Architecture

Migliore+Servetto conceives the Interior, Exhibition & Multimedia Design of the Procuratie Vecchie of Piazza San Marco in Venice     The Migliore+Servetto studio, internationally recognised for its excellence in exhibition design and the design of communication spaces, was chosen by Generali Group to design the new headquarters of The Human Safety Net. The 3000 sqm project includes the Interior, Exhibition & Multimedia Design of the  third floor and the reception spaces on the ground floor of the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco, with artistic direction by Davide Rampello.   The project is divided into four distinct areas: an exhibition...

  Engel & Völkers lists “Polar Express” Ranch for 17.5 million US dollars The ranch where author Chris Van Allsburg lived for a time is currently up for sale for approx. 17.5 million US dollars (approx. 15 million euros). Van Allsburg lived here in the 1980s and wrote the world-famous children’s book “The Polar Express”, which was later made into a blockbuster feature film. “The ranch is truly unique; it is located adjacent to the 225 acre Puzzleface Ranch, Wyoming’s first conservation easement, which gives it perpetual, protected Teton views.  It is the ideal retreat for letting your eyes gaze...

France’s Historic Petit Versailles Château Sold – Inspired Pablo Picasso   Some 36 kilometres west of Paris, Château du Marais is located in the French municipality of Le Val-Saint-Germain, in the Essonne region. The château was built in the 18th century by the architect Jean Benoît Vincent Barré and is known as “Petit Versailles”. For many years the estate was owned by the Pourtalès and Frotier de Bagneux families, who commissioned Engel & Völkers with the sale. “Every château stands as testimony to a long tradition where history passed down to a new custodian. Brokering such properties requires proven expertise,...

Historic New England Castle Sold – Connected To ‘Curse of the Bambino’   Historic New England Castle Sold – Connected To ‘Curse of the Bambino’ One of America’s spectacular castle homes was once owned by Harry H. Frazee, the Boston Red Sox owner who traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920 for $120,000 - the most lopsided American trade since the Dutch bought Manhattan in the 1600s for $24 worth of trinkets. The Ruth trade was the start of the Curse of the Bambino. With the Yankees, Ruth became the most dominant baseball player of the 20th...

Stacked volumes form Ferring Pharmaceuticals HQ by Foster + Partners British architecture studio Foster + Partners has created a stacked glass building with a cantilevered roof for the headquarters of Ferring Pharmaceuticals in Denmark. The six-storey triangular building is located on the waterfront by the Øresund crossing north of Copenhagen and sits on a large plinth that was designed to provide flood defence. The pharmaceutical headquarters overlooks the water Foster + Partners chose glass for the main volume of the building to create the impression that it "floats" above the plinth. Its six floors are stacked to create a geometric...