Nearly 47,000 people are homeless in the Los Angeles County area. This number has increased by 5.7 per cent from 2015 and the problem has become a countrywide epidemic where over 500,000 people are homeless: the need for new housing solutions grows more pressing day after day. In this dramatic scenario, students at the University…

RebelArchitette is a creative collective of digital activists who showcases the excellence of women architects all over the world through an open source ebook and Facebook platform. Behind the project is a network of 15 Italian creatives, RebelArchitette. The team, with an average age under 35, is based in Bergamo. It began in the studio of…

Cake design is a very popular international trend: professionals and amateurs make sweet constructions gorgeous to see and to taste. Chefs, pastry lovers and cake-related industries are totally riding the wave; broadcast channels and social platforms post & share daily a great amount of tutorials, ideas and creations; TV and press dedicate many programmes and…

At the end of October, Lendlease won the contest for the design and the management (for 99 years) of the former Expo Area with an offer of 115 million euros (starting from an auction base of 91 million), beating the French group Steam Europe. The Australian company, in partnership with Carlo Ratti (the Italian architect…

Christmas is coming and, in the true spirit of It, design trees and Christmas lights also inspire collaboration. Wishing to you a merry Christmas, the Archistart team want to give you a bright roundup of Xmas themed products! /// Il Natale sta arrivando e, in nome del vero spirito natalizio, alberi e luci natalizie ispirano anche…

With an area of 33,700 square meters, the largest library in the world is finally real. Designed by MVRDV and the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI), the new Tianjin Binhai Library is part of an impressive cultural-oriented masterplan (along with other 4 buildings) designed also by Bernard Tschumi Architects, Bing Thom Architects, HH…

Archistart, with the aim to keep the focus on tourism, promotes Floating Room Competition, a contest calling the participants to design a double/twin "special room" with restroom, to be placed on natural or artificial water bodies. 230 young professionals under 35 of 18 different nationalities took part in the competition with 117 projects. The jury…

 On Lake Washington's waters there’s the new human-scale frontier of wellness: in fact, it’s here that water and fire find their meeting point in Wa_Sauna, the platform that offers relaxation while admiring the Seattle skyline. Realized in 2014 from an idea of goCstudio studio, this floating sauna was also created thanks to the contribution of…

On Saturday, October 28, at the Palazzo della Ragione in Padua, the winning projects of the Bando Periferie 2017 have been announced. Bando Periferie is a competition organized by the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscapists and Conservatives in partnership with MiBACT General Direction for Art, Contemporary Architecture and Suburbs with the goal of redevelopment…