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Utopian Hours 2022 A World of 8 Billion Cities poster
8 Billion People, 8 Billion Cities

Utopian hours returns in 2022 with a focus on urban space at a global scale

people walking inside atrium
Highlight Reel

Our favorite moments from Milan Design Week 2022: The Fair

Le bâtiment descendant l’escalier, a cantilevering block on stilts by elasticofarm
Riviera Of The Mind

ELASTICOfarm sets a new precedent for Venice’s Lido di Jesolo while breaking ground for its “context-critical” practice

view of the Santo Stefano prison's ruins, everything is worn-down with the watch tower in the middle of the prison's courtyard.
Curating The Panopticon

Italy’s latest adaptive reuse project will transform a ruined island prison into a tourist destination

s-lab, a blocky building made from red panels
Invisible Ink

ELASTICOFarm included a hidden message in a concrete-paneled facade

A canal with buildings on either side, presented at the 2021 utopian hours
City Making to Citizen Making

The 2021 edition of Utopian Hours looked everywhere for the city

Looking down the high line tracks, which will be a topic at the 2021 utopian hours
Building Bridges 1,000 Minutes At A Time

Utopian Hours returns in 2021 with a focus on the future of cities

Looking up at a constellation painted on a church ceiling
Divine Expression

Santiago Calatrava adds subtle gestures to the restored Church of San Gennaro in Naples

Watercolor by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena of stage set design
Baroque Bliss

Architecture, Theater, and Fantasy is a captivating survey of the Bibiena family’s impact on set design

Hashim sarkis will curate the coming venice biennale, which will include this demonstration of living on mars
Pan Scan Jump Zoom

Hashim Sarkis discusses staging an international biennale in ‘interesting times’

exterior of twin-circular home made from clay
A Brand New Clay

Mario Cucinella Architects and WASP complete TECLA, a 3D-printed earthen abode

a people attending a busy trade show in italy with salone del mobile banners
Playing It Safe

Salone Del Mobile may postpone again as COVID resurges in Italy

a long barn shaped home with two chimneys
Put a Cork In It

Casa Quattro answers the call for sustainability with wood, straw, and cork

ernesto gismondi amid a selection of colorful lights
1931 - 2020

Ernesto Gismondi, founder of Artemide, passes away at 89

a circular temporary pavilion with a flower logo
Flower Power

Stefano Boeri reveals a pavilion and marketing campaign to get Italians excited about COVID-19 vaccination

illustration of a rectangular concrete building
Hot Off the Press

Magazzino Italian Art reveals plans for a stark pavilion on its Cold Spring campus

a historic football stadium and tower in florence
Code Red at the Home of La Viola

Pier Luigi Nervi’s iconic Stadio Artemio Franchi under threat in Florence

historic church in naples, italy
On Shaky Ground

Sinkholes threaten historic churches in the centuries-old center of Naples, Italy

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