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10/4/2018
Rialto Bridge in Venice
Well aware of the need to preserve this world-famous symbol, Venice City Council decided to restore Rialto Bridge with an intervention to protect the structure from further deterioration while maintaining its functionality and its undeniable…
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10/2/2018
Studio Libeskind is sending out a message for a new kind of building: project yourself into the future while respecting the past
Interview to Yama Karim: Principal Architect at Studio Libeskind, New York.
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9/12/2018
Riyadh Metro in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh is the capital and most populous city of Saudi Arabia. Estimates suggest that the number of Riyadh’s population will grow from about 6 million to more than 8.5 million over the next 10 years. This will require effective ways to meet the needs…
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7/23/2018
Public-private partnerships to be replicated in other cities
Manfredi Catella tells us about the ambitious real-estate plans for the city: Porta Nuova, Porta Volta and the projects for the future.
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7/23/2018
Prada Foundation Tower
The Prada Foundation Tower, which was officially inaugurated on the 20th of April this year during the Salone del Mobile exhibition, has had quite an impact on the skyline of south Milan. The complex that incorporates the Tower (which extends over…
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7/23/2018
Citylife Shopping District
The CityLife Shopping District, inaugurated in Milan last December, got off on the right foot, also due to the nearby catchment area which includes the more than 5,000 employees of the Allianz and Generali Towers. And in three years’ time, forecasts…
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7/13/2018
Architecture: between memories and experimentation
Mario Botta talks to us about his work and the transformation of Milan. Mario Botta was born in 1943 in Mendrisio (Switzerland) and, at the age of just 16, he had already designed his first single family house. It was while studying at university…
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7/12/2018
The Library of Trees in Milan
Extending over an area of 9.5 hectares, the Library of Trees Park is gradually tak-ing shape. It is set to become the central feature of the Porta Nuova district and the third largest public park in the centre of Milan. The park is divided into…
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5/21/2018
The future of Milan and a new approach to the cities
An interview with the architect Stefano Boeri, recently nominated president of la Triennale Di Milano.
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4/23/2018
Seine Musicale: a great star on stage
The Seine Musicale is a large building with a surface area of 36,500 m2 located in the south-western Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt. Enclosed within its unique architecture is a large cultural space dedicated entirely to music, from classic to…
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9/5/2017
Works of architecture as sustainable works of art
Interview to Simone Micheli, author of numerous works for public institutions and important private clients in the realms of residential and communal facilities. He won, among the others, the Best of Houzz Award 2016, the Codega Prize, the 2016…
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10/30/2017
Naples Afragola Station
Naples Afragola Railway Station was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and was put by CNN news network on the list of highly anticipated works of 2017. Mapei helped construct it by supplying its products.
