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Hospitality: from adventure getaways to reassuring familiarity

Matteo Thun & Partners | Gherardiarchitetti | Studio raro | Lyndon Neri&Rossana Hu

What do you look for in a vacation and a hotel? We’re all trying to escape the usual routine, but we might also feel comfortable with a touch of hominess. Certainly, that’s often the case if you’re on a business trip. At the end of the day, though, we’d all prefer something that engages us emotionally, and architecture is one of the things entrusted with that task.

# Hotels (434) # Matteo Thun & Partners # Gherardiarchitetti (21) # Studio raro # Lyndon Neri&Rossana Hu

From agar to plastic hotels: two innovative solutions to recycle the plastics that pollute our ocean

Margot Krasojević | Marco Caniato

Plastics made from finite resources have posed a growing threat to the environment since World War II. If they’re not recycled, many of the plastics that we use every day in our homes end up polluting the seas and oceans. In this article we’re looking at two solutions that architects and researchers have developed to address the problem of ocean pollution in an ecological and sustainable way.

# Hotels (434) # Australia (70) # Margot Krasojević # Marco Caniato

The Good Material – Call for submissions, The Plan Journal

The theme of this year's second publication is The Good Material. TPJ seeks proposals to explore and disseminate relevant research and experimental practice for a new materiality and tectonics on which architecture, design and urbanism can rely to shape a more sustainable, just, humane and beautiful world. If you are interested and if you have an article related to this topic, continue reading to learn more about the topic and know the deadlines.

Special Projects: creative and original architecture solving contemporary challenges

When we talk about architecture, it’s often in the context of homes, office buildings, shopping malls, and so on. Architecture, however, includes all kinds of structures that often meet contemporary challenges in unconventional ways. And this is particularly true nowadays.

# Theater - Auditorium (175) # ARCStudio Perlini # Exhibition (438) # Peter Pichler Architecture (19) # HQ Architects # Studio Cardenas Conscious Design - Mauricio Cardenas Laverde # Stile Bottega architettura - Marchingegno - Baustudio # UNITEDLAB Associates / Sang Dae Lee # MENG Yan, LIU Xiaodu / URBANUS # Exhibition - Set-up (143)

Open schools that operate in synergy with local communities

MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects | Marlon Blackwell Architects | Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517* | Chartier Dalix | RAM-aa

Kindergartens, schools, universities – the buildings where teaching takes place all play a fundamental role in the development of children and the training of adults. For this reason, both educators and architects have long studied the relationship between teaching environment and quality of learning.

# MCA - Mario Cucinella Architects (61) # Education (461) # Marlon Blackwell Architects (18) # Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia / AF517* # Chartier Dalix # RAM-aa

The Red Sea Project: luxury regenerative tourism

The Red Sea Development Company

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) is the developer behind The Red Sea Project. Among the most ambitious regenerative tourism projects in the world, it’s now in the final phase of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Cities platinum certification.

# Masterplan (187) # Saudi Arabia (18) # The Red Sea Development Company

THE PLAN 130 is out now! Discover the projects and the protagonists of this issue

The U.S. pavilion, American Framing: rediscovering wood structures

The University of Illinois Chicago School of Architecture, currently housed within the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts (CADA), is presenting the United States pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

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The future of retail after the pandemic: from shopping to experience

Lyndon Neri&Rossana Hu | Fabio Fantolino | FUD | Lombardini22 | Wall Corporation/Selim Senin

Perhaps more than any other area of architecture, designing boutiques demands reconciling two potentially conflicting needs: quality finishes and tight construction times.

# Commercial - Retail (489) # Lyndon Neri&Rossana Hu # Fabio Fantolino # FUD | Lombardini22 # Wall Corporation/Selim Senin (22)

The innovation is the key to a more luxurious home and lifestyle

Numerous prestige brands such as LG SIGNATURE express innovation in technology and design

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Office&Business: progress and innovation in the smart office of tomorrow

Zaha Hadid Architects | 3XN | Behnisch Architekten | Il Prisma | Yazgan Design Architecture

We need to leave behind the inflexible, closed offices typical of last century. And perhaps open-space offices, which are overrated and already out of fashion, should go the same way.

# Offices (965) # Zaha Hadid Architects (51) # 3XN (27) # Behnisch Architekten (39) # Il Prisma (17) # Yazgan Design Architecture (14)

Industrial design: Its history and its digital and environmental future

Studio Marco Piva | Studio di Architettura Anna Polisano | ANTRAX IT SRL | Alfonso Femia / AF*Design

Today we’re witnessing a new phase of industrial design, triggered by the introduction of whole new concepts. For example, home automation, the application of information technology to domestic appliances, is revolutionizing our homes, with it gradually becoming essential that every object has a “smart” component.

# Studio Marco Piva (34) # Studio di Architettura Anna Polisano # ANTRAX IT SRL # Alfonso Femia / AF*Design # Design (226)

A journey through space and materiality: interior design as the lead character

Atelier Alter Architects | Teresa Sapey + Partners | Carbondale | Ippolito Fleitz Group

Space, furnishings, colors, materials – these are the main tools available to designers to express whatever concepts they have in mind. Like screenwriters, they need to choose the protagonist of their creation – the character entrusted with the job of conveying the project’s underlying idea.

# Atelier Alter Architects # Teresa Sapey + Partners # Carbondale # Ippolito Fleitz Group

The future belongs to airports. Cities for people who fly (and more)

Zaha Hadid Architects | Fentress Architects

In theory, all a plane needs to take off is a strip of flat land. But we humans like to dream big. And that might be why, sooner or later, so many of the biggest names in architecture design an airport.

# Infrastructure (178) # Zaha Hadid Architects (51) # Fentress Architects

House: The endless variety of residential architecture

Anderson Anderson Architecture | Giuseppe Todaro Architect | J.C. Architecture | Olivier Ottevaere

The word house denotes an almost infinite range of possibilities, based on a vast number of factors that contribute to the final project. Nevertheless, today, in our increasingly globalized world, we can still identify some common features that are gradually becoming essential for the homes of the future.

# Residence (1664) # Anderson Anderson Architecture # Giuseppe Todaro Architect (12) # J.C. Architecture # Olivier Ottevaere

Production: the architectural evolution of production facilities

Iraci Architetti | Giovanni Vaccarini | Kraaijvanger Architects | Ekkehard Voss | Garibaldiarchitects

Factory architecture has seen many major changes over the last century. And architects have been called upon to interpret – including through the use of innovative materials and new construction techniques – evolving production processes, while trying to capture the spirit of their age in their designs.

# Iraci Architetti (35) # Industrial design (105) # Giovanni Vaccarini # Kraaijvanger Architects (13) # Ekkehard Voss # Garibaldiarchitects

A brand-new edition of Perspective Virtual on Central and Northern Europe

After the success of the first 2021 edition of Perspective Virtual Forum, addressed to the world of design in Italy, here is the second online appointment by THE PLAN, focussed on Central and Northern Europe.

Stadiums, arenas, and sports centers: symbols of identity and technological architecture

Zaha Hadid Architects | 3XN | Iotti + Pavarani Architetti | Berger+Parkkinen Associated Architects

Nowadays, sport and leisure facility architecture is an important field for experimentation, in which architects can trial innovative design strategies supported by cutting-edge technologies.

# Zaha Hadid Architects (51) # Sports complex (213) # 3XN (27) # Iotti + Pavarani Architetti # Berger+Parkkinen Associated Architects

Urban planning today: strategies and standards, regeneration and sustainability

Sauerbruch Hutton | Arch. Alberto Francini | Corvino + Multari | ADEPT + KARRES EN BRANDS

Urban planning is one of the most fascinating branches of architecture. Its aim is to conceive a vision of the city and then plan its implementation in compliance with regulations.

# Sauerbruch Hutton # Masterplan (187) # Arch. Alberto Francini # Corvino + Multari # ADEPT + KARRES EN BRANDS

Resilient Communities: the Italian pavilion at the 2021 Biennale of Architecture

With the opening of the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture now confirmed for May 22, a launch event was held for the Italian pavilion, which in 2021 will be named Resilient Communities.

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