Confooderatio Helvetica
Switzerland our neighbor and particularly close to Milano was the 1st country to adhere to Expo 2015. For the federal council this Expo is crucial because Italy is the second most important commercial partner. Ambassador Dante Martinelli has been appointed ... More
Davide Rampello
We still don’t know almost anything about how the expo pavilions look like. Who should know something about is Davide Rampello the new appointed artistic director of Padiglione Zero, one of the most important pavilions: 36 thousand square meters large ... More
Expo Days
Expo Days started on Monday 30 may: a week completely dedicated to the Expo Theme Feeding the planet Energy for Life. The week organized by the Municipality of Milan with Expo 2015 s.p.a. has an extremely rich and variegated offer: ... More
Competition of ideas, the winner
Friday 13rd April the winners of the competition for the design of expo service facilities have been announced. The winners are Gian Carlo Floridi and Angelo Lunati owners of the architecture firm Onsitestudio, together with Andrea Liverani and Enrico Molteni ... More
Iconic buildings of past expo
World expos have been always an occasion to produce and show avant gard architecture, and planning urban interventions and enlargement to the city. Some of these architecture whether good or bad, turned into landmarks not always because they were the ... More
Milan and “I cantieri dell’arte”
“Milano nei cantieri dell’arte” is a project started in 2009. It puts together the effort of public and private sector involved with restauration of monuments. The iniziative started in 2009 will last six years till the opening of Expo 2015. This ... More
Dante Ferretti, scenographer
We heard a lot about Dante Ferretti lately; mostly because of his third Academy Award, together with his wife Francesca lo Schiavo set decorator, for best achievement in art direction for Hugo by Martin Scorsese. He received his first Academy ... More
Jacques Herzog, Architect
Jacques Herzog swiss architect and urbanist , born in 1950. He graduated from ETH in 1975. Together with Pierre De Meuron they founded Herzog & de Meuron Architecture in Basel . They have been awarded numerous prizes such as “The ... More
The new Darsena
Milan's historic dock and its surrounding areas are to be redeveloped in view of the Expo. The project presented by architects Jean François Bodin, Paolo Rizzatto, Sandro Rossi and Edoardo Guazzoni should be completed by December 2014. 175 million Euros (160 from public ... More
Boeri leaves the Expo
No one has yet has been nominated to succeed Stefano Boeri on the Expo Council of Architects. Boeri hasn't been responsible for the Expo on the City Council since last November, but is still in charge of Culture and continues to push ... More