8 November 2017
Food and Design under the rails: the new life of Magazzini Raccordati
The Magazzini Raccordati, warehouses of Milan Central Station with 103 years of history, represent a product of great historical, economic and cultural interest. Featuring over 100 spaces spreaded over an area of 40,000 square meters for two kilometers in length along via Ferrante Aporti and via Sammartini. The Late Liberty style with Deco influences features…
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21 September 2017
From the modulor to 10 sqm: the new horizons of housing
São Paulo, one of the most influential pole in the residential architecture of the twentieth century thanks to his Paulista School and the works of the likes of Vilanova Artigas and Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, is going to become the city with the smallest apartment of all Latin America: Vitacon has announced that in its…
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8 September 2017
IAHsummer17 – winner
A-tent is the winner project of IAHsummer17, 4th edition of the design & self-construction workshop organized and promoted by Archistart upon the first week of August since 2014. The workshop took place at the youth hostel “Ostello del Sole” in San Cataldo, Lecce. In 2017 edition 48 architecture & engineering students and graduates from all…
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6 September 2017
A Fresco, an Atlas and a Chart of Rules: the future for Tirana is definitely green
One hundred years after the General Urban Development Plan drawn by a group of Italian designers led by Armando Brasini, finally it is opening a new phase in the future of the Albanian capital: during last April, in fact, the Tirana City Council approved the new General Local Plan of the city named "Tirana 2030"…
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14 July 2017
Please mind the gap between the train and the… Art!
Living a subway station not only as a fast passageway but also as a place “to stay": from this kind of idea is born the Art Stop Monti initiative, created by ATAC (the Roman public transport company) and Nu Factory, with the aim of opening some of the Cavour metro station (line B) spaces to…
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3 July 2017
ATA2017 – winners
We are very glad to announce the ATA2017 winners /// Siamo lieti di annunciare i vincitori di ATA2017 1st place Designer: Mariagiorgia Pisano Title: Between light and shadow. Architecture for blind people Nationality: Italy Reason: Architecture as a response to real needs. The jury has appreciated the innovation of the design process, derived from an architectural…
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21 June 2017
10 motivi per arrivare alla fine della sessione estiva e godersi l’estate con un workshop in Salento
Vi abbiamo parlato di ZAHA HADID, di TEMPORARY ROOMS, persino di FLOATING ARCHITECTURE..insomma, che il nostro team è serio, impegnato e appassionato lo avete capito, no ?! Ma noi siamo Archistart - work hard and party harder! Allora..why so serious? Let's have some serious fun!! BAM! Ecco 10 ragioni per cui fare un workshop di…
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16 June 2017
Alessio Lamarca’s interview for IAH
What was IAH for you? I joined IAHsummer2015 for fun, with the idea of making a “training holiday", an experience that would make me meet new people, with very different cultural backgrounds, and at the same time to deal with them within a creative process, sharing ideas and attitudes related to the passion we all…
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14 June 2017
The events that cannot be missed during your Archweek(end)!
Born as an “heir” of the MI/ARCH Festival, the first edition of the Milan Archweek that began June 12 will be a week of widespread events, lectures, readings, meetings open to the public and dedicated to architecture and urban transformations that will animate the city until June 18. The event will be coordinated by the…
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