At the entrance of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp lies a mosaic hailed as "the most beautiful in Belgium." Created by artist Marie Zolamian and installed by Mosaico di Due using Mapei adhesives and grouts, this work celebrates Flemish art…
The restoration work on the façades of the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts was a complex conservative operation carried out with innovative materials supplied by Mapei. The façades, badly deteriorated over the years due to bad weather and poor…
In the scenic town of Vordingborg, in Denmark, entrepreneur Peter Halkvist has launched a pioneering concrete and recycling business. By combining two waste streams, crushed ceramic tiles and asphalt, he creates sustainable concrete blocks, reducing…
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…
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…
Dubai is getting ready for the Universal Exposition of 2020 with some major projects. The city’s latest addition is the FIVE Palm Jumeirah Dubai, inaugurated this year. Discover the Glass Cube, the precious Italian marble and the other finishes…
An investment of 200 million Euros, 145 stores and shops, a surface area of 88,000 m2, including the Ikea store which is connected to the new centre, a parking area with location sensors for 4,300 vehicles and an expected 6 million visitors in the…
Built in Apulian-Romanesque style, Matera cathedral is dedicated to the Madonna dell Bruna and St. Eustachio and sits on the highest spur of the city, which splits the Sassi cave dwellings into two halves. Completed in 1270, the church was built by…
Immersed in lush green hills, Cologne Golf Club is located to the west of Cologne. Voted one of the best German golf courses in 2015, the golf club has two 18-hole courses, a 9-hole course and a new Club House in a modern and minimalist…
The house of one of main exponents of Spanish Modernism architecture has been restored, After years of neglect, this monument of national interest started a new life. The battlements, which were part of the decorative structural elements have been…
Held at the Burnie Tennis Club in Tasmania (Southern Australia), the 2017 edition of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Burnie International Tennis Tournament not only provided a massive sporting spectacle for the tennis public but also…
In Blaj, a small Romanian city in the Transylvania Region, the Blaj Cultural Palace has been given a new lease of life after undergoing important renovation works. And today, the Blaj Cultural Palace has regained its place as one of the most…
For lovers of contemporary art or, more importantly, of culture in general, Basel is a city not to be missed, with an extraordinary wealth of museums, exhibition centres and foundations dedicated to art, where the actual containers used to house the…