Talking about the Guggenheim, its designer, and the conceptual innovation that this architecture has produced is almost a pleonasm. Yet there is one aspect which, though certainly not unprecedented, is underestimated: its shape is a close relative of a the stairway leading to the Vatican Museums, designed a few years earlier / Leggi in...

It is the most provocative and bold building built since the time of the Chrysler, one that recalls the past and commemorates Italian monuments; the AT&T building of Philip Johnson became the architectural symbol of a new era.

The history of the Expo begins in 1851 in London and continues in New York two years later, where the World’s Fair comes back in 1939 and 1964 to narrate the city of the future. The fair lands in Rome only in 1911 and it reveals a provincial capital but...

The charm of street art lies in the ephemeral. Many of the works that have made history in this art form exist today only in photos: an element that is key in its increasing interest. While the experts are scrambling to learn the language of urban art, a neighborhood in...

From (unbuilt) masterpieces, symbols and mysteries, the architecture of the archistar seems to have become synonymous with waste and decadence. Both Rome and New York are two examples of the fine line between extravagance and catastrophe. (Leggi in Italiano)

Soon to be released, the book Titina Maselli, Involuntary Self-Portrait of a Great Artist offers readers the possibility to get to know one of the most important artists of the century whose paintings told stories of Rome and New York through her own signature style. (Leggi in italiano)

While in New York Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel was transforming a conventional space into a formidable experience, an exceptional building was being exploited to create a strictly classical concert hall in Rome. The fascinating stories of Radio City Music Hall and the Teatro Augusteo intersect.

Accidental encounters, exchange of ideas, and stimulating atmospheres. Such are coworking spaces, an emerging form of contemporary organization. Behind each one lies an architectonic philosophy aimed at creating true urban microcosms in which the future of this society is being formed. (Leggi in italiano)

From the old to the new continent, from soccer to baseball, stadiums in the world are true arenas where everyone gathers around an almost religious experience, and where supporters, like observant believers, recognize the symbols of their own faith in... the team (Leggi in italiano)

New York's energy allows young design studios to make their mark. We are interviewing the founders of Den of Thieves, two artists from Rome who distinguish themselves from craftsmen of New York through their improvised technique with their unique and imperfect pieces. (Leggi in italiano)