International magazine of architecture and project design january/february 2018
Hong Kong: a unique city
Each issue of Area, six, or rather seven per year if we consider the "plus" issue during the Salone del Mobile dedicated to design, is the subject of a long period of investigation 
Architect Laura Andreini opened a series of conferences at the UEL School of Architecture in London in November, presenting and exposing the work of the studio and its concept of architecture. "Architecture is constantly confronted with many different landscapes, whether economic, cultural or social. These same landscapes define the
International magazine of architecture and project design september / october 2017
How to listen to architecture
In Italy, an entire generation of architects, and perhaps a large part of the following ones too, were brought up reading Bruno Zevi’s invitation to find out “Saper vedere l’architettura“ (How
International magazine of architecture and project design may / june 2017
Public Nature
It is certainly not the first time that Area deals with landscapes. Although it tackles topics that refer to projects barely describable through the narrow field of observation of the photographic image, incapable of defining or
Havana: from restauration to renewal
Following the recent demise of the "soldier of ideas" as he was described by the leader of Cuban workers, or the "Lider Maximo" commonly known to all as Fidel Castro, it remains to be seen what future lies ahead in terms of the
International magazine of architecture and project design november/dicember 2015
A part worth the whole
Any written presentation should give the reader a broad, descriptive vision of the topic in question, especially in the case of a monograph devoted to one or more authors, albeit referring to a
International magazine of architecture and project design september/october 2016
Reflections on the earthquake disaster
In the days of sorrow and despair following the earthquake disaster that hit central Italy, it is difficult to talk about architecture and buildings, since each historical building which collapsed with the earth‘
at the Folies architecturales du 21e siècle competition - promoted by the city of Montpellier.
The special mention was conferred yesterday 15 March at MIPIM. Archea Associati's proposal brings together the components that characterise the Ovalie district: the tree, the tower and the door.
Ten years on, Cantina Antinori's project has won first place in the World's Best Vineyards 2022, the prestigious ranking of the most impressive wineries from around the world. The jury that decides the winner is made up of more than 500 wine connoisseurs, sommeliers and travel and tourism experts, who submit
At the Palazzo Bo in Padua, on 7 June, Marco Casamonti was a guest speaker at the conference "The life of man, the future of the planet: one health, the landscape and the '15-minute city'" and participated in the session with the review "How cities change after covid" and "
On the occasion of "Creatività per il domani", a project promoted by LABA - Libera Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (Free Academy of Fine Arts in Florence), Casamonti took part in the series of meetings aimed at students, teachers, and professionals from the world of culture and the
On 21 November 2023, in the splendid setting of the Viola Park in Bagno a Ripoli - ACF Fiorentina's new training facility - Marco Casamonti spoke to present the latest generation sports centre project, talking about the technologies, systems and lighting design project developed by SIGNIFY and discussing the evolution of
At the Pistoia Nursery Campus, on 15 June 2024, architect Marco Casamonti gave a lectio magistralis as part of the programme, spread over three days, involving various world-famous architectural realities. The objective of this event, open to all, is to create a network of connections between the world of work and
On Monday, May 15, architect Giovanni Polazzi participated for Simeon-the leading companies in the market of glazed facades and metal structures for large architectural works-in the Perspective 2023 conference. The architect presented a talk entitled Diary of a journey: Architectural idea becomes envelope.
Laura Andreini was invited, together with Carmen Andriani, to take part in the meeting "Storie di Architettura e Design Donne" curated by Fabrizia Ippolito and Chiara Ingrosso. The event was organised by the Dipartimento di Architettura e Disegno Industriale of the dell'Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli and
If architecture is art and is viewed and thus experienced, as such, then when is it designed as the place in which art itself resides, whether a museum or an art gallery, the delicate problem arises of the relationship between container and content, between being and trespassing. On the
Within the art of the project, every project is an interior or, more exactly, the drawing of a place that is always inside another, up to the end of the universe of which we know what it encloses, while we have no way of knowing what is outside it.
Miracle in Milan
A child follows a funeral procession into a city suspended between poverty and modernity, mud and marble, grief and hope. It’s the dramatic, moving opening scene of the movie “Miracle in Milan“ one of the most celebrated examples of Italian neorealist cinema. Through
International magazine of architecture and project design november/dicember 2021
Cultural identity and design
The first time I went to Vietnam after a few days spent observing the colonial architecture of Ho Chi Minh city and its new buildings, the result of a not very electrifying “
International magazine of architecture and project design september 2021
Living design
In recent decades we have been protagonists of a complete renewal of society; every social scheme built after World War II has been totally transformed as a result of complex factors that also include the concept
The topic of transparency in architecture is not necessarily tied to the material, so the use of glass, however useful to brighten a habitable enclosure, is a necessary condition but not sufficient to dematerialize the structural component of the building. The essential factor, however, is rather a precise approach
On Saturday, 14 May, architects Vincenzo Melluso (Mellusoarchitettura), Marco Mulazzani (Uni.FE), Renato Rizzi (IUAV) and Beniamino Servino with the coordination of Laura Andreini, editorial director of Forma Edizioni, took part in the San Niccolò gymnasium to present the book, published on the 40th anniversary of the studio's activity, which
Alfonso Femia signs the tenth appointment of the review Il table dell'architetto, the series of temporary exhibitions created in collaboration with the magazine AREA which features famous architects, collectives and architectural firms on the international contemporary scene. From 29 April to 5 October 2022, the internal loggia of the Museo Novecento will
On 28 April, for the cycle "Paradigma. Il tavolo dell'architetto", the ground floor loggia of the Museo Novecento in Florence will host the opening of GENDER GAP, curated by Laura Andreini, a gallery featuring the projects and maquettes of 20 international female architects: Carmen Andriani, Sandy Attia, Cristina Celestino, Izaskun Chinchilla,
We are pleased to announce that the video “Water is Another Matter”, about the project of the Ex-Magazzino Vini - Eataly Store in Trieste, was awarded the Bronze Medal at the Sound and Vision International Film & Technology Festival in New York. The short film, that narrates the relationship
From 20 April 2018, the Museo Novecento will periodically host "Paradigma - The architect's table", a series of meetings featuring famous architects, collectives and architectural studios from the contemporary panorama designed by Sergio Risaliti and curated by Laura Andreini.
During the most dramatic period of the health emergency that hit
The event curated by architect Laura Andreini is part of the cycle of conferences "Paradigma. Il tavolo dell'architetto", the periodic project organized in collaboration with the Museo Novecento of Florence, a series of events that celebrates famous architects of the international contemporary scene. In this seventh event, scheduled from
International magazine of architecture and project design may / june 2017
Public Nature
It is certainly not the first time that Area deals with landscapes. Although it tackles topics that refer to projects barely describable through the narrow field of observation of the photographic image, incapable of defining or
Between 20 October- 19 December 2013, Archea is exhibiting at the Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art in Shanghai, a show organized in a former industrial district of Shanghai, once for manufacturing ceramics.
The event strives to be an opportunity to keep up to date and dialogue on recent developments in
The UBPA B3-2 exhibition pavilion, realized for the Expo Shanghai 2010, and the GEL-Green Energy Laboratory research centre which was opened in May 2012 at the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, are the two projects chosen to represent Studio Archea’s recent activities in China within the context of the
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