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Fienile N Barn Restoration / Fontego Architettura

Valeria Silva — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The restoration of a barn (fienile), part of a larger rural complex, becomes an opportunity for Fōntego Architettura to reinterpret the building's simplicity and purity. In the newly designed home, the living area stands out for its generous volume, evoking the barn's original agricultural atmosphere. At its heart is a striking centerpiece—an architectural element that seamlessly integrates multiple functions into a single design feature.

ABF Maria Manetti Shrem Educational Center / Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners

Andreas Luco — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The ABF "Maria Manetti Shrem" Educational Center opens its doors. The first educational center designed by Alvisi Kirimoto www.alvisikirimoto.it and promoted by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, aims to improve the educational and academic experience of hospitalized boys and girls. Designed to offer a peaceful, enriching, and stimulating environment surrounded by nature, this initiative is part of the ABF H-LABS program for Schools in Hospitals, which supports the right to quality education in complex and challenging contexts, such as Italian Pediatric Hospitals. The project revolves around art and music, leveraging the educational opportunities facilitated by cutting-edge technologies. The ABF "Maria Manetti Shrem" Educational Center, accessible daily to hospitalized girls and boys, offers an integrated program of activities. Beyond supporting the School in Hospitals initiatives, it enhances existing socio-educational experiences onsite through daily programming organized collaboratively by the ABF, Meyer Hospital, Fondazione Meyer, Istituti Scolastici, and other entities involved in education, pet therapy, clown therapy, and music therapy.

Anthos Scenography - Polimoda Graduation Show 2023 / (ab)NORMAL

Andreas Luco — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000

On the occasion of 104th Pitti Uomo, (ab)Normal has designed the scenography for Polimoda's highly anticipated annual Graduation Show, titled "Anthos”. The event, which took place on June 15th in the new B4 building at Manifattura Tabacchi, showcased an impressive lineup of 25 collections, comprising over 100 looks crafted by Polimoda's top designers from all over the world.

Discover the Ephemeral Installations Built for the Mextrópoli 2023 Pavilions

Mónica Arellano — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

For the ninth time, the MEXTRÓPOLI Architecture and City Festival held the Arquine Competition No. 25 | MEXTRÓPOLI 2023 Pavilion, a platform where architecture, urbanism, and art converge to contemplate and celebrate Mexico City. The event also aims to engage the public by occupying public spaces with architectural pieces that can be activated by visitors. Celebrating public spaces or offering a different perspective on the places routinely traversed is the reason MEXTRÓPOLI showcases these ephemeral architectural pieces.

From Brunelleschi to Today, This Documentary Tracks the Evolution of Architecture in Tuscany

Alya Abourezk — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:30:00 +0000

Each year, thousands of tourists flock to the Italian region of Tuscany to view works of architectural mastery. Renowned architectural figures such as Michelangelo and Brunelleschi transformed Tuscan cities to be stages of cultural rebirth during the 14th-17th century. These times, however, have passed. Today, Tuscany is faced with problems such as the decline of suburbs, abandoned buildings, and property speculation. The modern Italian architecture scene is in decline, and the country is experiencing an oversupply of architects, requiring many to emigrate in search of work.

IT4FASHION / Studio Lauria

Florencia Mena — Sun, 22 May 2016 13:00:00 +0000

Every year the event It4Fashion, organized by PIN and Logislab, recalls to Florence the major european companies working in the new technologies applied to the fashion industry.

Florence's Museum of the Opera del Duomo set to Reopen to the Public

James Taylor-Foster — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:30:00 +0000

The new Florentine museum of the Opera del Duomo, affiliated to the city's cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, is set to reopen its doors to the public next week following years of restoration and reconstruction. 6000 square metres of exhibition space, designed by Adolfo Natalini and Guicciardini & Magni architetti, will house the largest collection of Florentine medieval and Renaissance sculpture in the world, including pieces by Donatello, Michelangelo (the Florentine Pietà), Andrea Pisano, Lorenzo Ghiberti (Gates of Paradise), and Luca della Robbia. It will also exhibit fifteen 14th century statues and almost seventy fragments from the cathedral's original medieval façade.

A Renaissance Gem In Need Of Restoration

James Taylor-Foster — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Pazzi Chapel is a landmark of architecture in the city that was once the cradle of the Italian Renaissance: Florence. Located in the Santa Croce church complex (the largest Franciscan church in the world), the chapel was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi - the goldsmith-turned-architect who dedicated his life to engineering the dome of Florence's Santa Maria del Fiore. It is "a prime example of 15th-century architectural decoration in grey pietra serena sandstone, colourful maiolica, and terracotta."

How Did Filippo Brunelleschi Construct the World's Largest Masonry Dome?

James Taylor-Foster — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

More than 500 years after it was built, Filippo Brunelleschi's dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, remains the largest masonry dome ever built. Leaving no plans or sketches behind, some of the secrets of its construction that Brunelleschi pioneered are still an enigma today. This short animation, presented by National Geographic and created by Fernando Baptista and Matthew Twombly, gives an idea of how the dome of the Duomo might have been built. Demonstrating the complexity of the task, made harder due to poor construction prior to Brunelleschi's commission, this film serves as a reminder of just how long it can take to create something timeless.

Firenze Che Sarà: Screenings and Conversations

Sebastian Jordana — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Firenze Che Sarà (A Florence That Will Be) are a series of screening and conversations involving changes in cities, attempting to stimulate the Florentine administration, which has repeatedly show interest in promoting change. The first two screening already took place, but the sessions will continue on the following dates: