The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure in Rome with a futuristic second skin.
The new book of photography, featuring essays by RECORD contributing editor Izzy Kornblatt and others, comes 50 years after the publication of ‘Learning from Las Vegas.’
ACPV Architects took a brick-and-travertine office building facing Piazza Augusto Imperatore and infused it with rich color, imperial splendor, and motifs derived from Bulgari’s main business as a high-end jeweler.
Recipients in the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture include César A. Lopez, Ajay Manthripragada, Miranda E. Mote, and Laura Stimson.
The architect's book and work, Franco Purini writes, "provides an exemplary counterpoint" to prevalent modes of architectural expression from the last 30 years.
This month’s dates and events include an exhibition at Rome’s MAXXI exploring the relationship between structural engineering and the pervasion of technology into public and domestic spaces.