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The project for the new primary school in Biassono reimagines the educational environment as an open and inclusive civic space, capable of fostering learning, social interaction, and community life. Conceived as more than a traditional school building, the proposal integrates educational spaces with public functions, creating a contemporary hub for both students and citizens. The architectural concept is organized around a clear and legible spatial structure, designed to encourage orientation, interaction, and flexibility. Educational areas are complemented by shared facilities, including a municipal library conceived as a place for reading, study, and collective participation, strengthening the relationship between the school and the wide... More

In the heart of Trieste, within an early twentieth-century building, the project transforms an apartment whose original layout remains legible, reinterpreting its logic to accommodate contemporary living. Davide Maria Palusa The existing plan—three rooms in sequence, a separate kitchen and fragmented service areas—reflected a highly compartmentalized domestic model. The intervention works through processes of reconnection, identifying key points of transformation along the circulation spine. Davide Maria Palusa The primary gesture is the opening between kitchen and living room, establishing a new social and spatial core. Here, the central island acts as both functional and relational anchor, while a system of walnut... More

Instead of chasing grandeur, TANTAI ARCHITECTS focuses on creating simple architecture that weaves connections between humans, the environment, and Thailand’s Northeast region or Isan wisdom. The studio's design philosophy is conveyed in Living with Nature, an exhibition that not only showcases architectural works but invites viewers to pause, contemplate, and engage in dialogue with nature and Isan culture, the wellspring of the studio's practice. WIM The Living with Nature exhibition was held at TIME SPACE EXISTENCE organized by the European Cultural Center within Palazzo Mora, a historic venue in Venice, Italy, and was supported by Tourism Authority of Thailand. A curved black wall at the end of a narrow room creates an atmo... More

Who is a collector? He is the one who wants to keep a dream all to himself, for the exclusive enjoyment of him, to refine it and feed it continuously over time, with the intention of never completing the collection so as not to end the dream. Thus was born the idea of ​​building a large black casket, destined over time to house 12 jewels, 12 yellow Lamborghinis, in a scenographic game of lights, mirrors and reflections: Alessandro Trevisin photography two long and massive black horizontal and parallel concrete walls support a white shed roof that modulates the natural light and diffuses it from above inside, where the walls are of an intense matt black and the floor is made of large stoneware slabs mirror glossy black. Alessandro... More

The new house stands on the site of a previous rural building which was carefully demolished to recover all possible materials, including: the original bricks, some beams and old tiles. Alessandro Trevisin Alessandro Trevisin Materials subsequently integrated with large beams and pillars recovered from the demolitions of ancient buildings. The great theme was to be able to make the energy efficiency and anti-seismic needs of a contemporary house coexist using traditional materials and an architectural and typological language without betraying its value and spirit. Alessandro Trevisin Alessandro Trevisin Alessandro Trevisin Alessandro Trevisin Speaking of architecture, attention was placed on the typological... More

Architect Gabriele Pinca, founder of the Ubik architecture studio, designed the new wine cellar IL Quinto on the hills of Magliano in Toscana, a small village in the province of Grosseto. Its architecture is intended to enter into mimesis with the landscape and to be discovered little by little as one crosses the estate that hosts it, eschewing any monumental attempt. Through careful study of the landscape, the winery has been positioned to maximize its integration into the countryside, while reducing excavations. Indeed, its volume fits into the existing road network by rejoining the various routes at different levels, avoiding the construction of new roads, in the awareness that in the area of landscape these elements can be more impactf... More