News & Perspectives.

2 January 2026

DRA&U at the GCUPI-B Forum

DRA&U will take part in the GCUPI-B Forum – Global Competitive Urban Planning Initiative for Benghazi, to be held from 6 to 9 September in Benghazi. An international forum dedicated to shaping a new urban vision for a city looking toward the future while remaining deeply rooted in its Mediterranean identity. Our participation will take

16 April 2025

DRA&U to Shape Sustainable Future of Abidjan with Ecocité

DRA&U Studio will be responsible for the urban development of Ecocité in Ivory Coast. Following the signing of the MoU last September in Abidjan, the design phase is about to begin. Ecocité will be developed on an area of 410 hectares and will represent a model of development that will contribute to the modern and

18 February 2025

DRA&U Completes the Design of CASA QUADRO in Abidjan

DRA&U has completed the design of CASA QUADRO, a five-story residential building with a basement level, to be built in the Mbadon neighborhood of Abidjan. The project stands out for its rigorous composition and sculptural façade treatment, designed to respond to the tropical climate while establishing a strong architectural presence. The compact volume is carved

31 October 2024

VAV Demolition!

Demolition is underway in our latest project! more info on the VAV project in our portfolio

25 September 2024

URBAN REGENERATION STRATEGIES FOR SHANGHAI

DRA&U founder Giorgio Pini met with representatives of Shanghai New Jing'an (Group) Co. Ltd, for a discussion on redevelopment projects of historic buildings in Shanghai. An ambitious Urban Regeneration plan, which will have to integrate the historic city with the rapid and increasingly vertical development of the new Shanghai. Our office presented projects of different

16 September 2024

10 YEARS of PLAYMAKER

Playmaker celebrates its first ten years. This project that we love very much and that is still extremely contemporary today for its “rational complexity”. Over the years it has been the cause of 11 collisions between cars that slowed down to watch it. We apologize again to all drivers.

17 May 2023

FUOCO

Restcreation Group has chosen DRA&U to design their first restaurant in the United Arab Emirates. With great enthusiasm we take up the challenge of creating a new space that we are sure will become a point of reference for the demanding clientele of Dubai. FUOCO is scheduled to open in Fall 2023 and will be

16 February 2023

PGN Completed!

The urban development project carried out in the heart of the Pigneto district has been completed. We are proud to have completed this intervention capable of mending a city plot that has been abandoned for too long. The requalification of cities must pass through the replacement of obsolete buildings of little architectural value with new

19 July 2022

OPI Completed!

OPI project has been completed!Our studio is proud to have created a project where we are also protagonists as promoters of the initiative. Its realization has aroused a lot of enthusiasm in the local community becoming a positive example of the good practice of Urban Regeneration. We have shown that quality architecture is always the

5 November 2021

PALAZZO PAVONCELLO COMPLETED!

We are proud that the Palazzo Pavoncello project has been finally completed. Ten years of intense work to return a piece of its history to the historic center of Albano. During the realization of the project the difficulties were many given the delicate site on which the building stands. The territory of Albano Laziale is

1 October 2021

DRAUFT @ EDIT NAPOLI 2021

The 2021 edition of EDIT Napoli will also see our spin off DRAUFT among the protagonists. We are proud of the extraordinary work that has been done by our all-female staff to create this new design brand.DRAUFT has been selected to participate in this exceptional international fair which has the merit of promoting and celebrating

15 March 2021

PIGNETO URBAN REGENERATION: UNDERWAY!

Yet another Construction Site under way!

12 November 2020

PIGNETO URBAN REGENERATION

We are pleased to be able to work through an Urban Regeneration project that will lead to the redevelopment of an important hub in the Pigneto area. DRA&U is called upon to mend the urban space between via Fanfulla da Lodi and via del Pigneto with two projects. A place so dear to Pierpaolo Pasolini

15 September 2020

ECO-SMART VILLAGE DA VINCI LABION KICK-OFF!!!

Funds have been granted for the preparation of the construction site! We are all very eager to lay the first stone. Very soon! Stay tuned for more developments!

11 May 2020

Rubbles, Rubbles everywhere!

Kick off for the new construction site! Albeit the slow-downs from the recent COVID-19 pandemic, we are back on schedule on this exciting project!

18 February 2020

OPI: Let's GO!

Permission granted! We are all ready to start working on this new little project, which will bring to life a small excellence for the neighbourhood and the town of Albano Laziale in Rome! Everyone is eager to see our creation come to life! Let's GO! It took us only 583 days But we did it!

20 December 2019

DEFINING NEW HORIZONS IN CôTE D'IVOIRE

In line with the winter holidays, the agreement brings a new outlook for Abidjan, for the development of a fresh point of view for Affordable Housing Projects, aimed at the workers from the Agricultural Sector. The agreement signed with PROXIM FINANCE CONSTRUCTION S.A. sets the grounds for a fruitful future collaboration!

24 October 2019

NEW HEADQUATERS PRICOH'S

DRA&U has been chosen to dream and create the project for PRICOH's new Headquarters in Italy! The objective we envisioned for this new building is to stimulate the interaction between the different departments within the firm, creating multi-use and flexible spaces to promote a dynamic and creative exchange between the staff.

29 August 2019

KICK OFF FOR THE VAV PROJECT

The authorization process for the second project of our REthinkING REbuildING Urban Regeneration Program has begun. The project involves the demolition of a building built in the late 1970s and now abandoned for several years. As planned, we will carry out a project consisting of three zero-emission dwellings independent of each other, and inserted within

12 July 2019

DRA&U AND APICES TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR

In conjunction with APICES (link and fb), the association of Firms and Professionals of Italy, and the Government of Ecuador, we participated at this wonderful conference. We are certain we will be able to give a positive contribution in the near future! Stay Tuned!

13 March 2019

DRA&U wins third place in ISTAT Competition

Today it was announced that DRA&U won a third place prize in competition on the proposal for an office building for the ISTAT (The Italian National Institute of Statistics) headquarter based in Rome. In the creation of the project also contributed studio AMATI, Ariatta Engineering and Gnosis. Stay tuned for more information on the project!

11 March 2019

BAKU URBAN REGENERATION

On 7th March, under the framework of the Italian Design Day 2019 in the World, DRA&U in collaboration with the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan presented their joint project on “Baku Urban Regeneration”. The project aims to create “a smart district for the future city”, where urban, architectural and social transformations take place inside a

18 February 2019

BAKU URBAN REGENERATION

On 5-6-7th of March 2019, Baku will host the third edition of the Italian Design Day, an integrated promotion project launched by the Foreign Ministry with a scope to highlight the excellence and peculiarities of Italian design around the world. This year, under the framework of the Italian Design Day and with the patronage of

12 February 2019

Low-cost housing project presented to Kenya Government Officials

Today DRA&U's Kenya Social Housing project was presented to the government officials, as a part of the initiative to deliver a series of social programmes to promote long-term economic development for Kenyan citizens. Our low cost project targets to putting up multi-story houses, in order to ease a shortage of housing in Kenya. The pilot

14 January 2019

BAKU URBAN REGENERATION

DRA&U in collaboration with Union of Architects of Azerbaijan has launched a cooperation agreement on the redevelopment of the historic district of Baku city defined between Azerbaijan Avenue, Mirza Aga Aliyev, Nabat Ashrubekov and Nizami streets.

19 December 2018

DRA&U wins International competition

DRA&U has won the International competition “Turkistan Architect Awards” in the “Media Center” category. Turkistan Media Center was inspired by authentic architecture of Turkistan, tracing the evolution of Islamic architecture elements to its contemporary interpretation. Considering as starting point a rectangular prism, we studied its creative transformations through a focus on the ‘arch’ as the

28 November 2018

AZERNEWS: “World-famous architect to deliver lecture in Baku”

Source: https://www.azernews.az/culture/141551.html By Laman Ismayilova YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites you to join the architectural lecture on December 4. The theme of the lecture is “City as organism”. This topic will be delivered by Giorgio Pini, Principal Architect and founder of DRA&U and general director and director of new technology development of DRA&U Jonathan Arbib.

20 November 2018

DRA&U @ Azerbaijan

YARAT Contemporary Art Space invites you to the architectural lecture devoted to the topic of “City As Organism”. This topic will be described by Giorgio Pini Principal Architect and founder of DRA&U and general director and director of new technology development of DRA&U Jonathan Arbib. “Cities change and it is impossible to stop this process

10 November 2018

DRA&U @ APICESDAY

NEW CULTURE OF CITIES “The city of the future: the concept, innovation, sustainability and socio-economic impact of the “smart city”. Comparative analyses of the ideas and experiences on the occasion of the third #apicesday, in Rome on 21 November 2018. An event promoted by Apices in partnership with the European Roma Foundation, the Italian Institute for

6 November 2018

NEW VISION FOR HOUSING IN KENYA

Considered as a country with the most interesting economy of the African continent, Kenya today is launching its own agenda for sustainable urban development aimed to tackle the problem of slums. DRA&U together with its partners ITARE and CONCRETE SOLUTIONS will present its development plan and housing solutions for Social and Affordable Housing to the

5 November 2018

DRA&U to be a part of the Italian-Paraguayan Business Council

DRA&U will be a part of the Italian-Paraguayan Business Council to be held today in Rome. The event promoted by the association APICES aims to promote the development of bilateral relations between two governments. 🇵🇾🇮🇹 His Excellency President of Paraguay Mr. Mario Abdo Benítez will participate at the event, as well as a Minister of Commerce

1 October 2018

NEW CULTURE OF CITIES

Smart City: From contemporary cities, to Eco-System cities. DRA&U partner Giorgio Pini will participate at the congress of the 21st of November 2018, “New Culture of cities” with the objective of offering a debate around the aspects that characterise the urban contemporary development. From the existing urban and social evolution of the cities, with the

4 September 2018

1947 OIL MILL conversion for Quality of Life

Surpassing standards, and creating with Quality of Life in mind, this project is delivering residential space with over 1000 sqm of green areas. It's the only development in the area aiming to give to its new residents, the peace and tranquillity needed today. Highest Seismic standards, researched quality materials, and internal finishing tailored to individual

15 January 2018

A.777, all done!

DRA&U finally has completed and delivered its signature villa in Kazakhstan, marking a great accomplishment.

15 November 2017

DRA&U AT THE FARNESINA FOR SMART(ER) CITIES

DRA&U is delighted to participate in the two-day event organised by Africa e Affari in its International congress for the development of Smart Cities in Africa. This event will see us protagonists on the 16th of November at the Istituto Geografico Italiano on the theme of Smart (and sustainable) cities side by side with Jean-Pierre

16 October 2017

ALBANO | A HYPERLAPSE OF HISTORY

In collaboration with Kirill Neiezhmakov (Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook) DRA&U is carrying out the development of a Hyperlapse of the city of Albano Laziale, Rome, to incorporate it in the Virtual Museum project! More news coming soon!

18 September 2017

#megabasements :: LONDON

Work continues on schedule for our #megabasements project in London! Stay tuned!

13 September 2017

ROME, THE ETERNAL CITY… DIGITALIZED!

Project underway! The excitement of privately funded projects for the public sector Patrons for the arts. Together with the German Archaeological Institute at Rome and the British School at Rome, DRA&U will lead this project to create the first Digital experience for the town of Albano Laziale of Rome, Italy, uncovering the history of the

17 July 2017

OLD CITY, VIRTUAL REALITY

Albano Laziale, the cradle of the Roman Empire and Roman History, is minutes away from Rome, the Eternal City. Il Albano Laziale DRA&U will be developing the new Virtual Reality solution to boost and aid tourism in an area immersed with the richness of archeological finds, uncovered by the German Archaeological Institute at Rome and

15 June 2017

London Mega Basements

New project in London for a Mega Basement Villa

18 April 2017

LOCAL COLLABORATION, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Establishing local collaborations wherever our team lands, helps us absorb local knowledge, and implement it into our work with higher efficiency, giving creativity more space and time. Local firm Enterijer Jankovic is helping us with the A.777 project in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2 April 2017

DRA&U GETS A FACELIFT

We depart from our beloved petroleum-green for a new Logo, new website and many new ideas! Stay tuned!

1 February 2017

KIP ISLAND – Riga Competition

Participation in the KIP ISLAND Auditorium competition

1 October 2016

KAZAKHSTAN SEZ KHORGOS DRY PORT 360 DEGREE VIRTUAL TOUR

This project has been developed for the SEZ Khorgos Dry Port authorities, to present this new international hub to new companies, investors and prospective clients.

1 September 2016

DRA&U PRESENTS AT CONFERENCE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

DRA&U has been invited to present at a conference dedicated to investors for the development of Côte d’Ivoire

28 July 2016

DRA&U @ CÔTE D’IVOIRE

From 9 to 14 of August Jonathan Arbib (CEO of DRA&U) and Annapina Di Filippo (Senior Architect of DRA&U) will be in the Ivory Coast, to start the cooperation with this country in the development of projects on the subject Sustainable Innovation of the Territory. Original Flag by think0

7 July 2016

KHORGOS 360

DRA&U was chosen for the realization of the communication project site Free zone SEZ Khorgos. The creation of the Virtual Tour 360 project will serve as accelerator for business promotion to investors around the world of this commercial-industrial-logistics hub on the silk way. Photo by Valerio Mannarino

11 May 2016

ALMATY A.777 – FINAL STRETCH

Our project A.777 in Almaty is well underway

1 May 2016

American Architecture Prize – 2016

Honourable Mention awarded to DRA&U from the American Architecture Prize in the Sustainability Specialization for 2016 Link to the full Article

15 January 2016

NUVOLARI STORE | ARESE SHOPPING CENTER

WORK IN PROGRESS of the biggest mall in Europe carried out in the former industrial complex Alfa Romeo in Arese for Nuvolari Store

15 July 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | EUROMA2

Our third Store Nuvolari was completed. A space that follows the new concept of the brand, but rich in details.

4 July 2015

ASTANA ART FEST 2015

For the Anniversary of Astana city [4 – 6 of July], within the ASTANA ART FEST which aims to promote interdisciplinarity between ART | TECHNLOGY | ARCHITECTURE, our firm has been invited to submit projects developing in Kazakhstan.

22 June 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | MILANO

Next opening of the New Nuvolari Store in Milan. The shop will be inside the Milanofiori Shopping Mall.

5 June 2015

PDV I PROGETTI MAGAZINE

The 9th edition of the Italian magazine i Progetti puglished our project for the showroom Playmaker. We thank Alessandra Maria Loglisci for the article (in Italian)

4 June 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | EUROMA2

Works starting at the new Nuvolari Store in Euroma2.

2 June 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | APRILIA2 OPEN

The new store Nuovali that we designed was opened in the shopping center of Aprilia2. A great satisfaction for whole team who worked on the project

26 May 2015

IN THE CUBE

Our first (but not the last) experiment project with the container is completed!

29 April 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | APRILIA2

Our next project for Nuvolari is about to begin!

24 April 2015

CIBO PROJECT

DRA&U completes the new CIBO + PROJECT.

26 March 2015

NUVOLARI STORE | HAPPIO

Our first project for Nuvolari Store in Rome Happio Shopping Mall, has been completed.

14 December 2014

ACV IARCH

The project Astana City Vision has been published on the Chinese Magazine IARCH Link to the article on IARCH

11 December 2014

HIGHLIKE

We are very proud to be part of the “Highlike book” with our project of Wines Museum in Chile. This is a yearbook on global contemporary ART and CULTURE. Its first edition has 584 pages with 577 artists from 35 countries. The “highlike book” encompasses several aspects of contemporary culture, providing the user a new

6 November 2014

PDV ARCHIDIAP

Ringraziamo il dipartimento ArchiDiap dell'Università “La Sapienza” di Roma per aver inserito il nostro progetto PDV/01 tra le 500 architetture di maggior valore di Roma dal 1500 ad oggi. Un ringraziamento a Fabrizio Ricci autore dell'articolo che riportiamo di seguito : ” Verde e natura per il parco dei Castelli Romani, acciaio e vetro per

5 November 2014

ACV ARTHITECTURAL

Astana City Vision project published on Arthitectural A Smart City for 30.000 inhabitants, entirely sustainable and climate controlled. Link to the article arthitectural.com is an online magazine which has succeeded to become a source of inspiration of design and architecture since its foundation in May 2010. From its beginning, arthitectural.com was set to bring both

3 November 2014

NUVOLARI STORE

Nuvolari Group has commissioned to our office, the interior design of the new store in the shopping mall “Appio I.”

3 November 2014

NUVOLARI

DRA&U has been chosen to realize the new concept deisgn of the Nuvolari stores. We are proud to collaborate, and write this new chapter for Nuvolari. A fascinating journey for our studio, ready to tackle the world of vintage design!

29 September 2014

A.777 RISING

Our project A.777 to Almaty is well underway. This project will be an important sign of contemporary architecture in Almaty.

13 September 2014

RETRO STORE

Our project for Retro Store in Frascati (Rome), has been completed.

23 June 2014

IN THE CUBE

We are delighted to be working again with the “playmaker group” for realize a new space. A big good luck to this company that is growing every year more.

29 March 2014

WANDA PLAZA

WANDA PLAZA project has been published on Arthitectural

4 March 2014

DRA&U IN IRAQ

Giorgio Pini and Jonathan Arbib are taking part in the Italian economic mission to Iraq. The mission starts 14th of March in Bassora and will continue it’s program to Nassiriya.

10 December 2013

WANDA ARTHITECTURAL

Published on Arthitectural our project for the Wanda Plaza Shopping Center di Tai'an (China). https://www.arthitectural.com/drau-wanda-plaza/ arthitectural.com is an online magazine which has succeeded to become a source of inspiration of design and architecture since its foundation in May 2010. From its beginning, arthitectural.com was set to bring both renown projects of architecture and design as

22 November 2013

DESIGN YOUR ALMATY

Our office with the University of Almaty KazGASA and Atlas Concorde has launched a competition for students of architecture. This contest will aim to inspire students to RE-thinking residential architecture in Almaty. info : https://www.facebook.com/pages/design-YOUR-almaty/417397528359960?ref=hl

18 November 2013

ASTANA CITY VISION

DRA&U is proud to have been appointed to develop the concept to thinking the future of Astana. In the coming months we'll work with great enthusiasm to this project. We'll be ready to present to the public in the end of January 2014.

12 August 2013

DRA&U CENTRAL ASIA

We are proud to announce next opening of our office in Central Asia. This project will allow us to grow and expand our work in this important market. The headquaters of DRA&U Central Asia will be located in Kazakhstan. Our representative office in Almaty will be operational by 25th of August

18 July 2013

DRA&U IN CHINA

Our team is selected as 1 of 5 to compete for design the facade for a new multifuncional building (Shopping Center, Office Towers and Hotel) in Tai'an.

13 July 2013

AMO

AMO – ALMATY MODERN ORNAMENT With great satisfaction we have completed our first project proposal in Kazakhstan and more precisely in the city of Almaty. The project is inspired by the rich tradition that this country has for ornaments. We are proud to be able to re-design these decorations so that they become signs and

3 July 2013

IDEAS

Thanks to the Architecture Masterclass of April, IDEAS magazine publishes a retrospective article on our work

30 May 2013

FIRST PRIZE @ MIX AND MATCH AWARD

MIX AND MATCH AWARD : Odorisio Bath Show Contest DRA&U won the first prize.

16 May 2013

AA ROME VISITING SCHOOL

Enrico Dini [ D-Shape ] and Yana Ivanova present the project of the Wine's Museum of Santiago de Chile. Location : Galleria “Come se ” – Rome Time : 4 : 00 p.m.

16 May 2013

MASTERCLASS OF ARCHITECTURE

International Masterclass of Architecture [ From Thinking To Making ] – 16 | 17 May Location : Rixos Hotel – Ballroom 1, Almaty, Kazakhstan Time : 9 : 00 Speakers : Giorgio Pini | Simone Luciani | Claudio Devoto | Filippo Cannata

19 April 2013

[ FROM THINKING TO MAKING ] EVENT

Presentation of the Masterclass of Architecture by Giorgio Pini, lead architect of DRA&U. Location: Union Deco, Abylai Hanna Street, 24 | Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan Time : 6 : 30 p.m.

4 April 2013

KAZGASA

Giorgio Pini (Principal Architect of DRA&U) will host a lecture at the University of KazGasa of Almaty, Kazakhstan on the 16th of Aprile at 10:00 in the Aula Magna.

26 March 2013

AA ROME VISITING SCHOOL

DRA&U through its communication platform GlückChannel, will participate as Media Partner at the new edition of the workshop Form as (Dynamic) Unknown organized by the Architectural Association. Info: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/rome

11 March 2013

PALAZZO PAVONCELLO

Work has begun to build Palazzo Pavoncello. We are proud to announce the opening of this site, above all for urban and social recover that this project plays within the fabric of the old town of Albano Laziale.

19 February 2013

WINES MUSEUM EVOLO

Wine's Museum of Santiago de Chile has been published on the architectural magazine eVolo. Link to the article eVolo is an architecture and design journal focused on technological advances, sustainability, and innovative design for the 21st Century. The main goal is to promote and discuss the most avant-garde ideas generated in schools and professional studios

12 January 2013

PDV BÜRO 247

PLAYMAKER was published on the fashion | culture | lifestyle web magazine BÜRO 24/7. https://www.buro247.ru/lifestyle/design/13209.html

12 January 2013

PDV RETAIL BLOG

PDV/01 was published on Retail Design Blog. http://retaildesignblog.net/2013/01/12/pdv01-showroom-by-drau-marino-italy/

8 January 2013

PDV ARCHISCENE

PDV/01 was published in the web magazine ARCHISCENE. http://www.archiscene.net/location/italy/playmaker-showroom-drau/ Archiscene began as a sister site addition to fashion and design destination Design Scene, taking over daily architecture and design updates. Today it is a daily journal, focusing on groundbreaking projects, in the already mentioned fields, as well as timeless eye-catching design. While our intent is

22 December 2012

PDV ARCHDAILY

PDV/01 was published in the web magazine ARCHDAILY. http://www.archdaily.com/309191/playmaker-showroom-drau ArchDaily was founded in March 2008 with the mission of delivering the most complete information to architects around the world. It is the online source of continuous information for a growing community of thousands of architects searching for the latest architectural news: projects, products, events, interviews

22 November 2012

B1 MAGAZINE

DRA&U jobs was published on the Thailand magazine B1.

17 March 2012

FUTURE ARQUITECTURAS

Haliommatidium has recently been featured on magazine future arquitecturas issue 30/31.

6 March 2012

PDV OPENING

Celebriamo l'inizio del cantiere per la realizzazione dello showroom PDV/01. Ci aspettano otto mesi d'intenso e gratificante lavoro.

10 January 2012

WINE'S MUSEUM LATIN CONNOISSEUR

9 January 2012

IL GIORNALE DELL'ARCHITETTURA

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22 December 2011

ISTANBUL ARCHDAILY

Istanbul Disaster Center was published in the web magazine ARCHDAILY. http://www.archdaily.com/192381/disaster-prevention-and-education-center-drau/ ArchDaily was founded in March 2008 with the mission of delivering the most complete information to architects around the world. It is the online source of continuous information for a growing community of thousands of architects searching for the latest architectural news: projects, products,

23 October 2011

NECROPOLI LA REPUBBLICA

Technology allows the rebirth of the beauties of the past. DRA&U has participated in the realization of the multimedia project of the Necropoli di Cerveteri.

29 August 2011

ROSSI INHABITAT

The project for the Multifunctional building Rossi Sud has been publshed on the Inhabitat weblog. Link to the article Inhabitat.com is a weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future. Inhabitat was started by

28 August 2011

ROSSI SUD ARCHDAILY

Also referred to as Haliommatidium, our project for the Rossi Sud fair complex, has been published on the Archdaily magazine. Link to the article ArchDaily was founded in March 2008 with the mission of delivering the most complete information to architects around the world. It is the online source of continuous information for a growing

26 August 2011

WINES MUSEUM ARTHITECTURAL

Our project for the Wine Museum in Santiago de Chile was published in the web magazine ARTHITECTURAL. http://www.arthitectural.com/drau-wines-museum/ arthitectural.com is an online magazine which has succeeded to become a source of inspiration of design and architecture since its foundation in May 2010. From its beginning, arthitectural.com was set to bring both renown projects of architecture

18 August 2011

WAF

Haliommatidium is select as finalist for the 2011 World Architecture Festival Award in the Future Project category. The winner will be announced at the annual WAF festival which takes place in Barcelona November 2nd-4th. The World Architecture Festival is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate learn, exchange and be inspired. It is the

5 June 2011

ROSSI SUD EVOLO

Also referred to as Haliommatidium, our project for the Rossi Sud fair complex, has been published on the eVolo architecture magazine. Link to the article eVolo is an architecture and design journal focused on technological advances, sustainability, and innovative design for the 21st Century. The main goal is to promote and discuss the most avant-garde

18 May 2011

CAIRANO 7X

Giorgio Pini (partner DRA&U) will be participating at the third edition of Cairano 7X “microcosmi eccellenti comunità, trasformazione, sviluppo locale”. Cairano 7X è un progetto ideato e sostenuto dal suo più illustre cittadino Franco Dragone, con lo scopo di salvaguardare e valorizzare i borghi e le piccole comunità dell'appennino che rappresentano un tesoro inestimabile della

22 April 2011

ROSSI SUD ARTHITECTURAL

Denominato Haliommatidium il nostro progetto per il complesso fieristico Rossi Sud di Latina è stato pubblicato sul magazine Arthitectural. http://www.arthitectural.com/drau-haliommatidium/ arthitectural.com is an online magazine which has succeeded to become a source of inspiration of design and architecture since its foundation in May 2010. From its beginning, arthitectural.com was set to bring both renown projects

23 March 2011

PALAZZO VALENTINI

DRA&U has participated in the development of multimedia path and project mapping of archaeological finds from the Roman Domus found below Palazzo Valentini in Rome. Il suggestivo percorso tra i resti di “Domus” patrizie di età imperiale, appartenenti a potenti famiglie dell’epoca, con mosaici, pareti decorate, pavimenti policromi, basolati e altri reperti, è stato supportato

1 November 2010

NEW AGING

Our firm has been invited to attend the conference NEW AGING at the Penn University in Philadelphia. It will be an opportunity to meet professionals from around the world, and discuss about a topic of great importance as that of accommodation for the elderly. The University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Matthias Hollwich announce

22 September 2010

ROSSI SUD CONTEST

DRA&U has been selected amongst the 5 architectural studios entering the second phase of the international challenge for the realization of the iconic building of the new fair centre of Latina. The jury has conferred to our proposal the second place ex equo. A result that cherishes the intense work of the research team realizing

13 June 2010

NEW AGING CONTEST

Our project proposal was awarded the Honorable Mention in the competition organized by Architizer site in collaboration with the Penn University. The University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Architizer, and Matthias Hollwich announce that the jury has chosen the winning designs of the New Aging Award. The selected projects demonstrate progressive architectural and social advances