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Hammock made with carobs and liquorice fibres by Riccardo Blumer's students

Editorial. Ubi fluxus, ibi locus

Flavio Albanese. Ubi fluxus, ibi locus

News, events, competitions, projects

Edited by Silvia Monaco

Oh what a beautiful Machine

The BMW Welt in Munich: a big architectural machine celebrating the triumph of the automotive industry. Design by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. Texts by S. Casciani, Wolf D. Prix

Green wave

A Japanese urban park transformed by an undulating architecture. Design by Atelier Bow Wow. Text by Taro Igarashi

Magic Bus city for children

Architecture as a place for growthand socialisation.Design by RMA Architects. Text by Romil Sheth

Under the motorway

In The Netherlands, residential spaces are restored to social life. Design and text by NL Architects

Urban ceasefire

In the centre of Beirut, Lebanon, a small tree-adorned piazza offers a peaceful break. Design by Vladimir Djurovic. Text by Loredana Mascheroni

A Theatre for collective memory

The Swiss Public Record Office of Basel saved by architecture. Design by EM2N. Text by Alberto Alessi

Deus Loci

The search for a different existential and architectural order in a friary for special monks. Design by ODOS Architects, Edmund O’Shea. Text by Stefano Casciani

Landscape with white house

A horizontal line between the trees encloses the lexicon and intimacy of a family in a glass box. Design by Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects. Text by Laura Bossi

From prison to student housing

The former penitentiary of Aversa is reborn with a brighter future. Design and text by Davide Vargas

Sergio Musmeci

When infrastructure becomes landscape. Text by Luigi Spinelli

Intersections: Infrastructures

An underground temple. Energy from waste water. Site specific_Italia 03. Motorways, landscape. Cycling on rails. Edited by Rita Capezzuto. Graphic design by Gruppo A12. Contributors: Olivo Barbieri, Bernard Lassus, Jacopo Zibardi

Surprising paradoxes

Riccardo Blumer transforms food into construction material. Text by Riccardo Blumer

The British art of tinkering

The research on dismantling and reassembling furniture by Peter Marigold. Text by Peter Marigold

Red Alfa to the rescue

A limited-edition racing carby Alfa Romeo. Text by Stefano Casciani

An elementary exercise

Rigour bordering on plainness for a domestic interior in Caserta. Design by Beniamino Servino. Text by Rita Capezzuto

Permeable Space

Thinking about interior design as improvised jazz. Design and text by Massimo Curzi

A museum of her own

Lisa Phillips talks about “her” New Museum in New York.

Temporal extravaganzas in Manchester

How 15 of the world’s leading artists became actors. Text by Francesco Bonami

Roof Piece, 1973

Trisha Brown. Photo Babette Mangolte. Text by Lina Bertucci

The enigma of the building

Chronicle of a visit to the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. Text by Daniel Birnbaum

Giants face to face

Two works between sculpture and architecture previewed by Jeff Koons. Text by Daniel Birnbaum

Books

Landscape, architecture and city. Betweeen art and the media world. Stories of modernity. The city of squatters

Rassegna: Buildings

Tried-and-tested systems and the latest products for the construction industry

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