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27/05/2024

Enrico Molteni Architecture, Inclusive education center in Parma, Italy (2024). Photos by Marco Cappelletti.

The collaboration between the University of Parma and the Fondazione Accademia dei Giorni Straordinari has brought to fruition a pioneering educational center in Parma, characterized by its commitment to inclusion.

Designed by Enrico Molteni Architecture, this innovative hub consists of two interconnected buildings, identical and specular, each embodying a distinct purpose within a shared educational ethos.

The integration between public and private stakeholders provided the inspiration for the conception of a project in which the two distinct educational programs blend and complement each other within a single building.

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17/04/2024

ECÒL with Luca Boscardin, L'Anima(le) del museo at the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, Italy (2024). Photos by Claudia Gori.

Nestled within the dynamic spaces of the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato, Italy, a vibrant array of geometric forms dance with colorful lines, breaks, and curves, breathing life into the courtyard.

Positioned along the entrance pathway, between the original structure of the museum and its newest addition, emerges a new playground designed for children and teenagers alike.

Known as L’Anima(le) del museo, the project is the result of the collaboration between ECÒL and Luca Boscardin, artfully weaving together architecture, graphic design, and sculpture to conjure and embody the essence of a fantastical creature, inviting visitors into a realm of imagination and wonder.

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05/03/2024

map architetti and Natalini Architetti, New Setup of the Church and Museum of Orsanmichele in Florence, Italy (2024). Photos by Mario Ciampi.

The monumental complex of Orsanmichele in Florence, a unique and extraordinary building where civic and religious functions merge, reopens its doors to the public in a completely renewed setting designed by map architetti and Natalini Architetti.

The essential and meticulous intervention on the openings facing Via dell’Arte della Lana, together with the new lighting of the Church, heralds the surprise of the interior. The new setup creates a progression that from the street level to the second floor aims to bring the visitor closer to the spaces and the works contained within.

Within the Museum, the presence of the sculptural groups, originally conceived to overlook the external sides of the building, provides the opportunity for a new spatial organization of the entire floor. This relies on a system of platforms and stages to put the works into dialogue with each other under the gaze of the visitor, evoking the idea of a public space.

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19/02/2024

STARTT - studio di architettura e trasformazioni territoriali, FLEXI: the Second Hall of the Rossini Theater in Pesaro, Italy (2023). Photos by Alessandro Penso. Performer Anna Basti.

"The new project completed by STARTT for the Second Hall of the Rossini Theater in Pesaro defines a contemporary environment that blends the abstract space of European performance theater with the historical tradition of Italian opera."

"FLEXI is conceived as a theater within the theater, an ephemeral and reversible device that allows the perception of the historical hall and the presence of the urban scene evoked by STARTT."

"This intervention is a fragment of the broader reflection that STARTT is dedicating to the city of Pesaro and contributes to the program for Pesaro: Capitale della cultura 2024."

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19/01/2024

DEMOGO, New office building of the Guardia di Finanza in Bologna, Italy (2023). Photos by Iwan Baan.

"The project by DEMOGO for the new regional headquarters of Guardia di Finanza (Financial and Customs Police) transforms a marginal urban condition into a work of architecture that exudes both composure and rigor, all while seamlessly incorporating a diverse range of spaces and establishing connections with the urban fabric and distinctive elements of the city of Bologna."

"The volume of the new building, part of the Caserma Bertarini (Bertarini Barracks), is characterized by a sloping profile along which gardens are arranged, providing the five above-ground floors with a succession of outdoor spaces complementary to the offices and meeting room. A long staircase traverses the entire volume, creating unexpected spatiality and fostering areas for interaction among the offices."

"DEMOGO’s wealth of professional expertise and theoretical exploration converge in this latest project, offering a unique chance to delve into the concept of the ‘boundary.’ Here, the ‘boundary’ is envisioned as a transformative ‘third space,’ fostering the emergence of interactive realms and innovative dynamics."

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08/01/2024

“In truth, this house is an exercise in repetition and replication, it is doing something again, though the gods may anger and the attempt always fails.”
Smiljan Radić, Dezeen, 11 September 2020

Smiljan Radić, Casa Prisma, Conguillío, Chile (2020). Photo by Cristóbal Palma.

07/01/2024

“It is not a perfect building, but it is the kind of serious work that we don’t see enough of in New York: a bold architectural statement of genuine civic value.” Nicolai Ouroussoff, The New York Times, 4 June 2009

Morphosis, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY, USA (2009). Photo by Roland Halbe.

07/01/2024

“To attract visitors, a well-functioning library must provide experiences.”
Asmo Jaaksi, JKMM Architects

JKMM Architects, City Library in Seinäjoki, Finland (2012). Photo by Tuomas Uusheimo Photography.

07/01/2024

Rooftop magic at its finest! From east to west, these wide, sun-soaked steps invite residents to connect, soak up the sunshine, and breathe in the fresh air.

Austin Maynard Architects, ParkLife, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia (2023). Photo by Tom Ross.

07/01/2024

"There can be few schools that make children look forward to Monday mornings as much as this dreamy multi-storey temple of curiosity."
Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian, 17 January 2023

Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation, Colegio Reggio, El Encinar de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain (2023). Photo by Jose Hevia.

06/01/2024

“When you step into the Gilder Center, you immediately feel a sense of wonder. The building invites you on a journey toward deeper understanding, sparking your curiosity.” Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang

Studio Gang, Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA (2023). Photo by Iwan Baan.

06/01/2024

“While the internal hollowed-out space is solely for the dog, the surrounding shelves are the boundary between human and animal.” Tom Wainwright, Pet-tecture: Design for Pets (Phaidon.com, 2018)

Sou Fujimoto, No dog, no life! for the Boston Terrier. For “Architecture for Dogs” (2013). Photo by Hiroshi Yoda.

06/01/2024

Transforming tradition into innovation! We appreciate how the project embraces history while breathing new life into the former textile factory.

Roldán+Berengué, arqts., Fabra i Coats manufacturing complex conversion, Barcelona, Spain (2019). Photo by Jordi Surroca + Gael del Río.

05/01/2024

“The library is among the finest and most uplifting public buildings New York has produced so far this century.”
Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, September 18, 2019

Steven Holl Architects, Hunters Point Library, Queens, NY, USA (2019). Photo by Iwan Baan.

05/01/2024

“Visitors can smell the comforting scent of bamboo mixed with paper as they burrow deeper inside.”
Sabrina Syed, The Architectural Review, 25 November 2020

Atelier tao+c, Capsule Hotel and Bookstore, Tonglu, China (2019). Photo by Su Shengliang.

05/01/2024

We love how this translucent box of light connects with the university campus square!

Alberto Campo Baeza, Multi-Sport Pavilion and Classroom Complex, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria - Madrid, Spain (2016). Photo by Javier Callejas.

05/01/2024

We fell in love with the library's stunning domed atrium! The views from every corner put you right at the heart of the library's vibrant activity.

Snøhetta, Charles Library at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA (2019). Photo by Michael Grimm.

23/06/2023

Architects Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats of Flores & Prats offer visitors of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia an intriguing insight into their extraordinary design process through countless design iterations, drawn and modeled.

Emotional Heritage, their installation in the main exhibition curated by Lesley Lokko and located at the Corderie, showcases the practice’s extreme sensitivity in capturing the accumulated layers of history that exist in every site, even those that are not immediately visible; and their exceptional skill in transforming existing structures into emotional spaces.

Photos by Adrià Goula Photo.

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Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. Journalists who would like to receive additional information about the installation by Flores & Prats at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, or who are interested in interviewing the architects, can reach out to Cultivar at [email protected].

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01/06/2023

The new Community Center of Cornigliano in Genoa is designed by Dodi Moss and SAB. It is the outcome of the renovation of the old Dufour candies factory. The area has witnessed significant environmental and social transformations over the past two centuries. The project skillfully reworks the original structure, preserving traces of the previous industrial identity, and creates a vibrant public space that serves as a hub for social interactions and recreational activities. Additionally, it greatly enhances accessibility and promotes well-being among community members.
Photos by Anna Positano Photography and Gaia Cambiaggi | Studio Campo.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of the new Community Center of Cornigliano in Genoa by Dodi Moss and SAB. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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30/05/2023

Collegium revitalizes an urban island in the city center of Zottegem, that first suffered from abandonment and then a fire which severely compromised its most valuable part. Shortlisted as finalist for the MIPIM Awards, Collegium harmoniously integrates modern design with a historic building, whose character is maintained and enhanced by the new extension.
Studio Farris’s vision was to regenerate the area through reconnection with the city center and provides for the community by fostering civic pride and strengthening the sense of belonging.
Photos by Martino Pietropoli.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of Collegium by Studio Farris Architects. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press.Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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14/04/2023

Sequences is a sixty square meter apartment, located on the fifth floor of a mid-twentieth-century building in Milan, in the Buenos Aires - Loreto neighborhood, just a 30-minute walk from the Cathedral. The apartment, designed by Federico Robbiano and Luca Scardulla, the two founding partners at llabb, is organized around a series of south-facing windows and features sophisticated design elements.

Photos by Anna Positano Photography Gaia Cambiaggi | Studio Campo.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of Sequences by llabb.
Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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10/12/2022

Architecture studio DEFERRARI+MODESTI (Javier Deferrari and Lavinia Modesti) has recently completed Libreria Brac in Florence, a café littéraire dedicated to the enjoyment of art and food, hidden among the many courtyards of the city center, between Piazza della Signoria and the Uffizi Gallery.

The original spaces — characterized by arches and barrel-vaulted ceilings and traditional Tuscan finishes — are now defined by an original intervention by the architects that were able to create a fluid and versatile space in which to host all activities related to book presentations, readings, events and workshops.

Photos by Anna Positano Photography, Gaia Cambiaggi | Studio Campo.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of the new Brac bookstore in Florence by DEFERRARI+MODESTI. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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05/12/2022

“ON SPECIFIC AMBIGUITY. Through the Idea of Tropical Space”. The new book by Camilo Restrepo Ochoa, director at AGENdA agencia de arquitectura in Medellín, Colombia, explores Architecture in the Tropics as a unique approach to considering and building spaces. An architecture that is ambivalent, complex and contradictory, imprecise, mestizo, multi-referential, and above all necessary and generous.
Published by Revista Internacional de arquitectura y diseño Arquine, the book is is a journey through a pluralist approach to architecture. With a preface by Mark Lee, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Professor in Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Design and founding partner of Los Angeles-based architecture firm Johnston Marklee, the book features texts as well as photos and drawings documenting the realistic optimism imbued with cultural value and social responsibility of AGENdA.

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We are pleased to announce the release of the book “ON SPECIFIC AMBIGUITY. Through the Idea of Tropical Space.” Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is communication partner of AGENdA agencia de arquitectura and is in charge of introducing the publication to the international press. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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01/12/2022

The new DAV restaurant designed by Andrea Maffei Architects has recently opened to the public inside the Allianz Tower, which Andrea Maffei himself co-designed with Arata Isozaki at CityLife Milano. It's the first venue in Milan, conceived for a younger, more metropolitan audience, of the three Michelin Da Vittorio Ristorante. The main architectural theme consists of a wooden paneling that envelopes the main room, its geometric patterning resembling fractals.
Photos by Andrea Martiradonna.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of the new DAV restaurant in Milan by Andrea Maffei Architects. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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26/09/2022

transformed a vaulted 1950s-era car showroom in Milan into Jacaranda , a light-filled nursery school and kindergarten that embodies a creative pedagogy. At the centre is an agora: a double-height atrium essential to facilitating a sense of community. Photo by Marco Cappelletti and Delfino Sisto Legnani .Ulrich Brinkmann wrote about this project for Bauwelt . You may read the article in link in bio.⁠⠀
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28/08/2022

Octothorpe House was designed by Mork Ulnes Architects (Casper Mork-Ulnes, Lexie Damner Mork-Ulnes) for a couple of technologically progressive clients who decided to move away from San Francisco to embark on a more outdoor-centric life in Oregon’s high desert. The architects employed CLT (Cross Laminated Timber), an environmentally sustainable and technologically advanced building method, quite new to the US. Mork-Ulnes capitalized on their experience in designing both mountain retreats and more permanent dwellings to develop the design for Octothorpe House. The outcome is a hybrid between a cabin and a house, possibly a new residential typology in an era when the relationship between Humans and their environment is being evaluated and redefined.
Photos by Jeremy Bittermann - JBSA.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of Octothorpe House by Mork-Ulnes Architects. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi
is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. At this moment we are offering the first exclusive publications on the project. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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17/07/2022

The Hermitage is an off-the-grid wooden cabin designed and self-built by llabb. Located in the Trebbia Valley in Italy, in the heart of the Apennines, and conceived as a space for contemplation and introspection, it was assembled by the team in a 15-day construction workshop last summer. An exercise in craftsmanship, it elaborates modernist themes while drawing inspiration from Japanese teahouses and Scandinavian cabins. It’s a studio, a retreat, a tea room or a guesthouse.
Photos by Anna Positano, Gaia Cambiaggi | Studio Campo Anna Positano Photography Gaia Cambiaggi.

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We are pleased to announce the completion of The Hermitage by llabb. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge, on behalf of the architects, of offering original contents to the international press. At this moment we are offering the first exclusive publications on the project. Interested editors, journalists, and critics are invited to contact [email protected].

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The Living Section. Finally, here's the new short film that The Piranesi Experience produced to narrate a recent and brilliant work of architecture by Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti. The Riviera 107 residential building in Pescara, along the Adriatic coast of Italy, redefines its urban role by literally stripping itself of its envelope on one side. Thanks to Claudio Esposito, Fabio Paolucci and the whole team that created this short and intense story. Here you can watch a little snippet. Cultivar by Paola Giaconia and Marco Brizzi is in charge of all press activities for Riviera 107. Interested critics and journalists can contact our dedicated press office at [email protected]. #GiovanniVaccarini #Riviera107 #thepiranesiexperience #cultivar #cultivaragency #imageforculture #thearchitectureplayer #architecture #design #architect #architecturephotography #architecturelovers #interiordesign #archilovers #archilove #archdaily #arquitectura #environment #architexture #divisare #instagood #cultivate #humanrelations #people #pressoffice #architecturenews #NewCultivarProject