architecture + design

A scooping concrete roof cantilevers over the rear entrance to a house by the Ganges River in northern India. Mumbai architects Rajiv Saini + Associates designed the single-storey residence, which burrows into the sloping riverside terrain. A spa is located where the building tunnels into the hill and a tree-lined courtyard is concealed between the house and landscape. Rough masonry walls define the main entrance, while both angular and curved concrete walls separate individu

The “Casa della Musica” in Cervignano del Friuli is the result of a project for reusing, renovating and redeveloping a brick building, which had been abandoned for some time. It was designed and executed by GEZA (architects Stefano Gri and Piero Zucchi). Commissioned by the town council, the new home for culture and musical representations, the “Casa della Musica” has adopted a simple – capable of respecting the memory of the original structure – and yet contemporary language