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7/12/2017
Piazza Venezia in Rome
Built on the ruins of other works, it has always been one of the most popular sites for tourists visiting Rome. It's Piazza Venezia, considered one of the symbols of the Eternal City. As it stands now, Piazza Venezia is the result of work carried…
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9/4/2017
Museum of the Innocenti in Florence
The renovation and redevelopment work on the rooms in the Museum proved to be a technically complex undertaking, as well as delicate, on a Renaissance period building within a time frame that had to be maintained in order to be ready for the…
Interviews
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3/16/2018
Matera, between technology and tradition for the project's architects
Interviewing the architects who designed the interventions in Matera, Sergio Lamacchia and Maria Teresa Fasano.
Products
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7/12/2017
Mapei: a solution for every problem
The best way to eliminate the noise of footsteps is to soundproof the floor. The system proposed by Mapei is to overlay certain elements of the old flooring before installing the new floor covering. The soundproofing membrane, the key feature of the…
Products
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12/21/2017
Mapei Marine
The ship-building industry has evolved significantly over the last few decades due to the constant development and progress in construction technology and the continuous research work carried out on materials. An innovative process that encompasses…
Projects
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11/2/2017
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel
The Wilshire Grand Center is a luxury, mixed-use skyscraper in the heart of Los Angeles. With its ornamental spire, 73 floors (plus 5 more below ground level) and a maximum height of 335.3 metres, it is the tallest building in the city and in the…
Projects
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9/5/2017
Hotel Moments in Budapest
Located in the heart of Budapest, Hotel Moments is one of the most important and most successful hotel renovation projects completed in the Hungarian capital in recent years. The architectural solutions adopted during the renovation of this building…
The expert's opinion
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11/7/2017
Heated floors with a high thermal yield
Installing a quality substrate is the key feature in guaranteeing the durability of floors. If we take a look at the latest trends in this sector, the type of substrate most widely used over the course of the last few years is the heated screed. To…
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11/2/2017
Haukeland Paediatric Hospital in Bergen
The Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, has been extended thanks to the construction of a new department dedicated entirely to paediatric care, which has been awarded the Breeam certification, a European reference protocol for the…
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7/13/2017
Girdwood Elementary School Alaska
Girdwood School is located in Girdwood, Alaska, 36 miles southeast of Anchorage, which is a year-round resort town surrounded by the peaks of the Chugach Mountain Range and famous internationally for its 5-star ski resort, Alyeska. The Anchorage…
Sustainability
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10/31/2017
GEV: 20 years in business
GEV (an acronym for ‘Gemeinschaft Emissionskontrollierte Verlegewerkstoffe, Klebstoffe und Bauprodukte e.V.’), the Association for the Control of Emissions in Products for Flooring Installation, Adhesives and Building Materials, was set up in…
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9/5/2017
Gerber Shopping Center in Stuttgart
Constructed using only quality materials and according to eco-sustainable principles, GERBER has applied for DGNB certification, one of the various environmental certification protocols that indicate a construction’s precise impact on the…
