Morphosis // Casablanca Finance City Tower

November 16, 2015 by bg-martin

Casablanca Finance City Tower is the first tower planned has a critical role in the development, symbolizing Morocco’s vision for the future and setting precedents in building performance, scale, and style for a city that does not yet exist. Rendering | Casablanca Finance City Tower ©Morphosis Morphosis Architects // Casablanca Finance City Tower, Casablanca, Morocco, 2014 “ Casablanca is expanding its historical role as the gateway to the continent, through government-driven plans that will open untapped markets in francophone Africa to […]

Categories: Architecture, Commercial, News • Tags: architecture, Casablanca, commercial buildings, Morocco, Morphosis, news

Modernism reinvented // Villa ‘N’ by Architettura Matassoni

November 16, 2015 by bg-martin

” The unit is organized around a patio with the function of central court, that defines the home’s life; this compositional logic allows a visual reciprocity between the different environments with many possible views. The living area and the kitchen-dining area are in direct contact each other and with the outside by means of a remarkable visual permeability, partially filtered, from the leafs of the bamboo plants in the centre of the patio. . .

Categories: Archibuzz, Architecture, Buildings, News, Residential • Tags: architecture, Architettura Matassoni, Arezzo, house, Italy, news, Residential

Colour matters // Daniel Libeskind’s ‘Future Flowers’ for Oikos

April 27, 2015 by bg-martin

Working off the theme “Energy for Life” of the Expo Milano 2015, the Italian magazine Interni, known for promoting spaces for experimentation, presents “Energy for Creativity” at the University of Milan. Built in 1456 as a hospital, the university complex, through its various courtyards, set the stage to a large-scale installations by the likes of Daniel Libeskind amongst others. His installation, “Future Flowers”, is a celebration of colour, light and straight lines and it is set within what’s known as […]

Categories: Archibuzz, installations, Show Time • Tags: Daniel Libeskind, installation, Milan Design Week 15, news, show time