Month: May 2019

Jonathan Ben David of the Israel Institute of Technology has created a thesis project titled “Terra Nullius” which dwells on the identities and conceptual restraints dividing people in the Middle East. Suggesting alternative concepts, frames of mind, and mediums for which different social groups can gather upon, the thesis takes place off the coast of Jaffa, once an epicenter of Palestinian urbanism, where a new state is formed as an act of protest by Jews and Palestinians longing for co-existence.

If you haven’t been to the old town of La Rochelle, France, you’re missing out on the joy of strolling through its cobbled lanes and vaulted arches. Interior designer Coralie Bizot invited us to see her latest renovation — a small apartment, surrounde…

In partnership with MINI Clubman, we have launched our second edition of ArchDaily’s 2019 Refurbishment in Architecture Awards. This award highlights the best refurbishment projects from around the world.

the ‘ventanilla module’ project proposes a low-cost and non-invasive form of housing type for the pesquero II settlement.
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eVolo Magazine has announced the winners of its 2019 Skyscraper Competition. Now in its 14th year, the annual award was established to recognize “visionary ideas for building [high-rise] projects that through [the] novel use of technology, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.”

Contemporary and memory, sartorial craftsmanship, public and private: antithetical realities are organically overlapping in Club Unseen, the project created for the 2018 Salone del Mobile by the creative directors of Studiopepe, Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto. An exclusive shelter from the hectic context of the Fuori Salone, the secret club represents the quiet that gives space to creativity: a place with a relaxed and casual atmosphere, in which an innovative interpretation of hospitality emerges clearly to the senses and to the heart. 

Modular coatings for facades and enclosures typically deliver fast and efficient solutions. However, many times they lack richness and character since they are repeated infinitely, without relating to the architectural design and its different functions and requirements.