Milan
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Stefano Boeri Architetti and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are reimagining Milan's Pirellino office tower and surrounding area. The project will renovate the building and create a new greenery covered tower, with a greenery filled bridge connecting them.
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Bjarke Ingels Group continues its busy year with another new project. Named The Portico, it's slated for Milan and will consist of two buildings joined by a long roof that will offer shelter to the public.
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Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) is planning to bring something of the Italian countryside to inner-city Milan with its Vitae project. The eye-catching building will host research facilities, offices and a restaurant, and will be covered in greenery, including a vineyard.
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Alex Chinneck's surreal artistic works offer a fascinating twist on everyday architecture. His latest project involves him apparently unzipping an aged building's facade during Milan Design Week.
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Along with the usual concept cars, Mini has branched out to house and camping concepts in recent years. The latest Mini Living installation, launched in Milan, is an eco-minded six-floor house squeezed into a 50 square-meter (538 square-foot) urban plot.
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Mini has turned its hand to tackling the problem of urban overcrowding. The Mini Living installation at Salone de Mobile in Milan is a concept apartment that uses folding modules to create a shareable, reconfigurable space for inner-city urbanites.
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Heineken crowdsourced a design for a futuristic nightclub that popped up at Milan Design Week.
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Gizmag's top three picks from the Milan Design Week 2012 range from innovative design and ecological use of materials to wish-list outdoor kitchens.
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KeepCup is an ecological solution to coffee-on-the-go that attempts to blend the best elements of disposable and reusable cups.
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The Salone del Mobile in Milan showcases thousands of home-furnishing designs from around the globe.
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Peugeot will use the Milan Motorcycle Show to debut a roofless version of the the HYbrid3 Evolution which replaces the original roofed versions 21 bhp 125 cm3 supercharged motor with a 41 bhp 300 cm3 supercharged engine.
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Ducati has followed up the successful but expensive Hypermotard 1100 with a smaller, lighter baby brother that comes in under US$10,000. We call it the 'Diapermotard' - Ducati prefers 'Hypermotard 796.'