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  • 10.12.2009
The Linked Hybrid project

The Linked Hybrid complex in Beijing covers an area of 220,000 m². This is a project in which commercial, residential, educational and | More

  • 07.09.2009
Light exhibition design 2009

An open-air stage. That is what Milan will look like from 6th December to 10th January 2010 when, with the last Light Exhibition Design 2009 (LED) | More

  • 02.10.2008
PizzaKobra

Seznámte se s novou charismatickou osssobností, která Vás svým šarmem zcela jistě uhrane... | More

  • 05.09.2008
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

With a total area of 21,000 m2, la Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine of Paris occupies the “Paris” wing of the Palais de Chaillot and part of the Palais du Trocadéro | More

  • 01.09.2008
Project “Conoscere la forma”

The “Knowing the Shape” project that originated from the collaboration between iGuzzini and the Central Institute for Restoration develops along two lines | More

  • 29.08.2008
„Conoscere la forma“ - Paris

The project “Conoscere la forma”, the first event of which took place in May 2006 in Milan, will be staged at the Louvre between March and June 2007. | More

  • 28.08.2008
„Conoscere la forma“ - Milan

The Dancing Satyr from Mazara del Vallo was the first work to open “Conoscere la forma” (“Knowing the Shape”), the event organised by iGuzzini in the Partner Assistance space in Milan. | More

  • 01.08.2008
Concept "urban livig room" in Milan

Milan now has a “new urban face”: this is the architect Simone Micheli’s design for the IAT headquarters, situated in the former Cobianchi premises. | More

  • 03.04.2008
New Brembo Research and Development Centre

The new Research and Development Centre of the Brembo company is the first building to be completed as part of the new architectural complex envisaged in Jean Nouvel’s Master Plan for the Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park. | More

  • 03.04.2008
Thales Research and Development Centre

The multinational Thales Group is a global electronics concern serving the aerospace, defence and information technology sectors. It became known by its present name in 2000, following an acquisition. | More

  • 03.04.2008
A new building for the Welsh National Assembly

In March 2006 (St. David’s day, 1st of March), Her Majesty the Queen opened the Senedd building for the National Assembly for Wales (NAfW). The project, originally conceived and won in competition in 1998 with Architects Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP), BDSP Partnership and ARUP | More

  • 03.04.2008
Restoration of the Pirelli skyscraper.

In 1998 the Lombardy Regional Government announced two international competitions for refurbishment projects in its headquarters, the Pirelli building: the Auditorium (won by Corvino+Multari) and the Belvedere on the 31st floor (won by Renato Sarno). | More

  • 01.04.2008
SIEEB - Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy Efficient Building

In December 2005, extensive coverage was given in the Italian media to the Far East visit of a delegation led by former President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi and accompanied by a corps of businessmen looking for investment opportunities in the new China. | More

  • 01.04.2008
The Palace of Justice in Antwerp

March 2006 saw the official inauguration of the new Palace of Justice, a secular cathedral of metal, glass and wood measuring 78,000 m2. It was created by architect Richard Rogers, winner of an international design competition launched in 1999. | More

The Good Volcano

210 million investments, 1700 employees, 155 shops, 1 hotel, 9 cinemas: these are the figures of the "Vulcano Buono" Service Centre, inaugurated in Nola (Naples) on December 6th 2007. | More

Osvětlení výstavy „Albrecht z Valdštejna a jeho doba“

Dne 15. listopadu byla v prostorách Valdštejnské jízdárny zahájena výstava věnovaná Albrechtu Václavu Eusebiusovi z Valdštejna (1583–1634), který patří k významným postavám českých dějin a byl jedním z mála Čechů, kteří se ve své době stali osobností evropského významu. | More

  • 22.10.2007
Yoko Ono´s Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland

On October 9, 2007 legendary artist, musician and peace advocate Ms. Yoko Ono, unveiled an artwork in Iceland to remind us all of the importance of world peace. The Imagine Peace Tower, as the monument is called, will consist of a simple column of light that will be located on the island of Videy, where it will be visible from the capital, Reykjavik. | More

  • 11.07.2007
New iGuzzini line iRoll

iRoll 65 has a basic design that guarantees an eclectic light direction that fully respects the aesthetic values of the space where it resides. Two different sizes with the possibility of application both as ceiling-mountings as well as wall-mountings – with down and up/down emission. | More

  • 30.05.2007
Exhibition Petr Janžura / Piece of Heaven

At the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the company, a new exhibition venue was opened in Nusle, Prague 3, at the company´s quarters. | More

  • 15.01.2007
New modular lighting systems by iGuzzini

Company iGuzzini introduced a new line of modular lighting systemes called Hub and Action. | More

Czech Marionette and Circus Museum in Prachatice

National Museum launched its new exposition called Czech Marionette and Circus Museum in May 2006. The space selected for the placement of the exposition was the original library at Velké náměstí in Prachatice. | More

  • 25.07.2006
News 2006, iGuzzini

Radial / design Foster & Partners; i24 / design Renzo Piano Building workshop | More

  • 06.06.2006
Euclide, iGuzzini

Illumined space without luminaires. That is the way to describe the first impression of a space lit by the new luminaires Euclide whose main constructional material is glass. | More

Exposition Charles IV - Emperor by the Grace of God

The exposition „Charles IV. – The Emperor by God´s Grace“ can be placed among the most significant cultural projects of the decade. The aim of the exposition was to remind the wide public of the Czech nationhood, the history of the Czech lands and the Prague Castle and to present them with an unique collection of Czech and world art. For the first time in recent history, the most valuable works of art and sights of Czech origin were gathered. | More

MUSAION

After a long and complex reconstruction, the exposition of the ethnical department of Historical Museum in Letohrádek Kinských in Prague was inaugurated the 29th of September 2005. It is the second, after The Czech Museum of Music, newly reconstructed object with the exhibiting space of National Museum. The ethnical department belongs to one of the most ethnically and collection-wise extensive wholes of the Historical Museum. Its funds involve more than 200 000 collection objects. | More

Lighting of the monastic church of Trapists in Nový Dvůr

The church of Virgin Mary is located in Trapist monastery in Nový Dvůr. The building-up of the church was preceded by the fabrication of the monastery that began in May 2000. The monastic friary acts within Roman Catholic Church and its history reaches back to the 17th century. | More

  • 26.09.2005
New external iGuzzini lighting fittings

Company iGuzzini introduced a new line of innovations in the realm of internal and external lighting fittings. The presentation took place in Milan at the INTEL fair. As to outdoor lighting fittings, next to innovation and extension of the present series, three new broad series of lighting fittings including Ledplus, iWay and iRoad were presented. | More

Czech Museum of Music

The new exposition of Czech Museum of Music, which belongs to the collection of National Museum in Prague, is located in the former baroque St. Magdalena church in Malá Strana. Unusual connection of baroque church architecture with classicist utility rebuilding and a newly finished reconstruction offer an impressive combination of monumentality and detail. Especially the assembly hall is impressive with its bulk, diversification, usage of daily light and connection with the exterior. | More

  • 03.05.2005
Lighting fittings iGuzzini for public lighting

There has been a very popular discussion recently about the problems of light pollution. On the one hand, there are lighting technicians who argue against the energy expensiveness of the design, which is from the point of view of lighting absolutely unreasonable, as if the aim of the design was to save electric energy and not lighting itself. | More

  • 05.03.2005
Memory of Ladislav Monzer

Our cooperation with architect Monzer began in our first office in Klimentská street in Prague in 1993. One day a figure, which we perceived thanks to the contrejour lighting only as a silhouette, came into the door and said: „Good morning, I am Monzer“. | More

Hotel Roma, Újezd 24, Praha

This historical building is located on the corner of Újezd and Říční streets, opposite Petřín hill in Malá Strana. The house had been dilapidating for many years and if it were not for a strong investor, the demanding reconstruction could not be realized. A new building was constructed with taste in the interior block with garden and it contributed to the overall evaluation of the place. | More

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