january-february 2018
Dedicated to contemporary architecture in Tehran, where a new generation of architects embarked on an interesting quest for renewal, this issue features a selection of recent projects in the Iranian capital. A sample of projects different both for use and language raising questions about themes such the relation between innovation and tradition, globalization and localism.
november-december 2017
Constantly increasing, Hong Kong is the most vertical city on the planet with an astonishing and unique landscape. Its particularity is the result of, on the one hand, its physical and geographical conditions and, on the other, the meeting between two very different cultures. The projects selected in this issue reflect the Hong Kong’s new attention toward its history and culture and its interest toward the transformation and recovery of existing building stock.
september-october 2017
This issue, dedicated to contemporary architecture in Morocco, gives the opportunity to reflect on the theme of the relationship between architectural and urban tradition and contemporary languages. A thin red line connects the projects selected for this issue with traditional culture and its way of conceiving and inhabiting urban space.
july-august 2017
Starting from a selection of residential projects on an international scale, this issue proposes a broader reflection on contemporary models of living. Epochal changes raise questions about the meanings of the home in a “liquid” and multi-ethnic society, and how it can represent them in the contemporary city.
