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On Saturday May 14th, 2022 the new ICS Milan International School in the Symbiosis district of Covivio in Porta Romana will be open for visits in 4 tours guided by architects from Barreca & La Varra and ICS Milan staff. Bookings are open from May 7, after registration on the portal (from May 3).

Barreca & La Varra guest curators of MDFF 2021, “Reset”

From 21 to 24 October 2021 the 9th edition of the festival will be staged in a phygital version. “CIAK IN ITALY. Foreign directors in the Italian landscape” is the theme of the curatorship, which will be the subject of screenings and talks with international guests.

Barreca & La Varra in the ARIA team, winner of C40 Reinventing Cities for the Ex-Macello area in Milan

competitions

The “ARIA” project by lead partner Redo Sgr società benefit won the 2020/21 edition of C40’s international competition Reinventing Cities for the Ex-Macello area in Viale Molise, in the Calvairate area: Barreca & La Varra are in the Architecture and Urban Planning team with Snøhetta Oslo (lead architect), CZA Cino Zucchi Architetti, Stantec and Chapman […]

Barreca & La Varra at “Best Italian Interior Design Selection” by CasaPlatform @Venezia2021

exhibitions

The Ugolini HQ project has been selected for the thematic exhibition to be held in the Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Misericordia from 22 May to 22 August 2021, in conjunction with the first three months of the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Barreca & La Varra for RoGUILTLESSPLASTIC 2021

On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12, the virtual press conference of the new edition of the event conceived by Milanese gallery owner Rossana Orlandi that will take place in September as part of the Milan Design Week 2021.

“The Eye of Milan”: Giovanni La Varra and the cinema that narrates the city

Friday, March 5, 2021 at 6 pm, live streaming of the third and last meeting of the cycle curated by Alberto Saibene, who will talk with Giovanni La Varra about the films that have described Milan.

“Rumors d’ambiente – Alla ricerca della sostenibilità”, a podcast for Repower

From Thursday, November 5, 2020 is available on all platforms for free the podcast with the interview by Maurizio Melis to Barreca & La Varra on sustainability issues and in particular on the masterplan for the Scalo Greco-Breda in Milan.

Talk about Health for INTERNI Designer’s Week

As part of MILAN DESIGN CITY (28/9-10/10), Thursday, October 8, 2020 Giovanni La Varra will speak at Interni Magazine’s Talk on the theme “Health” together with numerous guests moderated by Matteo Vercelloni, journalist.

Barreca & La Varra shortlisted for three sites of Reinventing Cities Milan 2020

competitions

The projects “L’Amber Playful Yards” for Scalo Lambrate and “ARIA” for Ex-Macello and Palazzine Liberty pass to the second phase of the international competition organized by the City of Milan together with C40.

German Design Award 2020 “Excellent Architecture” for the Siemens HQ in Milan

awards

The project inaugurated in 2018 in Milan received the prestigious award from the German Design Council in Frankfurt on 7th February 2020.

Barreca & La Varra at the final meeting with the protagonists of “Milan: new architectures in comparison”

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 at 9 pm at the OneWorks Creative Hub in Milan will be held the final confrontation between the architects protagonists of the cycle created by architect Emilio Battisti. Free admission.

Barreca & La Varra at the third edition of Biennale di Architettura of Pisa with “Fluid Horizon”

exhibitions

From November 21st to December 1st 2019, at the Arsenali Repubblicani of Pisa, ten days of events, talks, exhibitions dedicated to the architecture of the “Tempodacqua”.

“HOSPITALITY INNOVATION. Designing a unique hotel experience” workshop launch

Today the Design of Spaces Workshop of Domus Academy, in collaboration with Paletti Group, is launched and Gianandrea Barreca is Project Leader together with Marina Baracs.

“Milano. Nuove architetture a confronto”: Gianandrea Barreca presents the Cantù/Orefici project

Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at 9 pm a new appointment of the cycle organized by Arch. Emilio Battisti at OneWorks Creative Hub, with the redevelopment of the building part of the Piazza Cordusio complex.

INNESTO wins the “C40 Reinventing Cities” competition for the area Scalo Greco Breda in Milan

competitions

INNESTO, the first Zero Carbon “Housing Sociale” project proposed by the team represented by Fondo Immobilare Lombardia (FIL) managed by Investire sgr with Fondazione Housing Sociale (FHS) as strategic partner, Barreca & La Varra as architects and landscape designers, and Arup Italia as environmental and urban planning expert, wins the “C40 Reinventing Cities” competition for […]

Barreca at the debate “Territorial equilibria: architecture and planning in the challenges of regional development”

Tuesday 18 June 2019 from 8.30 pm at the headquarters of the Foundation of the Order of Architects of Milan, Ezio Micelli moderates the meeting attended by Fabrizio Barca, former Minister for Territorial Cohesion, and architects Francesca Torzo and Patrizia Pisaniello.

Architectural Walk 2019 “Milano Alta” stops at Bosco Verticale

On Saturday, May 11th Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra will host at Bosco Verticale the Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti of Milan’s group led by Maria Vittoria Capitanucci.

Giovanni La Varra speaker at the meeting “Infrastructures and environmental impact in Italy” by LUISS in Rome

On Friday, May 10th at the Sala delle Colonne of the LUISS Campus, the “Vittorio Bachelet Public Administration Research Center” inaugurates the series of meetings with a focus on Italian port infrastructures.

Giovanni La Varra in “Milan 2030. Effects on the economy and on the real estate market of the reserved PGT variant”

Tuesday 7 May 2019 at the Palazzo delle Stelline in Milan the professionals invited by AIM and Scenari Immobiliari will discuss the future of the city and the effects of the PGT on the territory.

Gianandrea Barreca guest architect at The Plan seminar in Genoa

Thursday 21 March 2019 at the Sala delle Grida in the Palazzo della Borsa, Gianandrea Barreca will give the speech “The important thing is to participate: competitions as places of experimentation” at The seminar “The architecture and design at the center: creativity, technology, research” of The Plan.

“Out of center: suburbs and suburbs”. Giovanni La Varra at the theater on Pasolini with Lino Guanciale

Wednesday, March 13th at 17:30 at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, the meeting with Lino Guanciale and the company of the play “Ragazzi di vita”, taken from the novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini part of the “Pasolini in profile” review.

In jury at Archistart’s Architectural Thesis Award 2019

Friday, February 8th at the Cascina Cuccagna in Milan we will meet Roberto Vangeli (Zaha Hadid Architects) and Tomas Ghisellini to proclaim the winning project of the international competition, now in its third edition.

Siemens Headquarters on “Panorama Italiano Vol. 5” by The Plan

The new Siemens headquarters in Milan are inserted by The Plan in the fifth paper collection of the projects of the rich atlas of Italian on-line architecture.

MIXOLOGY Design Xmas

Tuesday, December 11th at 7 pm at the Cosentino City Milano showroom we will take part in the Christmas cocktail competition between the architectural studios organized by Towant.

Presentation of “In the same boat” at Milano Design Film Festival

Gianandrea Barreca will introduce the docufilm on Saturday 27th October at 7.15 pm in the Abadan room at Anteo Palazzo del Cinema in Milan, in the presence of the Italian director Rudy Gnutti.

A debate about architecture and clients at Ordine di Varese

On Wednesday 24th October 2018 at 9 pm at Villa Panza Gianandrea Barreca and Mirko Paletti (Filcasa) will talk, moderated by Chiara Maranzana of Abitare, as part of “THINKING VARESE – The value of the client in architecture”.

Gianandrea Barreca introduces “Renzo Piano. The Architect of light” at Anteo

On Sunday, October 14th 2018 at 11 am there will be a special screening of the documentary by Carlos Saura on the Centro Botín in Santander (Spain), at Spazio Cinema Anteo in collaboration with the Milan Design Film Festival.

Audi Q8 and A6 launch with SestoAutoveicoli

An exclusive event in which Barreca, La Varra and Ing. Vavalà, Sales Director of Audi Italy, have researched the similarities between architecture and automotive by exploring the concepts of sustainability, experiential design and technology.

“MUSIC INNOVATION HUB – new design for creative music environment”

Today is launched this Domus Academy workshop in collaboration with BASE Milano, where Gianandrea Barreca is the project leader together with Marcello Bondavalli from studiowok.

Dj for a night at the DjArch Night by Towant at Minotticucine

Tuesday, September 18th from 8pm in Via Larga 4 you can listen and vote for our playlist on the occasion of the fifth edition of Towant’s DjArch Night. Free entry!

Press conference of “Cittadella dello sport” project in Tortona

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 at 10:30 in Piazza Allende will be officially presented our project of the new “Cittadella dello Sport” and the Bertram Derthona basket arena, an initiative of Gavio Group and Derthona Basket.

Barreca & La Varra take part to “DesignDuels” interviews

Towant in collaboration with Giorgio Tartaro organizes the “double interviews” to the leading architects of Milan: our turn will be Thursday, July 5th at the H2Otto showroom!

Barreca & La Varra opens ARCHITECTS PARTY 2018 of Milan

Let’s celebrate the 10 years of Barreca & La Varra with Towant, opening ArchitectsParty TEN | Special Edition | MILAN. We are waiting for you on June, Tuesday 19th at 7pm! Free entry!

Second presentation of the residences of Punta Murena in Alassio

On Saturday, June 2nd at 6 pm the construction site of the Punta Murena residences will open its doors again, and it will be possible to visit the completed residential units.

Giovanni La Varra at Clatil meeting 2018 “Utopias Sociales”

Friday, June 1st Giovanni La Varra will be speaker at the 5th Latin American Congress of Architecture and Design of the University of Morón (Buenos Aires).

Giovanni La Varra tells about the Vertical Forest of Milan in Buenos Aires

Wednesday, May 30th Giovanni La Varra will be the protagonist of a meeting dedicated to the construction of the Vertical Forest of Milan at the Solsken showroom in Buenos Aires.

Open! Open Studies 2018

“Genova tailor made reloaded” is the theme of our participation at the CNAPPC national event. We will be open Friday, May 18th from 6 to 9 pm.

“Designign on the existent”: a lecture at Politecnico di Milano

Giovanni La Varra explains a selection of the studio’s work to the students of Professor Stefano Guidarini and Christian Campanella at the course “Architecture Laboratory for the Conservation of Complex Buildings”.

“The city between physical dimension and digital dimension”: a talk 500×100 at eFM

On Friday, April 20th, on the occasion of the Fuorisalone, Gianandrea Barreca intervenes in a talk about the city in the future Milanese eFM office in via Statuto 11, moderated by Alfonso Femia and Giorgio Tartaro.

Gianandrea Barreca guest architect at The Plan seminar in Bergamo

Thursday, April 12th at the Confindustria of Bergamo Gianandrea Barreca will talk about “Experimenting innovation” at the seminar “Value at the Project: Design, Creativity, Innovation” by The Plan magazine.

Siemens Headquarters on “Il Corriere della Sera – Economia”

The day after the opening of #CasaSiemens, Corriere tells about the project and the principles of mobile and “connected” work.

Opening of Siemens Headquarters in Milan

On Thursday, March 22nd the opening of our #CasaSiemens project in via Vipiteno took place in Milan.

Giovanni La Varra moderates “Reading the city in the dynamic past-present-future” at “Tempo di Libri”

Saturday, March 10th at 6:30 pm Giovanni La Varra presents the book “Amphitheatres and cities in the Cisalpina romana” by Stefano Maggi at the “International publishing fair 2018” in Fieramilanocity

Genoa tailor made: completed, ongoing and waiting architectures

exhibitions

“Genova tailor made” exhibition shows the design opportunities that we had in the last 20 years in Genoa and Liguria. From February 22nd to March 4th at Interno 1, Genova (free entry with registration)

At the stoves for the ShortCookingRaces by Towant

Gianandrea Barreca was chef for a night during the “ShortCookingRaces 2017 – The Fast Cooking Races of Italian Architecture” by Towant Architectural Events at the Siematic showroom in Milan.

Giovanni La Varra speakers at Bookcity in Triennale

Giovanni La Varra is one of the speakers at the presentation of the book “How space transforms art, How art transforms the space” by Maddalena D’Alfonso, which will take place at the Triennale on Friday 17th November at 5 pm.

Foodies’ Party for Foodies’ Challenge 2017

On Thursday, October 5th we will at the Foodies’ Party organized in the Grohe showroom as part of the Foodies’ Challenge 2017, in which we participate with our video project “FOODCANTIERI”. Vote for us until October 31st!

Opening of residential Punta Murena’s construction site in Alassio

On Friday, September 15th at 6 pm, at the Grand Hotel of Alassio, the event for the Punta Murena residential project was held, which included a visit to the construction site with the first two completed units.

Lecture in Triennale for Milano Arch Week 2017

Thursday, June 15th at 2.30 pm Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra will hold the “Architecture in progress” lecture in Agora at La Triennale di Milano on the occasion of the first Milan Arch Week.

Video première of Foodies’ Challenge at Triennale di Milano

Wednesday, June 7th at 5 pm at Triennale is held the première of the 17 videos that contribute to Foodies’ Challenge, including our “FOODCANTIERI – Lunch break: the yard in the kitchen, the kitchen in the yard”

Siemens Headquarters in “Progetti e Concorsi” of Il Sole 24 Ore

The project of the Siemens Headquarters in Milan is included by Il Sole 24 Ore among those who are revolutionizing the way of conceiving office work in the “smart Milan”, home of major international companies.

Speech of Giovanni La Varra at “Vicino/Lontano – Premio Terzani” in Udine

Giovanni La Varra participates in the meetings “Architecture and Populism” and “Italian Architecture, from Postmodern to today” in occasion of festival “Vicino/Lontano – Premio Terzani”.

Siemens Headquarters on IoArch

IoArch talks about the construction site of the Siemens Headquarter in via Vipiteno 4 in Milan that have reached the roof.

Vertical Forest in the first issue of the “Urban Architecture and Interior” series

Vertical Forest was published in the first issue of the “Architecture and Interior Urban” series, the new collaborative editorial project between Corriere della Sera, Abitare and Milan Polytechnic, dedicated to the city of Milan.

Giovanni La Varra’s speech at Friuli Future Forum

Giovanni La Varra takes part to the meeting “Energy and safety of the regional territory to regenerate value” organized in the framework of the “Friuli Future Forum – Starting again! Italy which will come” at 5pm in the Sala Valduga of the Chamber of Commerce of Udine.

Bosco Verticale wins the Best Tall Building Worldwide award 2015 by CTBUH of Chicago

awards

The “Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat”, promoted by the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, has awarded in the Crown Hall the building in Milan as the best skyscraper in the world of the year.

“La filigrana di Milano: acqua, città e territorio” on The Plan n.65

Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra reflect on the relationship that the city of Milan and the water have had in the past and in the present, and propose new ideas for the future.

Speeches at “2° Forum Architetture per la Sanità” by Il Sole 24 Ore

Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra are speakers at the “2° Forum Architetture per la Sanità” organized by Il Sole 24 Ore, as part of the “Next” focus with the contribution: “Redevelopment of the Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli and Regina Elena of Milan: new forms for health ”

“Barreca & La Varra. Questioni di facciata – A matter of façade”