Author: leonardo
Zaha Hadid is the first female Starchitect (Baghdad, 1950) who managed to explore every field of contemporary creativity in an incredible mix of research, design, planning, and communication. Her way of working was definitely innovative, ...
The American architect (1934, Newark) completed his studies in Europe. His reference points are Leon Battista Alberti’s Renaissance architecture, based on perfect geometry, and Le Corbusier’s architecture, rich in geometric volumes, contrasting elements and light ...
Pierluigi Nervi, engineer from Sondrio had a long design life, so much so, that some authors claim he lived numerous lives. In all these lives, he had a different approach to construction. Throughout the 20th ...
The 1960 Olympic Games represented a great opportunity for Rome and, as it usually happens in conjunction with the Olympic Games, new buildings, neighbourhoods, and structures, including Nervi’s sports hall were built. The structure was ...
In view of the 2000 jubilee of Rome, the curacy decided to build new structures in the city. The main purpose was to bring the Roman suburbs closer to the religious issues. Therefore, some suburbs ...
Light and geometry are the dominant features of this building located in the centre of the Eternal City. Contrary to what one might think, the American architect, despite being used to designing complex museum ...
Architect Hadid became known thanks to projects for public buildings, but at one point in her career she also tackled what is commonly referred to as “housing”. Zaha Hadid had already faced the housing issue ...
The Music Bridge is the most recent one among the many bridges on the river Tiber. It is a bridge of the New Millennium, and it states it in a clear and charming way. It ...
Our route through Rome contemporary architectures could not fail to include the Auditorium Parco della Musica, by Renzo Piano. It is the result of an international competition announced in 1993 and won by the Italian ...
The mountain of Moses, also known as Fontana dell’Acqua Felice, was named after the aqueduct that feeds it, that is, in turn, named after the Pope who commissioned its restoration: Pope Sixtus V, born Felice ...
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