"Less, but better", the "necessary" project at Agorà Design
The festival dedicated to conscious design returns to Salento: conferences, events, workshops and a challenge for the designers of today and tomorrow.
An experimental villa in Denmark raised in three days
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Villa Korup was designed for a young family of six on the island of Fyn in Denmark, by Danish-German architect Jan Henrik Jansen with Australian architect Marshall Blecher. This collaboration is giving rise to new experiments on the theme of living in Scandinavia. Read full article here.
A preview of Álvaro Siza’s new project in Italy
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We visited the second completed work of the Portuguese master in Italy, designed with COR Arquitectos. The story of the visit and the shots by Francesca Ióvene. Read full article here.
A house in Sardinia in pure Costa Smeralda style
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Stera Architecture’s project continues a tradition of worldly, flamboyant, citationist buildings inaugurated by Luigi Vietti in the 1960s. Pivoting around a shaded courtyard, screened from strong prevailing winds, this complex architecture unfolds through a multiplication of volumes, terraces, patios, pathways. Read full article here.
Ciclostile Architettura redesigns a rural house following permaculture principles
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The old farmer's house, isolated on one of the Bolognese Hills, Italy, has been transformed by Ciclostile Architettura into a contemporary house that delicately complements the structure of a renovated barn. Read full article here.
A multifunctional cube organizes a loft in Valencia
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A white box encloses kitchen, bathroom and laundry in a two-storey loft renovated by Nada around the concept of cube. The flat’s key-element consists of a central cube with a multifunctional function and also a flexible nature thanks to a concealed folding system that generates space and responds to different uses. Read full article here.
When architects are given carte blanche: the case of a house in Belgium
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With a client granting total freedom Atelier Vens Vanbelle was able to construct a building beyond every standard of architectural beauty. “What do you do as an architect when a client asks you: ‘Build me something’? ‘What do you want?’ is the follow-up question, of course. When the answer then is ‘anything’, then you know this is going to be an exciting project”. Read full article here.
An illustrator’s house that looks like his drawings
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Architect Elena Martucci curated the renovation of the home studio of the Italian illustrator Alessandro Gottardo, aka Shout, with the aim of optimizing livability and provide an environment conducive to creation. Overlooking Parco Sempione, the 120 square meters apartment has been stripped of all the interventions following its construction and has not provided significant changes to the layout. Read full article here.
In Hungary a 1930s thermal bath upgrades into a contemplative water park
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BORD Architectural Studio redesigns in Debrecen, Hungary, the very concept of the water park architecture abandoning the adrenalinic stereotypes of recent decades to encourage contemplative immersion in nature. Built inside a protected natural area alongside the existing spa buildings dating back to the 1930s, the aquapark takes the form of a box intersected by transverse walls of exposed concrete surrounded by water and vegetation. Read full article here.
A cork and wooden dining room on the roofs of Rome
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A penthouse on the top floor of a building in the center of Rome has been renovated showing a unique microarchitecture inspired by trestle structures. It serves as the dining room of the house, borrowing a portion of the terrace from 1919. Read full article here.
Technology and design for innovative washrooms
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