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Revitalizing a Contaminated Site: The Ford Calumet Environmental Center

By Zarkon Group,28/01/2023

Ford Calumet Environmental Center – Once a dumping ground from nearby steel mills, Big Marsh park opened in 2016 on the southeast side of Chicago. The Chicago Park District asked Valerio Dewalt Train to design an environmental center that serves as an education hub and a gateway to eco-recreation opportunities throughout the region. The design responded to the park’s past by marrying the industrial with the natural. The exterior is clad in a rain screen of weathered steel that recalls the site’s steel mill history, with an exposed mass timber interior. Two large rooftop light monitors, clad in exposed Nail-Laminated-Timber, flood a double-height exhibition area with daylight.

Architizer chatted with Tom Daly, Project Manager and Joe Valerio, Design Principal at Valerio Dewalt Train, to learn more about this project.

Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design?

Tom Daly: Historically, Chicago’s Southeast Side has been burdened with the effects of industrialization and left with remnants of steel production in the region of the city. The building’s materiality serves as a metaphor to the site’s industrial past and forward-thinking future: the corten steel that wraps around the building is an acknowledgement of that past, while the two wooden forms cantilever dramatically to both mark the entry and frame a view of the interior, while from the inside they focus your attention on small but significant vignettes of the restored natural landscape. They deliver a message about an environmentally responsive and conscious future.

This project won in the 10th Annual A+Awards! What do you believe are the standout components that made your project win?

The design serves as an example for a progressive future of building in the City of Chicago, a city known for design innovation. The center was the first wastewater wetland system in the city, and the first mass timber building for the Chicago Park District. The building also actively improves living conditions for its surrounding inhabitants. Its highly bird-safe design rates a 4 out of a 100 level scale, with 0 being the highest, and provides a resource for the surrounding communities who have suffered from a lack of investment and park services for decades. It’s sculptural form and rich materiality serve as a gateway to the park at large.

What was the greatest design challenge you faced during the project, and how did you navigate it?

The overall project budget was $6.6M, and was made possible by a major contribution from the Ford Motor Company. The Design Team was immediately challenged when it was discovered that the nearest sanitary sewer line was 1.6 miles from the site. The cost of bringing a sanitary sewer to the site was $2.0M – threatening the viability of the entire development. Working with our civil and plumbing engineers, we developed a design for an on-site black water treatment system where the outflow was clean water. The Ford Calumet Environmental Center is the first time a wastewater wetland system has been permitted by the City of Chicago.

How did the context of your project — environmental, social or cultural — influence your design?

The project’s environmental, social and cultural context are intertwined. Historically, Chicago’s Southeast Side has been financially underserved and burdened with the effects of industrialization. The Ford Calumet Environmental Center is a bold statement of how we can re-inhabit landscapes destroyed by 20th Century technology. A major focus were local residents of the four surrounding neighborhoods including South Deering, Pullman, Trumbull Hill and Hegewisch. Our Media-Objectives Studio reached out to community leaders and developed an award winning exhibit which focuses on their past and optimistic future. Through environmental education and eco-recreation, the center serves as a community resource and cultivates advocacy for positive change across the Calumet Region.

What drove the selection of materials used in the project?

The building’s materials reinforce its mission. The 20th Century industries that so damaged this region were major sources of carbon released in the atmosphere. The weathered steel cladding is recycled – which has a low level of embodied carbon compared to other building materials. The decision with the most impact is the use of a mass timber structure. The embodied carbon is lower than almost any other material, in addition the timber sequesters carbon leading the way to an environmentally-responsive future.

What is your favorite detail in the project and why?

Early in the design process our focus was on creating an open and welcoming architecture with a daylit interior. Big Marsh Park is also on one of the major migratory routes for birds, drawing attention from an important constituency for the Park – bird watchers.

The two wooden forms that cantilever over the corten facade, bring daylight from above into the exhibit space. The eight foot cantilever results in eliminating the reflection of the sky in the large clerestory windows, bird safe glass is also used for these window. There are six large windows around the perimeter that bring daylight into all the interior rooms. Each is equipped with large doors, covered in perforated corten steel. In the open position, the doors shade the glass reducing the reflection of the sky. During the migratory season, the doors are kept closed, with the perforated metal still providing adequate light

How important was sustainability as a design criteria as you worked on this project?

Sustainability was a driving factor in the design and overall project mission. Sustainable features like the wastewater wetland system are put on display, demonstrating how it takes inspiration from the marshes’ natural processes to treat the building’s blackwater and release clean water back to the site via a leach field. Renewable resources in the project include Nail Laminated Timber, giving the building warmth and a lower carbon footprint. An eco-friendly alternative to aluminum, weathered steel has a lower carbon footprint as well, reducing the building’s overall embodied carbon while providing a durable layer of protection with a beautiful orange patina.

In what ways did you collaborate with others, and were there any team members or skills that were essential in bringing this Award winning project to life?

Collaboration was critical to the success of the FCEC. It began with the Chicago Park District who were willing to explore new solutions to old problems. In addition, from the beginning one of the Districts goals was to engage the adjacent minority communities.

Designing and permitting the wasteland wastewater system involved many members of the design team, the Park District, and the Chicago Building Department.

Finally, our Media-Objectives Studio brought leaders and residents of the surrounding neighborhoods into the design of the exhibit which includes the history of these communities including photographs of some of the residents including their own words about the past and future of the region.

Were any parts of the project dramatically altered from conception to construction, and if so, why?

There were a number of changes, but nothing that represented a dramatic change.

How have your clients responded to the finished project?

The FCEC is one of the most widely recognized buildings completed by the Chicago Park District. Among the awards and publications the most significant is first place in the yearly Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design was established to recognize the importance of great architecture and craftsmanship to city life.

How do you believe this project represents you or your firm as a whole?

Good design is always the answer.

Team Members

Steffan Schoenauer – Project Manager (Chicago Park District); Joe Valerio – Design Principal Mark Dewalt – Principal-in-Charge, Tom Daly, Alexander Raynor – Project Manager, Lauren Shelton, Matt Gamache, Michael Johnson, Susan Crockett, Nina Cackovic, Haydyn Jones, (Valerio Dewalt Train); Joe Lawton – Principal, Allison Rokusek, Jacob Goble, Rafael Barontoni, Stephen Killion – Graphic Designers (Media–Objectives)

Consultants

Chicago Commercial Construction – General Contractor; Primera – Civil Engineer; Jacobs Ryan Associates – Landscape Architecture; Matrix Engineering – Structural Engineering; dbHMS – MEP Engineering; Tom Harris – Photography; TetraTech – Environmental Consultants; BioHabitats – Green Infrastructure

Products and Materials

ReSawn Timber Co; Axis Lighting; Dri Design; Arborwood; Shaw; Crossville; Steelcase;

For more on Ford Calumet Environmental Center, please visit the in-depth project page on Architizer.

Ford Calumet Environmental Center Gallery

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Zhengzhou Grand Theater by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT

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Putting On a Show: 7 Remarkable Venues With Real Wow-Factor

By Zarkon Group,27/01/2023

Architizer’s 11th Annual A+Awards is open for entries! With a Final Entry Deadline of January 27th, 2023, the clock is ticking — get started on your submission today.

Venues are the vessels of performance, and architecture is perhaps the most overlooked player on the stage. The geometries of events structures must perfect a complex dance that juggles elements such as acoustics, scale, sightlines, illumination and atmosphere. All the world may be a stage, to quote Shakespeare’s enduring words, but it’s the task of the architect to shape the stage into its own palpable world.

Performance spaces, whether theatrical, cultural or athletic, have a storied history that reaches back millennia. Yet, these typologies continue to be revised and rewritten in exciting new ways, as these outstanding winning projects from the 10^th Annual A+Awards show. From concert halls and theaters to stadiums, discover seven of the most innovative contemporary venues deserving of a standing ovation.

Zhengzhou Grand Theater

By The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT, Zhengzhou, China

Popular Choice Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Hall / Theater

Zhengzhou Grand Theater by The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT Envisaged as a boat traversing China’s Yellow River, this remarkable performing arts venue resembles a vast ship anchored amid the urban sprawl of Zhengzhou. A series of dramatic metal sails define the exterior; however, the structure’s imposing scale is softened by its receptiveness to the surrounding landscape. Angular glass openings create a rapport between the building and the street outside. After nightfall, the sails illuminate and the interior glows, beckoning passers-by into its theatrical world.

Inside, the complex is home to four large theaters with unique architectural identities. The spaces have been carefully designed to accommodate their differing acoustic needs while ensuring there’s no noise interference between the venues. Undulating balconies, curving forms and dynamic solid surface patterns shape an immersive visual and audio experience.

Andermatt Concert Hall

By Studio Seilern Architects, Andermatt, Switzerland

Jury Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Hall / Theater

Andermatt Concert Hall by Studio Seilern Architects Originally an underground convention hall, this concrete structure has been transformed into a contemporary concert hall in the picturesque Swiss Alps. The ceiling of the subterranean space was raised to amplify the venue’s acoustics and increase its capacity. From the origami-inspired timber cladding to the inclined balconies and suspended sound reflectors, the interior topography has been carefully orchestrated to create an enveloping space where sound rises and falls around the audience like a wave.

The redesign rejects the conventional notion of the concert hall as an insular, enclosed space. The glazed upper volume protrudes up into the rural landscape, allowing light to pour down into the venue and creating a mercurial backdrop for concerts that shifts with the seasons. Externally, the structure takes on the appearance of an art installation at first glance, the acoustic reflectors floating ethereally amid the mountain peaks. The result is an intriguing invitation to find out more…

Hayward Field

By SRG Partnership, INC, Eugene, Oregon

Popular Choice Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Stadium & Arena

Hayward Field by SRG Partnership, INC The site of sporting venues since 1919, this state-of-the-art track and field stadium has a hallowed history. The newest iteration of this legacy was inspired by the energy of competing athletes. The asymmetric oval frame of the stadium dips and rises in height as though it’s in motion — a considered decision that increases the density of seats near the finishing line. Meanwhile, a canopy of wooden ribs covered in a translucent skin allows daylight to permeate the stands, shielding the heart of the stadium, the spectators, from the elements.

The athletes’ experiences are prioritized in the architectural fabric of the structure too. As well as a vast complex dedicated to training and recovery below the stands, every element of the stadium has been designed as a vehicle for practice, from the winding stairs at the entrance to the public concourses and ramps clad in track surfacing.

Montforthaus

By HASCHER JEHLE Architektur, Feldkirch, Austria

Jury Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Cultural & Expo Centers

Montforthaus by HASCHER JEHLE Architektur This experimental venue is situated in a medieval town in western Austria. It was designed as a fluid space, capable of hosting everything from conventions and balls, to theater, pop concerts and classical performances. While its architectural form is strikingly contemporary, the structure doesn’t stand in conflict with its historic surroundings. Instead, traditional regional materials have been reimagined in a modern lexicon, creating a continuity between old and new.

The complex comprises an array of multipurpose events spaces, each shapeshifting in their scale and functionality. The large concert hall features over 300 square meters of adjustable surfaces, including six movable acoustic sails across the ceiling for a customizable aural experience. Height limitations posed an initial challenge to the design, which meant rethinking the theatrical rigging system. Instead, the classic fly tower was reimagined as interchangeable segments, an especially innovative configuration.

Quzhou Stadium

By MAD Architects, Quzhou, China

Jury Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Stadium & Arena

Quzhou Stadium by MAD Architects Embedded within an urban park, this extraordinary sports complex in Quzhou was devised to blur into the rolling topography. Six hills, a lake and sunken gardens sit in harmony with the structure, which is nestled within a crater-like recess in the ground. The entrances to the stadium appear as apertures in the earth, oversized burrows of sorts. From a distance, the only tell-tale sign of the arena’s presence is the translucent halo of the roof, which seemingly floats above the landscape like a cloud.

Encircled by woodland, the park sits at a distance from the city, the organic terrain a counterpoint to the developed skyline. The project offers a rebuttal to the typology of the stadium as a display of power — one that often appears to dominate the landscape. Instead, the sporting spirit is sensitively imbued into a communal outdoor space, placing the training of elite athletes alongside the quotidian physical activities of city dwellers.

Intuit Dome

By Cloud Architects, Inglewood, California

Jury Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Unbuilt Sport & Recreation

Intuit Dome by Cloud Architects Combining sports with sustainability, the ground-breaking basketball stadium of the LA Clippers is striving to become the world’s first carbon-neutral arena. Harnessing Southern California’s sunny climate, the stadium, which is currently under construction, will be enveloped by a gridshell crowned with a solar array. The building will run entirely off electricity derived from the sun, while its solar battery storage system will have enough capacity to power a basketball game or concert. Coupled with natural ventilation and initiatives to eradicate landfill waste and improve local air quality, the arena will have an overwhelmingly positive impact on the region.

Embracing environmental responsibility hasn’t compromised the experience of fans either. The pioneering design will feature a bowl-style seating arrangement that ensures each seat has an unimpeded sightline, as well as integrated at-seat refreshment services. Meanwhile, the architects conceived the arena’s interior to optimize the Clippers’ home-court advantage — 51 rows of seats will flank one of the baskets, dubbed the ‘Wall of Sound’.

Winter Park Library & Events Center

By Adjaye Associates, Winter Park, Florida

Jury Winner, 10^th Annual A+Awards, Libraries

Winter Park Library & Events Center by Adjaye Associates This community development in Florida was designed as a cultural micro-village amongst the tropical terrain. Encompassing the northwest corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, the complex comprises three pavilions that house a two-story library, an events center and a welcome portico, as well as a number of outdoor socializing areas. The scheme’s radical design articulates its core principles of empowerment, education and unity with the natural world.

Just as the indoor buildings flow out seamlessly to the exterior meeting spaces, the divisions between the designated interior zones are porous. The library and events center feature flexible floor plans that promote the cross-pollination of ideas. Rather than a traditional, closed design, the tiered auditorium is open at the back to the rest of the events complex, encouraging engagement and participation. Here, the venue is not a singular confined space but a permeable zone of collaboration.

Architizer’s 11th Annual A+Awards is open for entries! With a Final Entry Deadline of January 27th, 2023, the clock is ticking — get started on your submission today.

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designed from the inside out, ‘keturah’ reserve in dubai immerses occupants into bio-living

By Zarkon Group,26/01/2023

introducing ‘Keturah’ bio-living Reserve in Dubai

Keturah Reserve is an innovative new luxury residential project in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, Dubai that immerses occupants in nature through the principles of bio-living. Designed by Taiwan-born, South Africa-raised architect Charlie Wu, the development is the first of its kind in the Middle East and consists of several townhouses, villas, apartment blocks, as well as public parks and activity zones surrounded by lush nature. The result is a reserve that combines interior design, architecture and landscape, while respecting the surrounding ecosystem and placing the emotional, physical and spiritual balance of the residents at the heart of the project. The AED 3 billion (US$ 817 million) project is scheduled for completion in Q2 2025.

the courtyard of the reserve | all images courtesy of Keturah Reserve

DESIGNED FROM THE INSIDE OUT

The Keturah Reserve (find more here) is designed from the inside out, utilizing the golden ratio to create harmony in space. Both the interiors and architecture are crafted from the same raw materials and colors to blend the architecture with the surrounding desert landscape subtly. Travertine, wood, and bronze connect the interior to the exterior. The understated color palette of bleached bone, champagne, and bronze brings the natural landscape inside the home. Lush nature is visible from all sides, including olive trees, palm trees, green walls, balcony plants, and roof gardens.

The residential units are designed with double-volume interiors that increase the flow and circulation of naturally cooled air. Open spaces without corridors and hallways optimize transit. Furniture and fixtures are individually designed and manufactured for each space. They fit perfectly into the interior, freeing the flow of movement and increasing the physical and mental well-being of residents. The homes are oriented to capture and optimize natural daylight, diffusing it gently into the interior without heat or glare. As daylight fades, architectural lighting optimizes the body’s circadian system, improving mood, well-being, and alertness, and enhancing sleep quality, while creating a subtle and healing atmosphere in the home.

the bridge connecting the different residential units

The Keturah Reserve is designed to create a thriving and harmonious community with common areas such as the park, outdoor pool, men’s and women’s gyms, and spas. The facilities are easily accessible on foot via cool, tree-shaded paths. Like the architecture, activities such as the Pilates studio, WaterBike pool, Silk Rope classes, rooftop meditation and yoga space are designed to develop and strengthen the body’s core from the inside out.

The Kids’ Zone is designed for mindful, educational play activities tailored to all ages, from babies to toddlers, preschoolers to school-age children, pre-teens to teens. Facilities include a nursery, educational daycare and summer camps, Montessori classes, a music and dance academy, a wading pool and outdoor play areas, a children’s spa, an organic living farm, a fitness room and an activity center.

exterior view of the townhouses

view of the courtyard

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Vo Trong Nghia Architects designs Urban Farming Office for own studio

By Zarkon Group,25/01/2023

Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed Urban Farming Office, its own head office in Ho Chi Minh City, creating a concrete-framed building covered in a “vertical farm” of vegetables, fruits and herbs.

Located on a corner site in the city’s Thu Duc district, the Urban Farming Office was designed to be emblematic of the plant-filled, low-energy architecture for which Vo Trong Nghia Architects is known.

Alongside the office, the practice has also constructed a version of its low-cost housing prototype, S House, designed to withstand typhoons and earthquakes and first unveiled in 2012.

“Under rapid urbanisation, cities in Vietnam have diverged far from their origins as sprawling tropical forests,” explained the practice. “The lack of green causes various social problems such as air pollution, floods and the heat island effect.”

“In this context, new generations in urban areas are losing their connection with nature, [and] increasing droughts, floods and salinisation jeopardise food supplies,” it continued.

The core of the office building is constructed using an exposed concrete frame, while the planters themselves are supported by a shelving-like external structure of thin steel, allowing them to be flexibly rearranged as plants grow or swapped out entirely.

Image of the facade at Urban Farming Office — The building is covered in a vertical farm

Completely covering the building’s glazed southern side, the wall of plants acts to filter sunlight and air, preventing overheating and creating a shaded microclimate for the office interiors.

Inside, workspaces are organised around a central atrium, and full-height sliding glass doors provide access onto balcony areas for moving or harvesting from the planters, with a rooftop garden providing further space for growing plants.

“Together with the roof garden and ground, the system provides up to 190 per cent of green ratio to the site area, which is equivalent to 1.1 tons of harvest,” explained the practice.

“[The vegetation] is irrigated with stored rainwater, while evaporation cools the air,” it continued.

Interior image of Urban Farming Office — The building is the architecture studio’s own office

The concrete structure has been left completely exposed internally, complemented by dark wood furniture and minimalist light fittings to provide a contrast to the bright green of the planted facade.

To allow the office areas to be as open as possible, the lift and stair core has been pushed to the northern corner of the building, where brick walls with small openings for ventilation have been left bare to allow for the possibility of future rear extensions.

Interior image of the concrete office — It has an exposed concrete interior

Architect Vo Trong Nghia founded his eponymous practice in 2006, and it has since become known for its explorations of low-energy architecture, often incorporating plants and bamboo into its designs.

Other projects recently completed by the studio include a bamboo welcome centre for a resort on the island of Phu Quoc, and a home in Bat Trang wrapped by a perforated brick wall and a series of elevated garden spaces.

The photography is by Hiroyuki Oki.

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Panama Perfection: IM-KM’s Casa Loro Wins “Best in Show” in 2022 LaCantina Competition

By Zarkon Group,24/01/2023

The 5th Annual Best of LaCantina competition saw its most inspiring range of entries to date, with a diverse range of stunning architectural designs submitted from the United States and beyond, each utilizing the unique qualities of LaCantina Doors‘ systems to blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors. Of the top projects submitted this year, a striking residence in Panama — Casa Loro — scooped the prestigious title of “Best in Show”. Its designers, the Panama and US-based firm IM-KM Architecture and Planning — led by Kristin and Ivan Morales — win a trip to next year’s AIA Conference, complete with travel and accommodation.

The project was approached with a deep sensitivity to local context. “The intent was to first restore, then relate to and engage with the site,” stated the architects. “The design needed to emerge from the restored forest to find wide open plains through, in, and around the main house. The concept of the main house at Casa Loro was to create a modern tree house made with contextual materials that enclose indoor and outdoor spaces equally.”

IM-KM paid special attention to material selection and spatial layout, seeking to create a home in which each space is uniquely designed to enhance the client’s sensory experience: “As we designed each of these spaces, we wanted them to have unique qualities of sound, materials, and light, that become integrated components that enhance the user’s experience and create specific memories of the place.

“This was achieved by hierarchically separating the spaces by a series of steps and platforms that are surrounded by gardens that attract biodiversity. As you circulate, each space becomes gradually more intimate until you reach the bedrooms and their private gardens. The ocean and fountain provide different acoustics depending on which space or garden you are in, and the shade from the various trees and palms create shadows that move around with the ocean breeze.”

The architects sought to create a hierarchical sequence of spaces that would offer inhabitants a sense of escape as they transition between each living space. IM-KM explained: “The pavilions of the main house are all balanced around the central pavilion which contains the vestibule and indoor and outdoor living rooms. From this central space, you transition from the modern world to somewhere else, where you can forget your day, and just be on holiday.”

Utilizing LaCantina’s sliding door systems, the façades of each pavilion are fully operable. When opened, the perimeter of the interior spaces become permeable and create a single larger room including the adjacent garden spaces and the ocean at the horizon. “When passing through the modern pavilion — from the vestibule into the outdoor living room — you are compressed and released into the vastness of the outdoor living room which looks out to the sea and the surrounding playful roof forms. It is meant to be an exciting, all-encompassing transition,” said the architects.

Casa Loro powerfully demonstrates how smart material and product selection can enable a seamless transition between interior spaces and the surrounding landscape. IM-KM’s adept use of LaCantina Doors systems helped create a serene home that is intimately connected to the unique natural environment of Panama, while producing an open-plan layout that is flooded with natural light. The house is proof that, when the right building products are employed and the details are well considered, a “Best in Show” outcome is possible.

To see every winner of the 5th Annual Best of LaCantina competition, click here, and learn more about LaCantina Doors here.

Photographs by Anita Calero, Fernando Alda, and Emily Kinskey.

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Rendering the Future City: Designing for Extended Reality (XR)

By Zarkon Group,23/01/2023

The winners of Architizer’s Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge have been revealed! Interested in next year’s program? Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

Architecture has always been a process of visualizing what could be. Over the last twenty years, as we experienced the growth of immersive technologies, new forms of visualization have followed suit. The result is a diverse array of ways to imagine architecture, as well as how we can rethink design. These technologies have created a way to extend the reality that we experience, either through a complete immersion or a blend of virtual and “real” worlds. As we look to the future, design teams are embracing these ideas to establish new ways to live, work and come together.

Today, many types of immersive reality technologies and formats inform what we share, how we visualize, and what we understand. From virtual and augmented reality to mixed and extended, the possibilities have grown exponentially. In the last decade alone, companies have been finding ways to iterate on immersive design to make rapid advances. The following is a guide and explanation of these changes, as well as some ideas on how they may impact how we design and visualize our future.

Virtual Reality (VR)

Virtual reality (VR) has had a real impact on architecture because it allows designers to parallel the movement of people in the real world. VR is a 3D, virtual environment where users are fully immersed in a simulated reality. Usually this involves haptic touch technology, as well as a dedicated headset. Depending on the specific format, it can involve more than images, but could also include sounds or respond to user movement. Individuals can usually experience a 360-degree view of an artificial world, and at times, tune in to other senses they would experience in real life.

While the gaming and entertainment industry were early adopters of VR, it has been used across project types in architecture. The Suspension House was created by Kilograph to work with the natural environment around it, rather than fighting against it. To illustrate this relationship, their Virtual Reality experience portrays the house in nature’s many states. The user is taken on a trip through different key locations as the weather time of day changes. They created hand-sketched storyboards and a cinematic trailer rendered in real-time in Unreal Engine.

Augmented Reality (AR)

Unlike VR, Augmented Reality (AR) is closer to something realistic. It simulates fabricated or virtual objects in a real environment. Instead of creating a wholly immersive, new reality, it overlays images, animations, or designs onto what you’re seeing. In turn, individuals typically utilize a device like their phone or tablet to overlay these projections in real life. AR has become widely popular, especially by integrating senses like sound. Think Pokémon Go or Instagram filters, these each add a “layer” to what we are experiencing and seeing right before us. And this can be designed.

Both VR and AR can help accelerate the process of architectural visualization. Instead of taking weeks or months to create physical prototypes and models, people can more quickly create an environment or design that they want others to understand and experience. Today, firms are exploring ways they can use AR to solve design problems and make an impact on construction sites.

Mixed Reality (MR)

Mixed Reality (MR) integrates both VR and AR. It blends real and virtual worlds to create complex environments where physical and digital elements interact in real time. Here, both kinds of elements and objects are interacting with one another, and it usually requires more processing power than VR or AR. Mixed reality is gaining traction alongside wearable technology to create immersive environments in a whole new way.

A great example of MR technology is SketchUp Viewer, an app for Microsoft HoloLens, developed by SketchUp developer Trimble. With this app, architects have the means to fully immerse themselves and experience their ideas in 1:1 holographic scale models, jump-starting decision-making from inception all the way through to implementation. ‘Immersion Mode’ is the feature that gives users the abilities to inhabit their holographic models and move freely through them at any development stage.

Extended Reality (XR)

Extended reality, or XR, is widely understood to be an umbrella term for immersive technologies and design. It includes not only augmented, virtual and mixed realities, but also the integration of advancements like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). The result becomes environments that can realistically match what we are able to access in the real world. While a relatively new term, extended reality will transform the development of our cities.

Rendering of Liberland by Zaha Hadid Architects

One example that relies heavily on extended reality is the metaverse. Aiming to be multisensory, the conceptual idea of the metaverse is that it integrates sensory cues of extended reality like auditory, olfactory, haptic, and environmental. Extended reality and the metaverse utilizes OpenXR and WebXR standards. It includes motor control, perception, vision systems, head-eye systems and auditory processing.

All of these technologies are rapidly growing and being applied across entertainment, marketing, real estate, remote working, gaming and leisure, as well as architecture and design. XR can be a valuable tool in education, engaging students who face cognitive challenges or those who respond better to different learning platforms. With XR, brands can also reach new customers as they engage with products and services. As we imagine what the future holds, extended reality will not only shape how we live, but how we design and come together.

The winners of Architizer’s Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge have been revealed! Interested in next year’s program? Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy

By Zarkon Group,22/01/2023

Virtuoso chefs and leaders of culture, the Italians have long been revered for their passion and creative excellence that extends to their built environment. As a relatively recently unified nation, there is a myriad of architecture — both historical and contemporary — waiting to be explored and differing largely from region to region. Whether touring the ancient aqueducts and temples in Rome, marveling over the Renaissance feats in Florence, or discovering the Byzantine and Islamic influence in Sicily, the country certainly requires multiple visits just to scratch the surface of architectural riches. And for the admirers of pious architecture, Italy has its fair share of basilicas and churches that date back to the reign of Constantine the Great.

In the contemporary context, the Italian built environment took on a new identity after the fall of Fascism. Eager to break from Fascist architecture, the nation’s architects began to redefine modernist architecture void of Rationalism. Whether it be a winery built inside a Sasso (home dug inside a rock formation), a total revitalization of a napolitan subway station, or a monolithic church nestled in the Calabrian mountains, marveling over Italian’s contemporary landscape is almost as easy as it is savoring its delicious cuisine. Just like Brunelleschi, the Italian architects of today uphold the title of capomaestri (master builders) and continue to erect a noteworthy built environment that influences global architectural trends.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Italy based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking in order of priority:

The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2023)
The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2023)
The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2023)
The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2023)
The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2023)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Italy architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Italy:

30. Pedevilla Architects

Pedevilla Architects was founded in 2005 by brothers Alexander and Armin Pedevilla. Among the main tasks of the office are challenging architectural projects in private and public spheres as well as creative interior designs and innovative design concepts. The objective of the layout is always to implement the desires and needs of the people and to incorporate these with a clear architectural stylistic vocabulary.

Some of Pedevilla Architects’s most prominent projects include:

House at Mill Creek, Sand in Taufers, Italy
Alpine Residence & Chalet La Pedevilla, Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, Italy
Elementary School Rodeneck, Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, Italy
Fire Station Vierschach, Innichen, Italy
Fire Station Sand in Taufers, Sand in Taufers, Italy

The following statistics helped Pedevilla Architects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	6

29. deamicisarchitetti

deamicisarchitetti is an Italian firm practicing architecture, urbanism and design. From the year 2005 — when deamicisarchitetti was founded — our design approach has centred on making good use of our typically Italian ability to interpret, cross-pollinate and blend together ideas and lexicons from a variety of places, times and cultural contexts. Our aim is to realize projects that preserve a sense of time while providing new and original results in terms of performance and meaning: a synthesis of memory and the contemporary.

Fueled by curiosity, research and the constant study of the world around us, we pay particular attention to connections and to the value of the space between “things”, always aiming to increase the usability, diversity and the beauty of places, be they transport nodes or destinations.

Some of deamicisarchitetti’s most prominent projects include:

Suburbian Villa, Pavia, Italy
Digital Entity workspace, Milan, Italy
Alpine foothills house, Borgiallo, Italy
Borgo Merlassino, Novi Ligure, Italy
House on the roof, Milan, Italy

The following statistics helped deamicisarchitetti achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	7

28. EXiT architetti associati

EXiT architetti associati is an architecture studio based in Treviso. It focuses on architectural and urban design as well as interior and landscape design and draws upon the collective professional experiences of its founders in Italy, Spain and Portugal. In 2009 and 2011 EXIT was nominated one of the best emerging architecture firms in Italy by Giarch. In 2010 projects realized by the studio were displayed in the Italian Pavillion at the Shanghai EXPO 2010. The projects were on display in the “Ventisettetrentasette” exhibition dedicated to emerging Italian architecture.

Some of EXiT architetti associati’s most prominent projects include:

Z House, Mogliano Veneto, Italy
Renovation of an alpine barn, Selva di Cadore, Italy
Alpine barn DZ, Selva di Cadore, Italy
D House, Treviso, Italy
FVL – Reclaimed natural wood, Lozzo di Cadore, Italy

The following statistics helped EXiT architetti associati achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	17

27. AMDL Circle | Michele De Lucchi

The philosophy adopted by Michele De Lucchi’s office seeks to maintain a steady interaction between architectural thinking, industrial design and global communication. This transverse approach is backed by Michele De Lucchi’s own international experience acquired in more than forty years’ work. Founded in the early 1980s, the office has kept its original multicultural and multidisciplinary origins.

Producing architecture and design for Italian and foreign institutes, public and private organisations, businesses and individuals, it carries out in-depth surveys of matters relating to contemporary society, especially the role of industry and crafts, technology and nature. Formed by architects and designers from all over the world, the office shows a predilection for teamwork.

Some of AMDL Circle | Michele De Lucchi’s most prominent projects include:

EARTH STATIONS MANY HANDS
ST. JAKOB’S CHAPEL, Bernbeuren, Germany
“La Pista di Milano” Racetrack, Arese, Italy
Residenze Litta, Corso Magenta, Milano, Italy
PAVILION ZERO, EXPO MILANO 2015, Milan, Italy

The following statistics helped AMDL Circle | Michele De Lucchi achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	13

26. MASK Architects

MASK Architects is a young international architecture and design firm established in Sardinia, Italy and Istanbul, Turkey by Turkish Architect and Architectural Designer Öznur Pınar Çer & Italian Luxury Industrial Designer Danilo Petta in the fields of priority public and cultural projects, workspaces, mixed-use, luxury industrial design, medical design equipment, and health, education, living space, yacht and watch design as well as production and master planning sectors across the world. Our design vision is to combine Science, Architecture, and Technology in the Parametric and Kinetic design field.

We have been improving ourselves in the design are Parametric Design, Robotic Fabrication and Construction, Mathematics, Art, Interactivity Design, Interactive and Kinetic Art Installations, Sustainability, Climate Changes, Interactive Movements, Human Physiology, Public Design Elements, Pavilion Structures and Engineered Technologies in Advanced Technology. Our design philosophy is based on creating a ‘Magnetic Design Field Curve’ in the design, where they believe users as a “Magnetic Force” in the space getting attracted to something equally magnetic within the space.

Some of MASK Architects’s most prominent projects include:

“The artificial breathing palm modular structure system”, ” Oasys + System”, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Seoul Art and Photographic Museum, Seoul, South Korea
“Villa G01” New Generation Luxury Villa, Porto Rotondo, Italy
The Flower Clouds I Zhengzhou Metro Line-7 Stations, China
Leaf and Bean Coffee Co Pavilion, Heinrich-Kraft-Park, Frankfurt am Main Ost, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The following statistics helped MASK Architects achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	14

25. OFL Architecture

OFL Architecture is an office founded in 2009 by Francesco Lipari and Vanessa Todaro, that operates between Rome and Sicily. OFL Architecture is an interdisciplinary architectural practice focused on emergent design processes through a design methodology that integrates architecture with other disciplines, redefining the relationship of the significant modern city and its current urban conditions.

Some of OFL Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

St Horto, 159, Via di Pietralata, Rome, Italy
Wunderbugs, Rome, Italy
Zighizaghi, Favara, Italy
Nuovo Palazzo della Provincia di Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
New Columbarium, Campofranco, Italy

The following statistics helped OFL Architecture achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	2
Featured Projects	3
Total Projects	20

24. CN10 Architetti

CN10 architects was founded in 2004 by Gianluca Gelmini. The study deals with architectural planning and recovery of historical heritage at different scales of intervention. Over the years the firm has participated in national and international competitions winning prizes and awards.

Any action inevitably causes changes, every new building as well as any recovery intervention involves a transformation more or less radical of the territory. Only by being aware of these conditions do architecture, it is possible to act with the utmost respect for a given environment. It is an attitude supported by a certain autonomy from the possible constraints imposed by the location and history, a position that asserts the secularity of architectural design.

Some of CN10 Architetti’s most prominent projects include:

Parish Center, Carvico, Italy
CN10 studio, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Torre del Borgo, Villa d’Adda, Italy
Former Monastery of San Giuliano, Bonate Sotto, Italy
Cemetery pavilion, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

The following statistics helped CN10 Architetti achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	7

23. arcari cimini architettura

arcari cimini architettura is an international and flexible team of several independent architects and architectural firms, based in different countries. They collaborate flexibly, tailoring the team to the needs of each project arcari cimini architettura is a brand with which to communicate the team’s work.

Some of arcari cimini architettura’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped arcari cimini architettura achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	8

22. duearchitetti

duearchitetti is an architectural practice based in Varese, Italy. We take a humanistic approach to our design. The focus is first on the PERSON and his needs, then on the PLACE in which the building fits and the environment where we are going to operate. The knowledge of the place is further deepened by the research of its HISTORY.

PERSON, PLACE, HISTORY are thus spheres that intersect with each other and give us a first reading of the project. It is then the sensitivity of the designer who has to manage them by intervening in the emotional sphere and the dynamics of relationships between the parts. Man within the space, his movements, his pleasures. Our goal is to meet the needs of the client by preparing and sharing with him the different proposals, taking care to realize in the best way what has been designed.

Some of duearchitetti’s most prominent projects include:

La casa di Andrea, Varese, Italy
La casa di Simona e Carlo, Varese, Italy
La cappella. Arialdo, Varese, Italy
La casa di Chiara e Stefano , Varese, Italy
casa A.G., Varese, Italy

The following statistics helped duearchitetti achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	9

21. Cino Zucchi Architetti

The studio Cino Zucchi Architetti is constantly searching spatial solutions for contemporary life in the delicate and rapidly changing context of the European landscape.Its goal is to conjugate innovation and research with a professional completeness able to respond to complex programs at any scale, employing when needed a well-established net of specialized consultants (structures, plants, traffic, economy, landscape, graphics, light design).

Some of Cino Zucchi Architetti’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Cino Zucchi Architetti achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	7

20. 3ndy Studio

Our activity is not only a work, but a real passion. Our purpose is to live the architecture as a mission, but also as an entertainment. According to our philosophy every project, whatever its size was, is imaged first of all as a work of art. What is architecture Vitruvio said that architecture “nascitur ex fabrica et ratiocinatione” (“is born out of the material structure and reason”). Moreover it must not be overlooked the ethical dimension that gives architecture proper life and a sense.

3ndy Studio designs a conscious architecture to everyone, in order to convey a positive and democratic message. Our projects are based on some fixed and essential points: the respect for the environment, for the society and for the future generations. Our buildings belong to high energetic classes and moreover they are powered by renewable energy, such as solar or geothermal energy. They are comfortable and at the same time they have a strong aesthetic and architectonic spirit. Those buildings give a new identity to urban spaces that have lost their value due to the speculation.

Some of 3ndy Studio’s most prominent projects include:

FAEDA, Montorso Vicentino, Italy
“ARZERGRANDE RENOVATION” – CASONE AZZURRO AND NEW PAVILION , Arzergrande, Italy
PALAZZO DI VIGONOVO “CAMPIELLO”, Vigonovo, Italy
STEEL HOUSE, Fossò, Italy
RED STONE HOUSE, Campolongo Maggiore, Italy

The following statistics helped 3ndy Studio achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	15

19. ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) is an international and cross-disciplinary firm headquartered in Milan, Italy, founded by architects Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, in 2000. With some activities dating back to the Seventies, the firm is currently involved in several international projects, embracing different scales of intervention — from master planning to mixed-use developments, to residential and commercial buildings, corporate headquarters and hotels — in collaboration with a qualified network of specialist consultants.

The firm can rely on a staff of more than 130 people, coordinated by eight partners. Recent projects include luxury hotels in Europe, China and the Middle East, NOVE — an office building in Munich (Germany) – a residential condominium in Miami (US), Nexxt–Fastweb’s new HQ in Milan, and La Bella Vita high-rise in Taichung (Taiwan).

Some of ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel’s most prominent projects include:

Technogym Village, Cesena, Italy
Salaino 10, Milan, Italy
EXPO 2015, Milan, Italy
La Bella Vita, Taichung City, Taiwan
Enel Headquarters, Rome, Italy

The following statistics helped ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	5
Total Projects	13

18. Perathoner Architects

The top priority of this firm of architects is the creation of high-quality architecture that combines modern construction technology and timeless elegance. For us, good architecture implies the harmonious integration of individually designed buildings into a given context. A condition for this is that a building respects the characteristics of the particular location and is thus able to communicate with it.

This is, on the one hand, achieved by a restricted design vocabulary as well as the intelligent combination of selected materials on the other. The decisions taken must however always be questioned, reassessed and, if necessary, modified during the entire development process of a building in order to achieve optimal results in all aspects. RP Architects.

Some of Perathoner Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Perathoner Architects achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	1
A+Awards Finalist	2
Featured Projects	4
Total Projects	7

17. Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti

The collaboration between the architects Elisa Burnazzi and Davide Feltrin was born in 2001, on the occasion of their honorary degree examination in Architecture at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice (I.U.A.V.), with the dissertation “INTEGRATING MARGINS. A City Park and a Purification Plant in Mantova,” supervised by Professor Architect Giuseppe Gambirasio.

Architects Burnazzi and Feltrin usually work in the design and planning field applied to a wide range, from the single object up to landscape, and to several sectors, such as the residential, the museum, the commercial, the tertiary. Since 2004, they have both been Expert Designers Casa Clima, certified by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano; they constantly apply to their projects the high energy saving and environment sustainable criteria. Their planning design produces architectural projects able to connect and interact utility and emotion, spatiality and sociality.

Some of Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti’s most prominent projects include:

GI multi-family housing, Ischia, Italy
MP apartment, Valcanover, Italy
PF single family house, Valsugana, Italy
Multi-aged community centre, Poggio Picenze, Italy
CS apartment, Trento, Italy

The following statistics helped Burnazzi Feltrin Architetti achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	6
Total Projects	16

16. studio raro

Based in Trento, Studio Raro was established in 2004 by Roberta Di Filippo and Roberto Salvischiani and deals with architecture and visual communication, winning and acknowledgements in both fields. The invaluable experience acquired over the years through the on-site direction of numerous construction projects, stable collaborations with professional figures in various fields, attendance of update courses on sustainability and communication and of course the simple passion and attention to detail, has allowed the Studio to tackle, in a complete, competent and professional way, a wide range of small to large-scale projects.

Some of studio raro’s most prominent projects include:

Casa MF, Trento, Italy
Agritur “La Dolce Mela”, casa dell’agricoltore, Ciago, Italy
Agritourism , Vezzano, Italy
Casa RR, Trento, Italy
Agritur “La Dolce Mela”, ampliamento, Ciago, Italy

The following statistics helped studio raro achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	13

15. Plasma Studio

The term Plasma comes from Classic Greek and means modeling, form, fabric, imagination, fiction. In Physics the Plasma State- or fourth state of matter- describes a unique condition of matter arising at a complex overlay of external forces. Plasma, a charged field of particles, conducts energy.

Folding space into space, Plasma draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforeseen relationships that challenge conventional topographies and spatial codes. While the angular and complex qualities of their forms might superficially affiliate
them with ‘computer-generated’ architecture, decision-making is never relinquished to the computer.

Some of Plasma Studio’s most prominent projects include:

Appropriate_Bistro Bergsteiger, Sexten, Italy
Dolomitenblick, Sesto, Italy
Creativity Pavilion_Xi’an Expo’, Ba He Dong Lu, Baqiao Qu, Xian Shi, China
Strata Hotel
Cube Haus, Sexten, Italy

The following statistics helped Plasma Studio achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	2
Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	51

14. GEZA Architettura

Established in 1999 by Stefano Gri and Piero Zucchi, GEZA Architettura is a multi-disciplinary architecture studio that focuses on the perfect balance between Ideas, Beauty and Functionality.

Some of GEZA Architettura’s most prominent projects include:

Furla Headquarters & Production Complex, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
PRATIC 2.0, Fagagna, Italy
FP Private house, Codroipo, Italy
FABER Headquarters, Cividale di Friuli, Italy
PRATIC Headquarters and Production Complex, Fagagna, Italy

The following statistics helped GEZA Architettura achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	2
Featured Projects	6
Total Projects	25

13. Archiplan Studio

Archiplanstudio has been carrying out research activities related to architectural design for years, investigating relationships with the context. The studio’s architecture is translated into gestures and punctual interventions, which search in their own construction, the reasons of belonging to places, appropriateness and spirituality.

Some of Archiplan Studio’s most prominent projects include:

Appartamento AL, Mantua, Italy
Private Residence, Sarginesco, Sarginesco, Italy
Pozzolo, Italy
Ristorante Lacucina – Mantova, Mantua, Italy
Percoreso Paesaggistico Culturale, Virgilio, Italy

The following statistics helped Archiplan Studio achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	12

12. Messner Architects

The collective is founded in 2013 by David and Verena Messner, brother and sister. The studio is located at 1,200 m.a.s.l. near Bozen / Bolzano in Northern Italy inside their father’s workshop. The practice is working on a contemporary approach in many scales, ranging from housing and functional buildings to furniture-design up to landscape projects. The primary aim of developing user- and site-specic concepts is to think and build high quality architecture. A largely regional context defines the studio’s field of action characterizing the architects’ view on the delicate relationship of built and grown. The critical look at something given and the use of transdisciplinary strategies lead to a creative dialogue between architecture, landscape, art and design.

Some of Messner Architects’s most prominent projects include:

WORKSHOP RENOVATION, Collalbo, Italy
BELLA VISTA I _Dolomites UNESCO Viewpoint Monte Specie, Dobbiaco, Italy
GROCERY STORE, Collalbo, Italy
JURI 2.1 – Stage design, Renon, Italy
CASA PLONER, Collalbo, Italy

The following statistics helped Messner Architects achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	19

11. Didonè Comacchio Architects

Didon Comacchio Architects is a Rosà-based design firm that operates in different scales with a disposition toward material and sensory experimentation. Context, emotion and origin are heavily explored in the firm’s work.

Some of Didonè Comacchio Architects’s most prominent projects include:

house PB, Rosà, Italy
Interior DM, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
interior SS, Nove, Italy
Interior DR, Rosà, Italy
Depandance DCA, Rosà, Italy

The following statistics helped Didonè Comacchio Architects achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	33

10. Caprioglio Architects

The Caprioglio Associates Architecture Firm was founded in 1999 as natural prosecution, progress and unification of the offices of Veneto and Friuli. Giovanni Caprioglio and son Filippo Caprioglio have created a practice that extends not only on the national territory, but also internationally and industrially. The values that the study promotes are those of the advanced culture of the project, above all for its attention to the real requirements of the client and of the historical and physical atmosphere in which it becomes part.

Some of Caprioglio Architects’s most prominent projects include:

Home P+E+3, Veneto, Italy
Private house in the foothills, Treviso, Italy
Casin di Palazzo Lezze, Venice, Italy
Nic Playroom Apartment, Mogliano Veneto, Italy
Home F+T+3, Mogliano Veneto, Italy

The following statistics helped Caprioglio Architects achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	8
Total Projects	16

9. Matteo Thun & Partners

Matteo Thun & Partners is an architecture and design studio, headed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez with headquarters in Milan, Italy and a subsidiary in Munich, Germany. The studio’s designs are inspired by timeless simplicity and centered on the human scale.

Founded in 1984, the company is operating internationally in the hospitality, healthcare, residential, offices and retail sectors and product design. Encompassing a team of 70 interdisciplinary architects, interior, product and graphic designers, Matteo Thun & Partners works from micro to macro scales with a focus on the management of highly complex projects. The work prioritizes aesthetic durability, technological longevity, and the future lifespan of buildings and products.

Some of Matteo Thun & Partners’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Matteo Thun & Partners achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	1
Featured Projects	7
Total Projects	31

8. bergmeisterwolf architekten

“We consider architecture as a developing process, a challenge of the task, a never-ending thinking process. Problems are seen as an opportunity whose aim is to go far beyond the originally assigned and to let new possibilities evolve”. Projects are seen as a positive tension between builders and architects allowing an informal access to space, material and colors. Our architecture is often experienced as simple.

Simplicity — at its first encounter — mostly gives the deep-rooted impression of having always existed: being part of the world, working with its forces not against them. It is the goal of our architecture to find these synergies. Gerd Bergmeister was born in Brixen, Italy, in 1969.

Some of bergmeisterwolf architekten’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped bergmeisterwolf architekten achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	9
Total Projects	17

7. Mario Cucinella Architects

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Founded in 1992 MC A – Mario Cucinella Architects is based in Bologna and Milan and specializes in architectural design that integrates environmental and energy strategies.
The studio has carried out projects in Europe, China, North and Central Africa, the Middle East and South America. MC D – Mario Cucinella Design — specializes in the theme of recycling and the circular economy, launching in 2018.

Some of Mario Cucinella Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The following statistics helped Mario Cucinella Architects achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	1
A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	8
Total Projects	16

6. Carlo Ratti Associati

CRA is an Architecture and Design Firm with a special focus on the synergies between sustainability and digital technologies. With offices based in Turin and New York, the firm engages in small and large-scale interventions ranging from furniture to urban planning.

Some of Carlo Ratti Associati’s most prominent projects include:

CURA, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
The Circular Garden, Milan, Italy
A Garden With Four Seasons, Milan, Italy
VITAE, Milan, Italy
The Greenary , Parma, Italy

The following statistics helped Carlo Ratti Associati achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	2
A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	6
Total Projects	11

5. Roland Baldi Architects

The architectural studio Roland Baldi is active in architecture and urban planning, but also covers the fields of interior and landscape architecture as well as design. The projects — for the most part following successfully entered competitions — span over a large variety of different architecture manifestations including industrial and commercial buildings, residential buildings, urban planning, infrastructure, buildings for educational purposes and a variety of other studies up to furniture design. They have been built for private and business contractors in industrial areas, historical city centres, residential areas or even in the high mountains.

Some of the most important projects of the office have been the “Masterplan Zone Rosenbach” (former Mignone barracks) in Bolzano, the industrial park Syncom in Bressanone, the University in Brunico, the district heating plant in Chiusa, the mountain railway “Merano 2000” and the TechnoAlpin headquarter in Bolzano.

Some of Roland Baldi Architects’s most prominent projects include:

The new lunch room of “Ex-GIL”, Bolzano, Italy
House Lemayr, Bolzano, Italy
Cultural Center Rosenbach, Bolzano, Italy
Angela Nikoletti Square, Bolzano, Italy
Fire Station Fleres, Pflersch, Bozen, Italy

The following statistics helped Roland Baldi Architects achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	10
Total Projects	22

4. MIDE architetti

MIDE Architects is an architectural firm that specializes in different areas: urban, architectural, and interior design, with particular interest in the simplicity of lines and volumes, extreme attention to detail, and finishes and choice of materials that characterize the design approach. The suggestions that inspire architectural production arise from the analysis of the functional needs of the client and the emotional reading of the place; the project is given the role of response to the vocation of the site of action, where the typical features are reinterpreted and translated into new architectural solutions. The firm’s work is distinguished by a particular attention to issues of environmental sustainability and energy consumption, thanks to many qualified specialists.

Some of MIDE architetti’s most prominent projects include:

Temporary School Gymnasium, Massa Finalese, Italy
028_HOUSE, Abano Terme, Italy
037_Country House Renovation, Lucca, Italy
081_AGOSTINI SHOES manufacturing plant, Province of Padua, Veneto, Italy
015_Detached house on the Riviera Del Brenta, Fiesso, Italy

The following statistics helped MIDE architetti achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	10
Total Projects	16

3. monovolume architecture + design

monovolume architecture + design is a South Tyrolean architecture and design firm. The two founders Patrik Pedó and Jury Pobitzer met during their studies at the university of Innsbruck and in 2003 founded monovolume architecture + design, which today realizes both refurbishments as well as new constructions. Its portfolio includes conceptual studies, architectural and design projects, constructions´ planning and supervision, project management, visualization 3D and virtual reality as well as urban planning and masterplans.

In addition to architectural projects, exhibition and product design are the core fields of the office’s activity. At the heart of monovolume architecture + design is a young, interdisciplinary and international team of fifteen creatives: architects, industrial designers, 3D artists and graphic designers.

Some of monovolume architecture + design’s most prominent projects include:

Dr. Schär, Italy
House M Meran, Meran, Italy
House M2, Bolzano, Italy
Rotho Blaas srl, 2, Etschstraße, Neumarkt, Italy
Hans Klotz, Bolzano, Italy

The following statistics helped monovolume architecture + design achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

Featured Projects	12
Total Projects	26

2. Peter Pichler Architecture

Peter Pichler Architecture is an award-winning laboratory for architecture based in Milan. We are a young, dynamic and experimental team dedicated to developing an innovative and contemporary approach to architecture. Understanding tradition is the key to radical evolution. Hence, we incorporate close familiarity with local culture and respect for the natural environment into every single project. This credo builds our studio’s foundations and reflects the way we work.

Some of Peter Pichler Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

Kastelaz Hof, Tramin an der Weinstraße, Italy
Hotel Milla Montis, Maranza, Italy
Mirror Houses, Bolzano, Italy
Oberholz Mountain Hut, Obereggen, Italy
Hotel Schgaguler, Kastelruth, Italy

The following statistics helped Peter Pichler Architecture achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	1
A+Awards Finalist	1
Featured Projects	15
Total Projects	15

1. noa* network of architecture

noa* is an architecture and design studio established by Lukas Rungger and Stefan Rier and based in Bolzano (Italy) and Berlin (Germany). Lukas and Stefan met while working as project architects with the renowned architect and designer Matteo Thun in Milan, being responsible for a series of challenging projects in the field of tourism, modern living and contemporary workplaces.

Before joining forces to found noa* back home in Bozen/Bolzano in 2010, both Lukas and Stefan improved their skills and fine-tuned their work-ethos during a decade of work experiences both locally and abroad. They gained particularly diverse cultural and social influences from living and working in New York, London, Berlin, Milan, Ferrara and Graz…which until present remains the crucial influence and input on their recent designs.

Some of noa* network of architecture’s most prominent projects include:

Biwak
Zallinger, 36, Via Saltria, Alpe Di Siusi, Italy
Mohrlife: The theatrical spa, Lermoos, Austria
Ötzi Peak 3251m: Reaching the peak, South Tyrol, Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy
Hubertus, Mitterolang, Italy
Apfelhotel Torgglerhof: In full bloom, Saltusio, Italy

The following statistics helped noa* network of architecture achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Italy:

A+Awards Winner	1
A+Awards Finalist	3
Featured Projects	25
Total Projects	38

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unite d’habitation shot by paul clemence in tribute to le corbusier

By Zarkon Group,21/01/2023

unite d’habitation through the lens of paul clemence

Photographer Paul Clemence journeys to Marseille to discover Le Corbusier‘s Unite d’Habitation, one of the most recognizable works of modernism. Following his stay at the Hôtel le Corbusier, which occupies the third floor of the iconic building, the Brooklyn-based photographer offers new a glimpse inside the vertical city. The 1952-built project was first erected in response to the baby boom and subsequent housing crisis of post-war France, and takes shape as a monumental, seventeen-story block raised atop an array of heroic pilotis.

discover the concrete city in the sky

Unite d’Habitation exemplifies Le Corbusier’s call for a new modern architecture, and is brought to life with modernist innovations a range of scales. An early example of the brise-soleil shows thoughtful, environmentally-responsive detailing, which integrates a system of sun shading directly into the facade. Meanwhile, a modular logic ensures that each narrow unit spans two levels and receives sunlight and ventilation from either end — this concept of a simple component to be aggregated is typical of Le Corbusier’s new school of thought.

On the whole, the project is designed to function as a city, a ‘machine for living in,’ and integrates all necessary amenities for its occupants to live. When first conceived, Unite d’Habitation was tightly fit with 330 units for 1,600 people, a post office, a two-level shopping center, library, restaurant, hotel for visitors, clinic, and a rooftop gymnasium and track. Even a school was located on the eleven-acre grounds.

le corbusier’s mediterranean masterpiece

The design of Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation takes vernacular cues from the Mediterranean context — the French architect was largely influenced by his early travels throughout Greece and Rome, and drew from its built landscape of ubiquitous white walls and roof gardens. More than historical styles, he applied the spatial ideas of the urban armature to his work. Thus, the project harmonizes the individual dwelling with the ‘urban plan.’

the monumental block rises seventeen stories, its modular logic expressed along its patterned facade

the building is elevated atop an array of heroic pilotis

Ora Ito’s MAMO (Marseille Modulor) art space occupies the rooftop (see designboom’s coverage here)

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Interior of Jurkovic Heating Plant transformation by DF Creative Group

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DF Creative Group transforms former heating plant into cultural centre

By Zarkon Group,20/01/2023

Slovakian architecture studio DF Creative Group has converted a former heating plant in Bratislava into a cultural centre, complementing its industrial structure with a series of contemporary additions.

The heritage-listed Jurkovič Heating plant, originally designed in the 1940s by Dušan Jurkovič, was formerly part of the Apollo Refinery.

While the rest of the refinery was demolished, the former heating plant now sits at the centre of the Sky Park Masterplan by Zaha Hadid Architects, which completed its first phase in 2020.

Following an invited competition, DF Creative Group, led by architect Martin Paško, was awarded the project to convert the plant into a space that would combine co-working offices with public exhibition, events and hospitality areas.

Looking to celebrate the original industrial structure of the plant, DF Creative Group approached its retrofit as the creation of distinct contemporary structures within its original, historic shell, organised around the full-height turbine hall at its centre.

Between the vast, exposed concrete volumes of the former hopper heaters, steel-link bridges and glass walls create new routes and lines of sight through the building.

Exterior of Jurkovic Heating Plant transformation by DF Creative Group — The historic exterior was maintained

“The architectural solution uses the void interior space in the boiler room and the turbine hall for the construction of new independent structures, while creating new areas and floors consistently offset from the original building,” explained the practice.

“This concept makes it possible to separate and distinguish historical constructions from new ones, while simultaneously embracing and respecting history and harmony,” it continued.

The ground floor of the building has been reimagined as a “living square”, focused around a skylit atrium that extends the entire height and length of the building.

A restaurant, cafe, contemporary art gallery and multi-functional hall are all organised around the ground floor atrium, in between the existing columns of the original structure.

Above, five floors of co-working spaces occupy a newly-created glass envelope that overlooks the central void, with black steel-link bridges connecting spaces between the large concrete hoppers.

The office interiors have been finished with minimalist, contemporary detailing to create a contrast with the historic backdrop of the plant, with lighting fitted directly to existing trusses or walls and complemented by simple furniture and planting.

“The intervention highlights many historical construction details, including the structure’s original rugged columns and three cominant hoppers,” explained the practice.

“The reconstruction created an original representative space with materials in their original ‘roughness’ and colour,” it continued.

At the top of the building, a roof terrace provides visitors with views out over the newly developed Sky Park, where three new apartment towers by Zaha Hadid Architects sit within a green landscape.

“The new design is a symbol of the former plant, a symbol of Sky Park, and a symbol of the capital, Bratislava, itself,” said the practice.

Exterior of Jurkovic Heating Plant transformation in the Sky Park Masterplan — The project is located within Zaha Hadid Architects Sky Park Masterplan

The project is one of several recent schemes across the world transforming former power plants into new cultural spaces that celebrate their industrial heritage.

In China, ARCity Office adapted the concrete frame of a power plant into a new, glazed community hub, while in the UK, London’s iconic Battersea Power Station recently re-opened following its transformation into shops, offices and apartments.

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One Drawing Challenge Winner Explores Enduring Truths at the Heart of a Classic Book Beloved by Architects Worldwide

By Zarkon Group,19/01/2023

The winners of Architizer’s Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge have been revealed! Interested in next year’s program? Subscribe to our newsletter for updates.

Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities is officially more than 50 years old; yet, its enduring appeal is attested to by the special place reserved on most architect’s bookshelves for the Italian fables. For young architecture students and experienced practitioners alike, the book remains a source of inspiration and a constant reminder of the infinite possible experiences inherent to any place. This year’s One Drawing Challenge Non-Student Winner, Thomas Schaller, is one of those architects.

While at first glance, the city in his painting appears to be reflecting on a body of water, longer gazing reveals that the buildings grow both up and down. As the fine artist explains, “This drawing tells the story of Octavia, a city suspended above the Earth by a spider’s web of cables and wires. Interpretations are limitless, but in my interpretation, the inhabitants of Octavia depict the central truth about humanity – connections are profound – but tenuous, just as is our grasp on life itself.” The razor’s edge distinction between precarity and strength is at the core of the urban experience.

Expertly oscillating between the precision of fine lines, seen in details like the bridge and cables, and the more atmospheric and reflective qualities of diffused pigments, the image is mind-bending: not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of technique. Schaller’s use of his medium, therefore, amplifies the thematic subject matter at the heart of the image.

To learn more about his conceptual and creative processes, Architizer’s Architecture Editor, Hannah Feniak, was delighted to chat with Thomas, who delved into topics such as the relationship between architecture and fine art, and the inspiration for his winning entry. Keep scrolling to see process sketches by the award-winning architectural artist!

Hannah Feniak: Congratulations on your success with the One Drawing Challenge! What sparked your interest in entering the competition, and what does this accolade mean to you?

Thomas Schaller: First, I want to say a very big “Thank You” to everyone at Architizer who designed and hosted this competition and exhibition. It is a great honor for me to even be included. I appreciate all your hard work. And I am in awe of the incredible work entered. Congratulations to all.

From the time I could see, drawing has been fundamental to who I am. As a child, I drew to try to make sense of the worlds I saw both around me and within my imagination. To this day, I am never without a sketchbook and a pocket full of sketch pencils in order to keep a kind of “visual diary” of the ideas in my head as well as to record my impressions of the world we all inhabit. And so, I am thrilled that this competition even exists.

It is my belief that drawing is the most effective and direct connection between the visual image and the human need to record, express, and create. While I rely on traditional pencil and paper, I have no opposition whatsoever to any means, method, or technological tool anyone uses to draw. But for the human mind to open the windows upon the landscapes of perception, creativity, and imagination, drawing is the most effective, enjoyable and expressive way to do so.

HF: What were the primary challenges of conceiving your work, from forming the idea to the creation process?

TS: Like many, I worship the iconic work, Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. It was written in the early 1970s but its themes of exploration, the clash of the real and the imagined, the built and the unbuilt, the plausible and the impossible, dreams, memories and the human condition are simply timeless. The book’s protagonist — an adventurous interpretation of Marco Polo — travels a dreamscape of a world visiting cities built of memory and dreams and offers endless insights into the nature of cities and the very fabric of human life here on Earth.

One of the cities visited is Octavia, described in the book as suspended high above the Earth between two rocky mountain peaks by a tenuous spider’s web of cables and wires. Countless metaphors and analogies can be drawn. One of course is the dependence of any city on a healthy infrastructure of roads, bridges and lines of communication, etc. But another more broad theme is the “infrastructure” of humanity itself. Our very real need to congregate, to form groups for safety, sanity and survival was, for me, the takeaway and the theme of my drawing.

Especially after coming through two years of pandemic, the themes of human interaction and the need for interconnectivity were at the forefront of my mind as I designed this work. We can take our society’s survival for granted, but if we fail to care for and nurture one another, as well as the very planet upon which all societies depend, we can learn just how frail and fragile our infrastructure may truly be.

Preliminary sketch for the winner entry courtesy of the artist

HF: You trained as an architect but now have a successful international career as an architectural watercolor artist and author. How do you think the medium itself contributes to the scenes that you depict — in particular, in your winning entry?

TS: In my earlier days, I felt that I had to choose between my wish to become a visual artist and my desire to become an architect. In time, I became both, but my career interests operated on separate tracks, divided by an arbitrary and faulty belief that each had separate aims. It has taken many years for me to understand that these interests, as well as many others, could be successfully merged into a single creative energy. The key to this for me was in realizing that all things — all ideas, all people, all places, all atmosphere and negative space itself has a kind of architecture. There is a shape and a volume to everything seen and unseen, real or simply imagined. And so anything can be studied, modeled and drawn. If I concentrate on drawing what I “see” rather than what I “look at” — drawing genuine emotional experiences rather than simple visual observations, the landscapes for creativity become boundless.

HF: Your winning entry was inspired by Italo Calvino’s classic, Invisible Cities. Are your other architectural paintings and drawings as conceptual as “Octavia – Suspended City”?

TS: Repeat readings of Invisible Cities helped me to form the cornerstone of what would become my “artistic voice”. I am more aware of contrasts than anything else as I move through the world. By that I mean of course the clash of dark and light, but also ideas about what is real or simply imagined, the man-made and the natural environments, warm and cool tonalities, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal energies, and thoughts about time — what is past, present, or yet to be.

As polarities meet and find some kind of resolution — or not — this is what my work is always about, trying to find a resolution on paper of two or more things in opposition. And so yes, such conceptual work is exactly what I have been long most interested in exploring.

HF: What first drew you to watercolor as a medium for depicting the built environment?

TS: As a choice of medium, watercolor is a perfect fit for me. It has the ability to be either very precise or completely abstract, controlled or wild. The use of watercolor is a study in edges: hard and explicit, or soft and ephemeral. Watercolors can at once be subtle and suggestive or bold and explicit.

I think of watercolor too as a “subtractive” process in that we begin with a piece of white paper, 100% in light. And we proceed to subtract away some of this light as we go. The transparent nature of watercolor enhances our potential to study light. And in the end, the parts of our work that are not painted can be as powerful and full of meaning as those which are painted.

And the connection to drawing itself cannot be ignored. I actually consider what I do with watercolor as drawing, but I draw with shapes of value and tone rather than with lines.

Planning the concept and colors for the winner entry, image courtesy of the artist

HF: My next question is somewhat related to the preceding one: How did the process and workflow of creating your drawing compare to traditional architectural drafting?

TS: As stated, watercolor is a form of drawing to me. But rather than depicting ideas of space and form with a line, we do so by using shapes of tone and value, shadow and light, and color. But line-based sketching and more precise architectural drawing are always an element in what I do as well. These are time-honored and beautiful means of expression which I hope never to abandon. In my work, I try to merge the precise with the suggested, the implied with the stated, and so while I wander quite far from my more precise architectural roots, they are always there as a kind of north star shading any wild flights of fancy with at least a note of plausibility.

HF: What one tip would you give the other participants looking to win next year’s One Drawing Challenge?

TS: Oh my … “ advice”. I always say that the best advice I have is to take very little advice. This is a glib non-answer I realize but there’s something in it. What I mean is that as we all try to improve and advance in our careers and our own sense of achievement, it becomes all-too easy to compare our work or measure ourselves against our colleagues or others whose work we admire. This is natural, but should be avoided as much as possible.

I am nowhere near the artist I hope to be some day, but I only started to make noticeable improvements when I trained my ego to be a bit more self-reliant and less “noisy”. It’s too easy to live on social media and if we succumb to the flattery or the uninformed critiques we hear online, we are doomed. I think we should take any feedback onboard, process it quickly and move past it.

Genuinely, I celebrate the accomplishments of my colleagues. But I understand that another’s win does not equal my loss. And anything I might achieve does not diminish any other’s work. While you can never draw or paint like anyone else, neither can anyone else draw or paint like you.

And so rather than by seeing the world always by looking outward, spend as much time exploring the worlds you see by looking inward. And listen. There is your voice telling you what you need to do and where you need to go. We already have within us all we need to do most anything we wish to do. So if we trust that voice and learn to hear it more clearly, it will lead us in the direction we should be traveling.

Interested in seeing more work by Thomas Schaller Fine Art? Peruse his portfolio and connect with the artist through your preferred channel:

> www.thomaswschaller.com
> www.facebook.com/thomaswschaller
> www.twitter.com/twschaller
> www.instagram.com/thomaswschaller

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