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Building with the Land: Casa di Langa as a Circular-Economy Prototype
Everything recalls nature: the materials, the rough and imperfect textures, the pervasive presence of living greenery. From architecture to gastronomy, Casa di Langa is conceived as a unified, place-based system
Odd Kiosk, Barcelona. An exploration of queer based literature
Odd Kiosk was a response to the climate of these spaces, giving the youth, in importance, a space to explore their sense of self without harming one’s mental health
Loft Art Gallery, Morocco: mapping intangible cultural heritage with Amina Agueznay
Once she came back to Morocco, Agueznay collaborated with government agencies to support artisans in their search for innovation and to help them commercialize their products
Black Cowboys, Banlieues, and Beyond: Twenty Years of Mohamed Bourouissa
From Paris suburbs to Philadelphia stables, Mohamed Bourouissa interrogates the politics of representation and community in urban peripheries across twenty years of projects
Built to Endure: Capri’s Hidden Hotel and Its Organic Architecture
Neither a landmark nor a brand, Punta Tragara resists uniformity and green storytelling alike – favoring instead an architecture of adaptation, built to endure quietly in the folds of Capri
Pietro Ruffo’s Celestial Rome: Re-mapping the Eternal City Through an Urban Sanctuary
From the hand-engraved zodiac constellations in the lobby to the twenty-metre expanse of azulejos on the roof, Pietro Ruffo transforms art’otel Rome Piazza Sallustio into a narrative that weaves together...
Cross Cultural Chairs: The Chair as a Form of Identity and Belonging in the World
Matteo Guarnaccia’s project challenges the global standardization of chair design: postures, materials, and practices shared between artisans, designers, and local communities
Nemika, Tokyo. Japanese philosophy and the cycle of life in garden-themed experience
It derives its name from the three elements of the Nemika world – root ‘ne’, fruit ‘mi’, and flower ‘ka’. Together, the three words allude to the materiality of soil and earth interpreted...
Why Rome’s Palazzine Matter to Global Architectural History
The palazzina took shape within the milieu of a prosperous upper-middle class: the architects and key figures who reshaped the Eternal City between the 1930s and the 1980s
Casa Cavia, Buenos Aires, under the creative direction of Guadalupe García Mosqueda
A restaurant, cocktail bar, Ampersandpublishing house, bookstore, and flower shop housed in a rationalist villa belonging to Argentina’ s heritage – under the creative direction of Guadalupe García Mosqueda
At the Biennale, it’s all sweat: a trillion trees—nothing else will save us
Introduction to Carlo Ratti’s Architecture Biennale: the lone subject is sustainability—a “mind-boggling” number of trees, humanity on its knees, sweat, heat, and a bacterial population boom
Bas Smets: architecture must care for the survival of human beings, animals and plants
“These trees were planted by Napoleon in the 18th century—an early lesson in large‑scale reforestation that we would do well to emulate today.” Interview with Bas Smets, co‑curator of “Building Biospheres”
Carlo Traglio: a collection, to be a good one, must include a mistake
«Making art is like making love; it is carnal, physical—we all make love, but not everyone makes art». In conversation with the owner of Italian jewelry house Vhernier
Oda Jaune Reclaiming Wings: Angels Among Ruins
Being religious was nearly a crime. At home, my parents trained me to answer school ques- tions carefully, to evade, to feign indifference. No one could know we were believers...
Rococo News & Magazine, London. A cultivation of Notting Hill
Prompted by his peers during a game of cricket, Patel formulated the proposition to acquire the magazine and newspaper store that had been around for sixty years
Beyond the ashes: Isabelle Albuquerque crafts eternal narratives of feminine agency
"I struggled with the disconnect between my internal femininity and my body. It was before the internet. It was isolating, but there was the Amazonians…" From her studio on the...
Oak, Wool, and Saddle Leather – Ralph Lauren Home and the American Southwest
At Milan’s Fuorisalone, Ralph Lauren is introducing “Canyon Road”: wool instead of linen, brown instead of green, surfaces that bear marks and stains, amidst mountains and desert. It’s a rougher...
Janasch’s, Magdeburg. Solidarity with businesses in the locale
Diverting from the constructs of a structured work format in offices that focused on monetary goals, Janasch’s identity contrasts that of a professional job setting
Marco Bay: botany for Louis Vuitton on Via Montenapoleone
With the reopening of Louis Vuitton on Via Montenapoleone, an interview with landscape architect Marco Bay about the project at Palazzo Taverna: the word “native” no longer makes sense—botany is...
The Venice Venice Manifesto: Creating Value That Grows Over Time
Founders of Golden Goose Alessandro and Francesca Gallo renovated old palace Ca’ Da Mosto and opened a new hotel on the Grand Canal with an avant-garde spirit
Print Culture, Glasgow: LGBTQ+ magazines and pens used for Looney Tunes, a new niche
Selling niche stationery and independent magazines that hone in on micro-cultures and coterie drawn to certain cities, tastebuds or vocations, Print Culture is Glasgow’s newest resident
Paper as an art medium – Paper Positions, Berlin: in conversation with Heinrich Carstens
Once realizing that Bikini Berlin was not suitable for large paintings or big installations, the team shifted their concept to focus on artworks made of and about one material only:...
Definition of Sustainability: Fashion Without Microplastics
It has become a common refrain—among buyers as well as certain managers—to say that sustainability doesn’t sell, when in fact sustainability simply isn’t on offer. The entire fashion industry is...
Oku, Kos Island in Greece: a beachside room with sunset views overlooking the water
It is not easy to find a place like this in the Mediterranean, even less so in Greece: Oku is a hotel, property, and resort that has direct access to...
Trump against Woke Culture – and the leaders who removed words
From the Newspeak in Orwell’s 1984 to the 20th-century totalitarian regimes – nothing about what Trump is now doing is new: removing words means removing ideas
OMMU, Athens: A Nomadic Bookstore Bridging Art and Publishing
«There was a scarcity in creative material available in Greece. Our involvement in the scene here urged us to showcase work made in the locale to the individuals living here...
Frescoed Angels, Rough Stone, and Tuscan Marble: Two Heritage Buildings Reimagined in Florence
From medieval trade guild associations and 19th-century urban renewals to contemporary design interventions: Hotel Calimala preserves the past and writes a new chapter in Florence’s ongoing story
“I am not a painter”: an Interview with Daniel Buren
“Many painters, few geniouses” says Daniel Buren. His investigation began in the 1960s with the use of vertical stripes, each measuring 8.7 cm: interventions on fabric, glass, wood, flags
The Designer Behind László Tóth: Judy Becker’s vision for Oscar-winning film The Brutalist
László Tóth’s story of migration may be the most American of all. Judy Becker, production designer of Carol and Brokeback Mountain fame, on how she developed the work of this...
Stones that breathe and water that sees: Tarek Atoui
With dripping water, a breathing organ, and handmade Korean drums, Improvisation in 10 Days unites Atoui’s work into an evolving sonic environment
Jordan Watson reimagines the present of the Black community with “Easier to Breathe” in St. Moritz
Robilant + Voena presents Jordan Watson’s Afrofuturist works in the Protestant Church of St. Moritz – an interview with Jordan Watson on art, digital community, and racism
Brutalist, Finnish, Rough: rediscovering Alvar Aalto through his Silo in Oulu
Repurposing buildings with the ‘Geoarchaeology’ method: Factum foundations takes on a project in northern Finland – saving Alvar Aalto Silo with Skene Catling de la Peña architects
Milan, from Rationalism to the Neo Ratio of Material
A Milanese attitude, an identity for the city of Milan: from Rationalism to the exposed engineering of the Torre Velasca, to new materials – questions and answers
Villa La Medusa, toward Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture
Camaiore, Lucca. Villa La Medusa reflects its dual etymology. The root is ancient Greek: μέδω, meaning to care for, to protect, but also to bewitch. Villa La Medusa protects its...
Human Hair Waste: How Much Is There, and Could It Transform Sustainable Manufacturing?
Human Material Loop is a project researching ways to integrate human hair as a sustainable material for the industry into a zero-waste recycling system
Palazzo Utini stands as a beacon of design, hospitality, and fine dining in Italy’s Food Valley
Behind the scenes of Palazzo Utini, Noceto (Parma), in conversation with designer Stefano Guidotti: the restoration of original tiles for the floors, raw-earth walls, and lighting installations evoking a theatrical...
Crude Expectations: What are the chances we have of not relying on oil and gas?
The Great Australian Bight is home to 277 marine life species that are completely new to science: it also happens to hold the equivalent of 1.9 billion barrels of oil
A contemporary architecture recognized by UNESCO in 2004 – Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico
The only individual property in Latin America recognised by UNESCO, Barragán’s home, untouched since the architect passed away in 1988, is a site that art connoisseurs and architects explore
Blockchain is our future
Knowing the supply chain from yarn to fabric is possible through a software that provides end-to-end product transparency. In conversation with Alexandre Sundberg, CEO and co-founder of True Tribe
CraftMaker, London. Quality over quantity
A space of 1300 square meters, natural light penetrates inside from large windows illuminating the rooms and objects, arranged without a predefined order
My name is Viviane Sassen and those scars are not my own scars
On the occasion of a travelling retrospective, Sassen looked into her archives and rediscovered a body of work she made while studying in an MFA program. Folio interrogates the preoccupations...
Counteracting the plastic crisis through shrimp and crab skin shells
Egypt: the fourth largest plastic producer starts showing efforts to spread the use of bioplastic material. In conversation with researcher, Amal Elhussieny
Spectral Display by Guy Bolongaro
Spectral Display becomes an ode to the unapologetic rawness of being seen – or unseen – through the creative act – photography Guy Bolongaro, styling Lottie Collins, for Lampoon 30
Archaic and futuristic: Attune by Alexandra Pirici
Pirici does not shy away from size, even comparing the soft hills of her sand dune formation to a large soft animal – Attune, the exhibition co-commissioned by Hamburger Bahnhof...
Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds Interpreted by Adrien Dubost
Lampoon 30 features Adrien Dubost in a presentation of the Louis Vuitton Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds High Jewelry Collection
I don’t use barriers: Théo Mercier’s Rituals
No fences, glass, or don’t touch signs. The work is accessible. It’s vulnerable. You can break it, push it, or even steal it if you want
