink the whole area and create a public space that was both functional and attractive. They traced a dual carriageway for slow orderly traffic, with a central separation, and a wide pedestrian walkway, also for sporting activities, with links between the different level of the beach level and the town. R.C.
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.