VILLA CLERICI

Another big wondeful MILAN MANSION,Villa Clerici.Designed in 1772 by FRANCESCO CROCE for the silk merchant Giorgio Clerici.It consists of a central block and two sides wings terminated with two chapels dedicated to St. Anhony and St. Theresa.The layout is a triumph of typical italian gardens style and park in the back,adorned with group of classic sculputures among the green.It was take as an inspiration to design many famous amazing villas in the world.

CITY SHADOWS

A really shadows capture over the new MILANO SKYLINE .

DIAMOND TOWER

Part of the new MILANO SKYLINE with DIAMOND TOWER on the left,and the little diamonds lower.In the center the SOLARIA TOWER(by the STUDIO ARQUITECTONICA,miami) is on building.With his 37th floors,once complete is the highest residential building in italy,the only thing to be mentioned.I bet once finished,but even now with the work in progress is another useless building with no common sense of style.

LAMBRATE

Flat view over the part of the city called LAMBRATE on a very shadow March day.

LEONARDO'S HORSE

The long story about Leonardo's horse...Commissioned by the Duke of Milan LUDOVICO IL MORO to LEONARDO DA VINCI in 1482 but not finished at all.Originally it was commissioned to commemorate the Ludovico's father Francesco.Leonardo produced a clay model but it was detstroyed by French soldiers when invaded Milan in 1499,taken as strike by their archs and arrows.Five century after....Leonardo's surviving material and project were used to complete the opera.In 1977 CAHRLES DENT began to set up an organization to project and finance the horse.Project's cost was nearly 2,5 milion dollar.When Dent died in 1994 the project was abandoned another time.FREDERIK MEIJER take the project under his supervision and was ready to finance the opera,with only one tought,one opera for Milan and another one for his park located in Grand Rapids(Michigan).It was commissioned to the artist NINA AKAMU to made this great opera.Finally 1999 more than 500 years after the horses was finish,the dream come true.Placed one in Milan and one in Grand Rapids.The Milan's horse is placed inside the SAN SIRO RACETRACK,and,a smaller one in downton Allentown's Community Art Park closer to the Baum School of Art in memory of Charles Dent.In 2001 another smaller was placed in Piazza della Libertà in Vinci(leonardo's town)Italy.According to the collective art world the horse is the biggest and largest bronze equestrian statue all around(compare the layout racecourse fence and cars on the pic).

NEW CITY LIGHTS

A new close up from the new city lights.

SUNSET OVER THE STADIUM

The stadium at sunset,titled Giuseppe Meazza,two time world champion winner,also known as San Siro from the part of the city where is located(in the western part of the city).Is the homebase of the two city football teams F.C. INTER and A.C. MILAN,matchless worldwide as number of trophys.Opened the 19th Sept 1926 with the match F.C. INTER vs A.C. MILAN(6-3)with the capacity of 35.000 spectators.The stadium was renewd two times in 1956 and in 1989 when the last upper part was added reaching a capacity  for over 85.000 spectators.When the football league is over tipically during summer is used to host big internationals concerts shows.Inside you can find an interesting football history museum.

THE TUBE

The new subway LINE 5 is the 5th in the city,it's a dirverless trains system opened on Febryary the 10th.Serves the north east part of Milan,for now is only 7 stops service,when works are out in 2015 there are 12 more stops from the part of the city called BIGNAMI to SAN SIRO.Stops are made with anthi-falling system,they are closed by a mobile doors,and it works(opening and closing) only when the train stopping by.Common named in the city Lillac line for the color choosen for the layout decorations.

BOSCO VERTICALE

A new building under costruction called VERTICAL WOOD because once finished as to be view and seems as a vertical wood.Who's the clever builder of this monstrosity?i cant believe is payed for this.

NEW SKYLINE

Night part of the new MILAN SKYLINE under construction.

CLOWN GRAFFITI

Who can say all CLOWNS ARE SAD.I never take a graffiti pics,because seldom i considered as an art,but when i see an happy clown made as this one i press my shutter.

VENTURA LAMBRATE

Another day at FUORISALONE.Among the exhibitions i see in this part of the city named VENTURA LAMBRATE my attention give to these cool lights by an italian designer.I'm so happy to see many creative designers from every part of the world,show to many thousands visitors their very high end creations and explain how a masterpiece was create and made.See you...

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2013

THE ORIENTAL DESIGN WEEK one of the many events part of the FUORISALONE during SALONE DEL MOBILE(every year in april form 1961) fair week.It's a real pleasure meeting cool designers from China and to chatting a little with them explaining their ideas and design concepts of the future.Every year it's a goal for every visitors seeing the future enginered project on a very early preview.There're every kind of design objects shown.You've to choose what to see,if you're interested in alternative design,interior furniture,just in time a little before to be enginered,and many handmade production excellence from evey part of the world.That's it,a real far east chair handmade by an artist more than a designer.

TORRE BREDA

TORRE BREDA(1954-1956) break a sad grey sky and the city layout in a end winter day,sadly the tower was the same color of the typical sad sky of the winter season,why all the skyscraper are in a melancholy grey or balck color?

MIART 2013

Seen in these days during the MIART (Milan art fair)among all the masters on the show,and,all the picture taken i'll go for ANDY WARHOL,do you like art or soup?

FLAT SUNSET

Even for who's not from Milan there are no difficulties to recognize in this flat sunset light THE STADIUM upper part shape,on the right.The RAI ANTENNA(italian national television)on the left,and the  MONUMENTAL CEMETERY upper part on the middle right.Sadly it was a really flat light sunset.

EASTER

Happy easter from SANTA MARIA PODONE church,estabilished in 871,on the right side you can find the relics of SAINT RENATO.

LATE AFTERNOON

A late afternoon capture,sunset begin over a new part of MILAN SKYLINE,with the new DIAMOND TOWER on the left.

GLASSMADE TRIM

An easy urban capture form an easy and clear shapes glassmade trim building.

OFF WINTER

A picture of the past months,let's kick off the winter,enjoy your first day of spring!!!!