– A vertical field composed of modular tiles used for the cultivation of agricultural crops covers the main front of the Israeli pavilion at Expo, designed by Knafo Klimor Architects.
– Cadaval & Solà-Morales built in front of the Mediterranean sea of the Costa Brava the Sunflower House, a house that is also a big solar collector, like a giant sunflower, composed of small units differently oriented to frame the breathtaking landscape.
– At the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, the work of the great Anglo-Indian artist Anish Kapoor contemporaneously evoke an array of contrasting images: such as the imminent arrival of a cataclysm but, at the same time, the call of a whale anxious to draw its young close.
– With this new Swimming Center in Brescia, Italy, Camillo Botticini defies the logic according to which sports facilities are withdrawn objects disconnected from the context, creating massive urban architecture, a block of iridescent brown Klinker cut by deep fissures.
– The architectural project developed by OMA transformed a distillery dating back to the 1910’s into the new Milan permanent venue of Fondazione Prada, characterized by an articulated architectural configuration which combines existing buildings with new structures.
– In the Timber House designed by Kühnlein Architektur in Bavaria, two gabled structures unified with wooden lamellas creates two yards outside and a a comfortable living atmosphere inside.
– With “Telling Time”, mudac brings together the products of fine watchmaking with the explorations of industrial designers and newcomers from the world of digital technology.
– To raise awareness on issues linked to climate change, Taiwanese artist Vincent J.F. Huang has created an installation for the Tuvalu Pavilion at the Venice Biennale that challenges our experience of the landscape.
– For his thesis project To eat or to be eaten – A guide to cannibalism Antonio Cascos Chamizo address global issues such as lack of resources, over population, issues around consumerism with a fictional and controversial solution.
– Malwin Béla Hürkey and Lennart Engelmann worked together to create the brand for the catering service Studio Majoran, merging German and Japanese tradition.
– As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2015 Ireland has been selected as the international country of focus. The Red Pavilion by Clancy Moore, Steve Larkin and Taka is part of this focus.
– The young Slovakian studio Nice Architects presented at the Pioneers festival 2015 in Vienna Ecocapsule, its first functional prototype of the independent low-energy micro house.
– With Asylum, his latest urban intervention in New York, HotTea aims to evoke subconscious feelings one may have forgotten and to address the issue of diversity.
– In a small Catalan village Vora completed the doctor surgery: a simple concrete volume integrated into the landscape topography and opened to it with large windows.
– Paul Ulian and Moreno Ratti’s research on the possibilities of marble tile 40x40 cm is enriched by Little Gerla, a collection of lightweight vases, with a natural texture.

Natural stone is an eternal material
Now in its 59th edition, Marmomac returns to Verona from September 23 to 26 to showcase the role of stone in contemporary design.