Designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto in 1929, the Sanatorium of Paimio, Finland, is widely regarded as the first example of modern architecture applied to healthcare. Sanatorium is a Latin word commonly ...

Daniel Libeskind is one of the most culturally multifaceted contemporary architects. Though the general public knows him mostly for his Jewish Museum in Berlin and the (unfortunately unbuilt) design ...

These days, Italy is not particularly renowned for its consumer electronics products; yet, there was a time, in the ’60s, when an Italian company was reputed to be the “European response” to American ...

The German Pavilion at the EXPO 2015, in Milan, is entitled Fields of Ideas. On a floor area of 4,933 square meters, the pavilion presents various themes related to the sustainable use of natural ...

Recently, at an exhibition in Milan, I had the rare occasion to see a restored version of the famous Maison Bulle (The Bubble House) designed by French architect Jean-Benjamin Maneval in the early ...

While approaching the Tate Modern after crossing the Thames by the Millenium Bridge, a visitor can hardly imagine what is currently happening behind the glorious former Bankside Power Station which is ...

Per i crediti completi vedi in coda all'articolo. La presenza della Cina è sicuramente tra le più interessanti all’EXPO 2015: il tema della sua partecipazione,”the Land of Hope” (la terra della ...

Tate Modern is a museum of modern art in London, part of the Tate network together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St. Ives. Located on the southern embankment of the River Thames in the ...

At the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, the United States Pavilion presents American Framing, an exhibition dedicated to wood-framed construction in American architecture. “We want to work with a ...

At the 59th Venice Art Biennale, Italy presents an installation curated by Eugenio Viola and entitled ‘History of Night and Destiny of Comets’. For the first time, the Italian Pavilion presents the ...

In 1988, when the West Berlin Senate announced a competition for the “Extension of the Berlin Museum with a Jewish Museum Department”, the intention was to expand the old museum that was dedicated to ...

The Castelvecchio Museum (Italian: Museo di Castelvecchio) in Verona is an art museum housed in an imposing medieval fortress in the city center and not far from the Arena amphitheater. Building and ...