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The Marina del Prat Vermell in Barcelona is preparing for a future of significant change with the ambitious transformation of its surroundings, spearheaded by visionary projects such as the one designed by MIAS Architects and Coll-Leclerc. This project, located on a triangular site at the... Ana María Álvarez, MIAS Architects + Coll-Leclerc
Headlines
on 2/8/24
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that Casa sobre el Arroyo, the house bridging a stream in Mar del Plata, Argentina, designed by Amancio Williams in the 1940s, is the recipient of the 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize. John Hill
Headlines
on 7/4/23
The Centro de Investigación del Mar de Cortés (Sea of Cortez Research Center) opened in Mazatlán, Mexico, at the end of May. Located in Parque Central Mazatlán, the impressive building was designed by Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Ulf Meyer
Headlines
on 2/2/22
On Saturday, January 29, the funeral of Lluís Comerón Graupera, president of the Superior Council of Architects of Spain, took place in Barcelona, at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar. The event was attended by a large crowd, a clear sign of the immense loss that this death represents to... Madeline Beach Carey
Headlines
on 5/14/21
The 59th edition of the Salone del Mobile will be held from September 5 to 10, 2021, as "an innovative, iconic and unique edition" curated by Italian architect Stefano Boeri and a team of "young international architects and professionals." John Hill
Headlines
on 11/30/20
After canceling its 2020 edition, the next iteration of Milan's famous Salone del Mobile furniture fair has been postponed from April until September 2021 to "[guarantee] safety in light of the ongoing pandemic." John Hill
Headlines
on 2/25/20
Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair, a staple for globetrotting interior designers and the design press every April, has been postponed until June in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in Northern Italy.
Reviews
on 1/6/20
The expressive use of wood, human scale, variety of outdoor public spaces, and sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean make the new Civic Center, in the words of Miller Hull Partnership, "quintessential Del Mar architecture." The architects answered a few questions about the project. Miller Hull Partnership
Found
on 4/19/18
The world of design is focused on Milan this week. As part of the Salone del Mobile, COS's Open Sky installation doesn't reflect a person's new clothes. Instead it mixes the beauty of the Milanese sky with the historic architecture of the Palazzo Isimbardi. John Hill, Jenny Keller
Works
on 1/30/18
This project is part of the Municipality of Rome’s initiative to redevelop a number of transport depots within the city in conjunction with local public transport authority ATAC. It involves the regeneration of a neighborhood with a weak identity but with good growth potential due to its... Labics
Works
on 1/23/18
The new Palace of Justice in Córdoba is located in Arroyo del Moro, which is characteristically dominated by anonymous housing blocks, products of the rapid urban development of 21st century Spanish cities. Mecanoo
Headlines
on 4/4/17
Brooklyn architecture firm SO-IL has teamed up with car maker MINI to create MINI LIVING – Breathe, an installation billed as "a forward-thinking interpretation of resource-conscious, shared city living within a compact footprint" that is on display at Salone del Mobile. John Hill
Film
on 9/15/16
One day Robert Bezeau, a Canadian transplant living on the island of Bocas Del Toro in Panama, woke up from a dream and decided to build an entire village out of plastic bottles. A short film goes behind their construction and features a couple getting ready to move into the first plastic-bottle... John Hill
Works
on 5/4/15
Annabel Karim Kassar Architects shows in the Cortile 700 of the Università Statale in Milan an architectural installation Camera Chiara with two pavilions: Liwan and Camera Obscura. Annabel Karim Kassar Architects
Film
on 4/20/15
For Hyundai's participation in Milan Design Week 2015, California-based kinetic sculptor Reuben Margolin created "Helio Curve," an undulating wood sculpture that "never repeats itself." John Hill
Products
on 4/20/15
As part of Milano Design Week 2015, the Cosentino Group commissioned Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and Partners to design an installation completely made from the company's Dekton® surfaces. John Hill
Found
on 4/15/15
Snarkitecture, the art/architecture duo of Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham, in collaboration with COS (Collection Of Style), have created an immersive environment where visitors to the Salone del Mobile "are invited to relax, interact and recharge among the chaos of the festival." John Hill
Found
on 4/7/15
Next week is the annual Salone del Mobile in Milano, where product designer and interior architect Gert-Jan Soepenberg is launching Vase #2, a tribute to the design and form of Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum. John Hill