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Many millenials enjoy the social vitality of shared living spaces and the productive atmosphere of c o-working hubs, but are put off by the lack of privacy they crave during certain times of the day. Now, a solution may have arrived in the shape of the MINI LIVING concept apartment, designed by MINI in accordance with…
Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newslett er. Of all superheroes, Batman is the one that’s most synonymous with the city he serves. Unlike Superman or Spider-Man, who had their powers thrust upon them, Batman took up the cape totally of his own volition, after deciding that Gotham City’s…
A true treasure in the heart of Milan, the Palazzo Litta played host to a special showcase during Fu orisalone titled “A Matter of Perception: Tradition & Technology.” Berlin-based architect Diebedo Francis Kéré redesigned the palace’s central courtyard, transforming it into a “Courtyard Village” where visitors could meet and greet. All photography by Elisabetta Rizzato Born…
Suburbia, the scourge of contemporary urban planners everywhere, is about to be turned on its prover bial head thanks to avant-garde firm MVRDV. The Dutch firm is partnering with housing developers Traumhaus to transform a former US Army barracks in Mannheim, Germany, and it has taken the opportunity to carry out a rigorous reexamination of our…
Two Italian architects, Valeria Mercuri and Marco Merletti, recently won third place in eVolo’s 2016 Skyscraper Competition for their project ‘Data Tower.’ While much attention was given to the first-place winners, Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu, for their horizontal skyscraper wrapping around the perimeter of a sunken Central Park, Mercuri and Merletti stepped away from…
For the last week in Milan at Salone del Mobile 2016, a simple question was explored with seemingly endless possibilities: How shall we live? Though entirely open-ended at first glance, the framework for the answer is actually surprisingly predetermined due to one growing, indisputable trend. As people flock to cities in ever-increasing numbers, the demand…
During the 2016 Milan Design Week, the colonnaded cloister of Basilica Minore di San Simpliciano, in the heart of the city’s Brera Design District, underwent a brilliant transformation courtesy of Japanese creative studio Nendo. The installation, titled 50 Manga Chairs, featured, as the name says, 50 different chairs lined up in a perfect grid filling…
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” That mantra — the memorable max im of famed British novelist C.S. Lewis — undoubtedly chimes with the philosophies of architect Matthias Hollwich. The German-American designer and author, cofounder of New York–based firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN), has recently taken on one…
At the height of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Architizer hosted a dinner party right in the MINI LIVI NG Installation. Bridging privacy and community is central to the MINI LIVING Installation. While curious visitors freely roamed the space to kick the proverbial tyres of the concept apartment, special guests sat down to a long candlelit…