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Rafael Viñoly Architects designs vineyard atop an airport terminal in Italy

2024-01-25T11:47:00-05:00

Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed a new international terminal for the Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci in Florence, Italy. When completed, the 538,000-square-foot terminal is expected to handle 5.9 million annual international passengers.

Image credit: Rafael Viñoly Architects

The airport’s most unique feature is a 19-acre vineyard gently sloping upwards atop the building, covering the terminal below. The landscape will see 38 rows of vineyards to both contribute to the airport’s LEED Platinum rating and symbolize “Italy’s rich traditions and innovative spirit.” Wine produced from the vineyard will be crafted and aged in specialized cellars beneath the terminal’s roof.

Image credit: Rafael Viñoly Architects

Inside, the airport will see an arrivals and departures area facing each other across a large public space, dubbed the ‘Piazza.’ at the center of the terminal. Circulation within the airport will also be reorganized to link to transport options such as a new light rail system, whil...

Savio Firmino unveils chair collection inspired by architectural landmarks, underwritten by the Blockchain

2021-10-01T12:42:00-04:00

Italian furniture and interior design studio Savio Firmino has unveiled a collection of 16 chairs inspired by some of the world’s most iconic architectural landmarks. Titled CITYNG, and designed in collaboration with artist Cosimo De Vita, the collection was exhibited at the 2021 Salone del Mobile in September. The iconic design event, which was curated this year by Stefano Boeri, came one month after the Salone del Mobile appointed Maria Porro as its new president.

Image courtesy of Savio Firmino

The collection of 16 chairs depicts both a geographical journey between West and East and a temporal journey between tradition and contemporary design. “The chair not only becomes a symbolic object of the cities but also symbolically represents their values, traditions, and cultural substratum,” explains Savio Firmino. “It starts in Europe from Florence, the hometown of both Cosimo and the Savio Firmino company, continues to Milan, the city of the Salone and of design par excellence, to t...

Artist JR 'cracks open' Florence's Palazzo Strozzi with monumental optical illusion installation

2021-03-22T19:10:00-04:00

Titled La Ferita, Italian for “The Wound,” the work creates an optical illusion of a great gash running through the institution’s external walls. Through the cracks, those on the outside can once again peer into a black-and-white vision of the interior of the shuttered building, with some of Florence’s famous artworks and cultural heritage on view.

The new site-specific trompe-l'œil installation — measuring 28 meters/92 feet tall and 33 meters/108 feet wide — by prolific French artist JR opened on March 19, shortly after many major Italian cities were ordered back under another COVID-19 lockdown.

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"By including iconic works of Florence’s art heritage and directly citing real places such as the library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento, JR proposes a direct and evocative reflection on accessibility not only to Palazzo Strozzi but to all cultural sites in the era of Covid-19," explains the project description.

Related on Archinect: How Art and Design Museums Switched to Working From Home and Sharpened Their Digital Experience. Photo: Wikimedia Commons user BRENAC/CC-BY-SA-3.0.

"Palazzo Strozzi becomes the spectacular stage for a symbolic yet painful wound suffered by all cultural institutions both in Italy and abro...

Get Lectured: Kent State University Florence, Spring '20

2020-01-29T18:44:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2020

It's a new year and a new school term, so that means it's time for Archinect's latest edition of Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Each semester, the Kent State University Florence CAED's lecture series features architects from Europe and the Mediterranean region who significantly influence contemporary architectural practice and shape the future of the built environment. The lecture series is curated by KSU Florence CAED Professor and Academic Program Coordinator Paola Giaconia.

Their Spring 2020 lineup starts on February 4 with Alberto Iacovoni of ma0. Other speakers include Jacobo García-Germán (GARCIAGERMAN ARQUITECTOS...

Get Lectured: Kent State University Florence, Fall '19

2019-09-27T15:30:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2019

With a new school year already here, it's time for Archinect's latest edition of Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The yearly Kent State University Florence CAED lecture series features architects from Europe and the Mediterranean region who significantly influence contemporary architectural practice and shape the future of the built environment.

Their Fall '19 lecture line-up features Alberto Iacovoni * (ma0), Jeannette Kuo (Karamuk Kuo Architects), Ila Bêka (Beka & Lemoine), and Christina Seilern (Studio Seilern Architects).

Want to see more lecture posters? Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page!

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Get Lectured: Syracuse, Fall '19

2019-09-16T16:30:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2019

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Syracuse University School of Architecture is gearing up for their Fall 2019 event series, which includes a variety of lectures, talks, a film screening, the City Scripts Symposia series, the Everson Museum Café Design Competition symposium, and lectures on Neuro Architecture Imaging.

Some of the speakers for this semester are Maxi Spina & Jia Gu, David Eugin Moon, Deborah Hauptmann, Angel David Nieves, Zigeng Wang, and Syracuse faculty Jean François Bédard and Richard Rosa, and more.

The Everson Museum Café compe...

Get Lectured: Kent State University Florence, Spring '19

2019-01-25T13:22:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Spring 2019

It's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

For Spring '19, the lecture line-up includes Adolfo Natalini (Natalini Architetti), Clara Murado and Juan Elvira (Murado & Elvira), Casper Mork-Ulnes (Mork-Ulnes Architects), Bernard Khoury (DW5 / Bernard Khoury), and Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu (Neri&Hu).

Want to see more lecture posters? Check out previous posters on the Get Lecture...

Get Lectured: Syracuse Architecture in Florence, Spring '18

2018-01-29T14:58:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2018

Archinect's Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

In addition to the Syracuse School of Architecture Spring '18 series in New York, check out the upcoming lecture events for the school's Architecture in Florence study abroad program.

LECTURES

Jan 12
Nader Tehrani / Principal, NADAAA; Dean and Professor at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union

Feb 13
Ferda Kolatan / Founding Director, SU11; Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design

Feb 27
Keith Krumwiede / Author of “Atlas of Another America”; recipient of the 2017-2018 Arnold W. Brunner / Katherine Edwards Gordon...

Get Lectured: Kent State University Florence, Spring '18

2018-01-19T13:32:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2018

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Kent State University Florence | CAED lecture series features European architects who significantly influence contemporary architectural practice and shape the future of the built environment. Curated by Paola Giaconia, studio professor and CAED coordinator of the Kent State University Florence Program, here's the Spring '18 lineup.

Feb 6
Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori / Labics

Feb 27
Ludovica Di Falco / SCAPE

Apr 10
Jules Coke / squint/opera

Apr 17
Carsten Primdahl / CEBRA

Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. at Palazzo Vettori Via Cavour 26. Free and open to the publ...

Get Lectured: Syracuse Architecture in Florence, Fall '17

2017-09-18T15:29:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, it's the start of a new school year. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Syracuse University's Architecture in Florence study abroad program will kick off their Fall 2017 lecture series this Thursday.

Sept 21
Anna Puigjaner / co-founder, MAIO

Sept 22
Jimenez Lai / founder, Bureau Spectacular, UCLA A.UD.

Oct 3
Lorenzo Guzzini / founder, Lorenzo Guzzini Architecture

Oct 24
Matilde Cassani / Politecnico di Milano and Domus Academy

Sept 21-23: Urban Interventions
A special event comprised of architectural design workshops, public lectures, and a concluding exhibition and discussion with invite...

Get Lectured: Kent State University Florence, Spring '17

2017-02-14T15:18:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session for Winter and Spring 2017. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Here's the Spring '17 lecture series lineup for the Kent State University CAED - Florence Program.

Feb 7
Dan Dorell / DORELL.GHOTMEH.TANE

Mar 7
David Trottin / PERIPHERIQUES

Apr 4
Fuensanta Nieto, Enrique Sobejano / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Apr 11
Alfonso Femia, Gianluca Peluffo / 5+1AA

Lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. at Palazzo Vettori Via Cavour 26.

More info at ksuflorencecaed.net.

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page!

Want another way to share your school's events? Send them to B...

Get Lectured: Syracuse Architecture in Florence, Spring '17

2017-02-03T18:25:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Syracuse University in Florence will kick off their latest lecture series on February 7, featuring speakers like Javier Galindo of JGCH, Sam Jacob, Yasmin Vobis of Ultramoderne and more. The school also has upcoming exhibitions and symposia.

Lectures take place in Piazzale Donatello, 25 at 17:30, unless otherwise noted.

LECTURES

Feb 7
Javier Galindo

Feb 21
ECÒL

Feb 28
Sam Jacob

Mar 13
Andrew Holder

Mar 21
Yasmin Vobis

Mar 29
Matilde Cassani

EVENTS

Feb 16
Present Tense
18:30-20:00, Piazzale Donatello 25

Recent ...

Get Lectured: Syracuse Architecture in Florence, Fall '16

2016-09-16T14:58:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2016

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

In addition to Syracuse Architecture's ongoing lecture series, their study-abroad studio in Florence will soon feature their own lineup of speakers starting next month. Here they are:

Oct 6
Point Supreme co-founders Konstantinos Pantazis and Marianna Rentzou from Athens

Oct 7
Curtis Roth, a Fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart; Assistant Professor at the Knowlton School of Architecture at OSU

Oct 11
Bryony Roberts, Visiting Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture ...

Get Lectured: Kent State University, Spring '14

2014-03-06T13:34:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Since we've been receiving more submissions lately, we're gonna show off posters more often — and so you can see what events are happening in architecture schools right now!

For today, we'll be featuring lecture events from the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) and the Kent State University Florence Program in Italy. (attached below)

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events only. Unless noted, CAED lectures will take place at 5:00 pm. Note ea...