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Nestled in the morainic hills overlooking Lake Garda stands Villa Emerald, a true gem of architecture and design whose name evokes the colour of the waters in which it is reflected, in harmony with the surrounding landscape and nature.
Project name
Emerald
Architecture firm
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Location
Lake Garda, Italy
Photography
Piero Ottaviano
From a Brooklyn neighborhood known for its typical brownstones on the West-side of Prospect Park, Olbos Studio completes the renovation of a double-exposed apartment in a high-end 1989 residential building for a young Italian historian who works as sport events planner, right in front of San Siro, the soccer stadium of Milan.
Project name
Apartment with a Dining Room
Architecture firm
Olbos Studio
Location
Via Tesio 19, Milan, Italy
Photography
Simone Bossi
This project was based on the concept of dynamics and its local origins- Michelangelo on his search for dynamics and his highest form of expression in the Painting of the "universal justice" where two fingers (of God and man) both in motion, come together but never touch, the maintain the small void between them as the "moment", the instant of what...
Project name
The monument of all motions - Florence Rifredi train station
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Location
Florence, Italy
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Nomad Studio, an internationally awarded creative workshop devoted to innovative site- specific projects, explores in its works the interaction between art and landscape and its influence on society and the environment. In particular, their ephemeral installations are materializations of their reflections about how humans relate with nature.
Written by
Nomad Studio
Photography
Courtesy of Almudena Cadalso & Global R&D Cemex, 
 © nomad studio.
For its latest South Tyrolean realisation, noa* returns to Hubertus in Olang, one of the first places to have revealed the studio's expressive power. After the iconic cantilever pool, a new suspended platform defies gravity law by overturning the concept of wellbeing.
Project name
Hub of huts
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Olang (South Tyrol), Italy
Photography
Alex Filz
The SS House is an Italian private vacation home inserted into a young olive grove in the Ostuni countryside, in the Valle d'Itria area (Puglia). The volume, white and pure, stands out in the surrounding countryside through its simple forms of traditional Apulian architecture, innovated with infusions of contemporary architectural details.
Project name
SS House
Architecture firm
Reisarchitettura
Location
Ostuni, Province of Brindisi, Italy
Photography
Alessandra Bello
At the entrance to the small city of Brixen lies the headquarters of the Durst Group AG. Surrounded by green, wooded slopes, the spectacular new construction forms a gateway to the town and constitutes a reflection of the company.
Project name
Durst Group AG
Architecture firm
monovolume architecture + design
Location
Via Julius Durst, 4, 39042, Brixen, Italy
Photography
Luca Girardini, Paolo Riolzi, Nachbar Rolf
A parametric system of 1 km wooden bars makes the pavilion flexible, easy-to-assemble and highly sustainable and recyclable. The concept of the shelter is further explored in our design process by finding inspiration in the aquatic animal species of the Sea urchins, or Echinoidea.
Project name
ECHINOIDEA
Architecture firm
GG-loop
Location
Milan, Italy
Photography
Alice Turazza