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Querido Jacques: He leído la carta aparecida en Domus, y más tarde en Arquitectura Viva 230, y, aunque iba dirigida a David Chipperfield, hablas en ella de tantas cuestiones interesantes acerca del estado en que se encuentra la arquitectura hoy, que
With the monograph on Gio Ponti just published by Taschen in a large format (36.5 x 36.5 cm), so far rivaled only by Phaidon with its impressive Le Corbusier Le Grand (33.34 x 43.82 cm), the fortunes of this Milanese architect seem to have reached (f
In this open letter addressed to David Chipperfield, Jacques Herzog reflects on the active role that architects ought to play in post-Covid society.
1931-2019 One of the main representatives of Italian design, Alessandro Mendini passed away on 18 February 2019, at the age of 87. Born in Milan, Mendini graduated from the city’s Politecnico, and soon he joined cutting edge groups that, in the 1960s
A major figure of Italian design died at 87 years of age on 18 February in Milan, the city of his birth. A graduate of Politecnico di Milano, Alessandro Mendini combined active involvement in the ‘radical design’ movement of the 1970s – as head of th
Alessandro Mendini, architect, designer and artist has been twice director of Domus. Born in Milan in 1931, he was one of the undisputed protagonists of Italian design, a leading intellectual and a founding member of the Alchimia group. A refined jou
Álvaro Siza has designed a €7.5 coin in honour of fellow Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, which will be put into circulation in Portugal on 12 December 2018. The silver alloy coin features an abstract outline of the crown of a tree
Las revistas Casabella y Domus han impulsado el debate sobre arquitectura y diseño en Italia a lo largo del siglo XX. Ambas fundadas en 1928, cumplen ahora ochenta años. Las dos publicaciones rinden tributo a sus antiguos directores, Giuseppe Pagano
