Yung Ho Chang

When I heard about Zaha Hadid’s passing a few days ago, my thoughts were with her as well as with the AA. I never attended the Architectural Associatio

#Yung Ho Chang

#Editorial Critique

SHENZHEN MAPPING An orderly layout already needing review

This issue looks at a city whose history is as recent as it is extraordinary: Shenzhen. It became a city just some thirty years ago with the massive arrival of

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#TheCityPlan

Urban development at its most extra-ordinary

Over the last 30 years, urbanization in China has expanded at an incredible speed. The city of Shenzhen is a clear example of this process. Located in Guangd

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#TheCityPlan

Prototypes and Materials

Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

Any analysis of Zhang Lei’s practice must consider his educational background. While 90% of the members of contemporary Chinese architecture practices stu

#China (1039) #Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

#Letter from China

Wanjing Garden Chapel

Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

Any analysis of Zhang Lei’s practice must consider his educational background. While 90% of the members of contemporary Chinese architecture practices stu

#China (1039) #Religious Building - Complex (133) #Atelier Zhang Lei Architects

#Letter from China

Harnessing a melting pot of skills for a community project

Foreign Affairs and Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute

The [applied] Foreign Affairs - [a]FA - of the Architecture Institute at Vienna’s University of Applied Arts is a laboratory geared to investigating spati

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#Zoom

Reflections and transparency intertwined

SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

This is the name of the recent project by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. From the name, the reader will already understand th

#United States of America (644) #SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (13) #Multifunctional Building - Complex (763)

#Architecture

Architectural icon and urban landmark

MX_SI

The Auditorium of the Andalusian city of Lucena - known as the “Pearl of Sefarad”, the Hebrew name for Spain - is part of a landscape of hills and o

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#Architecture

A crossroads of history and the present

And-rè

The area west of Porto and north of the Douro valley is a typical in-between landscape. National highways cut across the tail end of urban sprawl in a region wh

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#Architecture

Small Variations to a Common Language

Hamonic+Masson & Associés

Let’s take a look at French architecture. Since the beginning of the new millennium many French architecture practices have asserted themselves thanks to

#France (357) #Hamonic+Masson & Associés

#Architecture

Residential Complex Urban Dock

Hamonic+Masson & Associés

Let’s take a look at French architecture. Since the beginning of the new millennium many French architecture practices have asserted themselves thanks to

#France (357) #Residential Building - Complex (606) #Velux (27) #Hamonic+Masson & Associés

#Architecture

Social housing complex

Hamonic+Masson & Associés

Let’s take a look at French architecture. Since the beginning of the new millennium many French architecture practices have asserted themselves thanks to

#France (357) #Residential Building - Complex (606) #Hamonic+Masson & Associés #Terreal

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Gilded reflections for a symbolic building

Peia Associati

The Daisaku Ikeda Cultural Center for Peace is a temple, civic hall and auditorium for the Buddhist community in south-west Milan. The decoration for the new pr

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#Report

Allianz Tower An “Endless” Glazed Skyscraper

Andrea Maffei Architects | Arata Isozaki & Associates

Inspired by Constantine Brancusi’s endless column, the Allianz Tower in Milan was built to a design by Andrea Maffei Architects and Arata Isozaki. Risi

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#Report

CEA Showroom in Milan

Natalino Malasorti

As part of the Milan furniture fair 2016, CEA is opening its showroom in the Brera district in the heart of Milan. Natalino Malasorti was behind the fitting out

# Italy (3166) # CEA Design (25) # Natalino Malasorti

#Report

Green Residence

Arkitektfirmaet Knut Kolstø

Green Residence nestles in the coastal Rogaland region, in south-west Norway. It has about 100 family units and the services that are required for such communit

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#Report

Akris flagship store

The Swiss fashion house Akris has over 500 boutiques across the world and recently extended its reach to China, with two sales outlets being opened in Shanghai,

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#Design

A Quality Label for prepainted metals

The European Coil Coating Association (ECCA) can trace its origins back to 1967 and is the voice of the coil coating (prepainting) industry in Europe, with over

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#Design

Domus for Restoration and Conservation

The fifth Domus International Prize for Restoration and Conservation, promoted by Fassa (owner of the Fassa Bortolo brand) and the Architecture Faculty at the U

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#Design

Alucovering® Extruded aluminum panels for ventilated façades

Alucovering® by Aliva® is a coating system for ventilated façades that uses panels extruded from an aluminum alloy. Based on specific materials r

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#Design

LS Zero Ineffably Sleek Minimalism

Taking its cue from the LS 990, Jung’s new switch frame range, the LS Zero, is the last word in elegant minimalism. Flush-mounted, the new range guarantee

# Jung (40)

#Design

Roof of the church of San Lorenzo Martire

The rather dilapidated state of the roof of the San Lorenzo Martire church in Capizzone (near Bergamo) meant it had to be redone. The leaking had not only damag

# Italy (3166) # Monier

#Design

Nomo & Rialto New Generation of Pergola

The New Generation of Pergola is Pratic’s latest collection. Linear design, practicality and comfort merge to create a line that architects and designers

# Pratic (33)

#Design

FWS 60 CV System Fully transparent façades

Glazing pulls down barriers and opens up charming, appealing spaces, and it also allows designers to develop strong connections between the architecture and the

# Schüco (155)

#Design

The Wall: from static to elastic Equipo Mazzanti

For the XXI Triennale International Exhibition in Milan, the Equipo Mazzanti architecture practice, in collaboration with Targetti, has an installation at Pirel

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#Design

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