India Mahdavi is today considered one of the most charismatic and innovative figures in international design. Architect and designer based in Paris, she was born to Anglo-Persian parents and spent…
Architecture
The most beautiful designer pastry shops in the world: taste and architecture, a very sweet dialogue
Pastry shops have always had a special role in cities: places of meeting, pleasure and daily ritual. But in recent years something has changed. They are no longer simple shops…
Norman Foster: life, works and vision of the architect who changed the face of cities
Norman Robert Foster was born in Manchester on 1 June 1935 , in a working-class neighbourhood. He grew up in a modest family, in a city marked by heavy industry…
Torre Velasca: anatomy of a Milanese icon between structure, memory and future
The Velasca Tower (BBPR, 19561958) is a 106 m skyscraper in the heart of Milan, famous for its projecting “cape” which recalls the medieval towers of Lombardy and for its…