RASSEGNA MIART 2019

11/01/2019 web web foglio sheet 2/6 W 26/06/19, 16)28 Milan wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best City Pagina 2 di 7 https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/best-city-wallpaper-design-awards-2019 Milan is seeing an exciting renaissance. Enlightened fashion players such as Miuccia Prada and have left their mark with projects that are developing into key art and culture destinations: the was one of Europe’s most anticipated openings of 2018, debuting with works by Carsten Höller and Jeff Koons; and Armani’s empire includes the Armani/Silos museum and the Armani Hotel. Milan’s Triennale, scheduled for 2019, is set to be , and his team of curators. Moshe Tabibnia’s Building gallery, opened in a converted art nouveau property, has been energising the contemporary art scene, showing international names and new talent. Another conversion, architect Luca Cipelletti’s Cavallerizze, created a dramatic addition to the National Museum of Science and out of former stables. The city staged its second annual Milano Arch Week, while recent projects – ’s Porta Volta mixed-use development, an Apple store by , Architects’ Generali Tower and HQ – are seeing the cityscape evolve to combine its traditional grandeur with a contemporary architectural language. New architecture: Generali Tower, by Architects; HQ, by Piuarch Under construction: Soho House; PwC Tower, by Studio Libeskind; Bocconi campus, by SANAA; Museum of Etruscan Art, by Mario Cucinella Architects New hotels and restaurants: Hotel Viu, by Arassociati and Nicola Gallizia, furnished by Molteni&C; Cracco restaurant, by Studio Peragalli; Cafezal, by Studiopepe Cultural draws: ; Fondazione Prada; Miart fair; Triennale di Milano BEST CITY SHORTLIST Shanghai Giorgio Armani OMA- designed Fondazione Prada tower reinvigorated by a new president, Stefano Boeri Technology Herzog & De Meuron Foster + Partners Zaha Hadid Piuarch’s Gucci Zaha Hadid Gucci Salone del Mobile