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Floornature is an international portal about architecture, design and design culture, investigating the contemporary with a special focus on sustainability. Its vocation, from the micro to the macro-scale of creativity, is to present new developments in architecture and design as they happen, with the specific intention of tracking emerging trends. The portal features special focus articles on materials for architecture and interviews with great masters of architecture and design.
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Andreas Kipar
After graduating from Essen and the Politecnico di Milano, Andreas Kipar (1960) began his eminent professional career in planning and landscape design. In 1990 alongside Giovanni Sala, he co-founded LAND (Landscape Architecture Nature Development) in Milan. In addition to their Italian headquarters, LAND has offices in Lugano, Switzerland and Düsseldorf, Germany. LAND’s urban redevelopment projects for parks, natural areas and agri-landscape systems, ....
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Claudio Silvestrin
Born in Zurich, Claudio Silvestrin (1954) is one of the best-known Italian architects and designers today, and a "meticulous designer of elegant spaces, particularly stores and manufacturing". (Domus) Italian, naturalized British, as a student of A.G. Fronzoni (1923-2002) and his design concepts, he studied initially in Milan, and then continued his studies at the Architectural Association, London. His early professional career began in the British capital firstly with ....
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OPEN Architecture
Open Architecture was founded by Huang Wenjing and Li Hu in New York in 2003. Their Beijing office, opened in 2008, focuses on architectural design and urban planning, together with interior design and furnishings. After graduating from Tsinghua University, Beijing in 1996 and a Masters in Architecture from Rice University in 1998, Li Hu worked with Steven Holl Architects (SHA) from 2000 to 2010, becoming a partner in the Practice in 2005. During his time at Steven ....