Fernanda Pietro Maltese Architect

24/12/2025

20/06/2025

EDIT: Steel, glass, and cantilevered concrete: at the University of California, Irvine, the school's Engineering Complex was designed by Kistner, Wright & Wright in 1970. Thanks to Ken Ohmert for sending us the correct information about the architects... initially we had erroneously credited this building to William Pereira. (Photo: Julius Shulman, 1971; © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute; restoration by Modernist Collection)

12/06/2025

17/05/2025

Marcel Breuer’s IBM Research Center in La Gaude, completed in 1962, represented a shift in postwar corporate architecture—moving away from dense urban centers toward integrated, campus-like environments. Built into a hillside near Nice, the design used pilotis to elevate the structure, preserving the site’s natural slope and allowing unobstructed views across the Alpes-Maritimes. The Y-shaped wings, radiating from a central spine, created efficient zoning for circulation, light access, and program flexibility across the upper floors.

The Breuer-Beckhard Precast Facade System fused structure with function. Precast concrete panels embedded HVAC infrastructure, reducing interior complexity while enabling modular assembly. Breuer designed these elements for depth and shadow, turning environmental response into a spatial and visual logic. Supporting materials—glass, ceramic, and local stone—tempered the building’s industrial tone, grounding it in regional material culture.

The project remains a key reference in the history of prefabrication, where architectural clarity aligned with corporate functionality, and concrete moved beyond structure into climate-responsive design.

24/12/2024

Un affresco di 300 anni che sfida l’immaginazione 😳✨
Realizzato dal genio di Andrea Pozzo, questo capolavoro ti farà dubitare dei tuoi occhi: il soffitto è completamente piatto! 🤯🎨 La sua incredibile abilità nel creare illusioni ottiche trasforma un semplice soffitto in un’opera che sembra aprirsi verso il cielo.🤍✨

10/08/2024

Amazing find this Saturday morning. Loved it. Unknown photographer?
Love to monologhidiunamarea on tumblr for the discovery tho.