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Cities are “deeply tragic” says Rem Koolhaas

April 24, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architects have lost control of city design according to Rem Koolhaas, who says the gap between the profession’s rhetoric and the reality is wider in Italy than anywhere else. Speaking at a conference during Milan design week, the OMA founder said that Italy was “tortured” by this situation. “The architecture profession thought not so long ago that it knew how

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Antonino Cardillo bases textured all-green gallery interior on Wagner opera

April 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

When refurbishing the interior of this gallery in Rome, Antonino Cardillo looked to the colours and textures used in the opening scene of Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold opera. Cardillo’s Crepuscular Green project is an interior refurbishment of an art gallery located in San Lorenzo, Rome. Described by the architect as a “green golden grotto”, the

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