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This is the point that, at the beginning of the 1920s, as Gallati pointed out in the rest of the article, was addressed - and theorised in "Vers une architecture" of 1923 - by Le Corbusier, with his houses called, not by chance, Citrohan, thus underlining their seriality and economy, concepts taken from automobile production: "the car is a subject with a simple function that has imposed the need for standardization on big industry (...) Houses are cars to be inhabited". It is not always by chance that Le Corbusier recognized in Lingotto, a 1923 masterpiece by Matte' Trucco, a rare "model for including cars in architecture: cars and buildings do not intersect (...

At the Salone del Mobile, we don't know with how much delight of the insiders, the presence of the automotive industry has become more decisive with the 21st century: the memory of direct experiences has been associated with that of an article that appeared in a remote (ten years ago!) number of "Abitare" (Living). By the architect and teacher Fabrizio Gallati, he had caused some controversy at the time, with that somewhat treacherous underlining of how a larger presence had not contributed at all...

A cabaret evening steeped in great design history. Walking on these two wires without falling into a vacuum, deliberately choosing to combine them, is practically impossible. Instead of boring yourself with the "usual" notions of design, I invite you (if possible) to see the film of this evening and observe the faces and reactions of those who took the stage of the second edition of the "golden pencil" award, a recognition that the Maputo awards every year to the greats of design. The embarrassed...

The summer is gone, the fireworks are over (at least on the rivers: the Roman ones continue...) and for the world of the car the little exciting prevacancial scenario is proposed again, perhaps even a little worsened. Trade statistics are what they are: in Italy, the registrations from January to August were 1,325,162, or 3.02% less than the same period in 2018. And if the cars registered by the rental companies are separated, the drop is even greater: it reaches 4.3%. And the trend is not only Italian...

The false procedure of the boxes If the diesel engine does not produce Co2, like the gasoline engine, it has the problem of producing more Nox or oxides of nitrogen, as a residue of combustion. Even this is not in pollutant, but an irritating compound for those who breathe it, only that the No2 or No3 are the basis of all fertilizer products. That is if Co2 is the "breath" of plants, Nox is the "food" of the same, this is a very simplified concept to meet your scientific knowledge just to clarify...

For some time now, the war on diesel engines has begun, guilty of polluting and making the air of our cities unbreathable. Also, some administrations have banned the circulation of Euro 6 diesel engines, which is the best on the market. And this after many have paid a lot of money to comply with environmental and safety standards. More than the war on diesel due to real and technically relevant reasons, we are facing two problems. The industrial war underway against the European giants and the total ignorance of those who, in politics, administer public affairs...

The Mercedes once again dictates its law in Sochi. No one else can win on this track, even if today, more than the speed of the Silver Arrows or the skill of its drivers, has paid the fortune. The Ferraris seemed able to dominate the race until the end, but a problem with the engine of Sebastian Vettel forced the German to retire and in the meantime the safety car triggered by himself allowed Lewis Hamilton to make the pit-stop and maintain the record ahead of Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque, who...

A few days later, as he turns around in his Ford pickup in the desolate streets of the neighborhood, he sees Thao's sister, Sue, harassed by three black bullies. He intervenes, unleashes a gun, silences the thugs and then accompanies the girl home. On the way, he talks to her. She understands that she is intelligent and courageous. She replies that, despite everything, Walt is a "good person". But it's not over. Shortly afterward, Thao and Sue and their mother introduce themselves to the old man...

Few films have the title of a car. Even less, that of the first capital of Italy. The only case is "Gran Torino" (2008), directed and starring Clint Eastwood. It is a high-level work, dry and raw, delicate and moving, a mirror of the personality, ethical and moral convictions of the great man of American cinema. It is a film that, combining the loneliness of old age to the difficulty of understanding the other, the "different" become our "neighbor". (from Latin: whoever is close to you), comes to...

Volkswagen repositions the price of the e-up! that in Lombardy could cost only 6,500 euros. At the Frankfurt Motor Show with the ID.3 and Honda and, the first real proposals at affordable prices The Frankfurt Motor Show was a depressed one, forcibly electric - and therefore still far from the reality of the market and of current mobility - and cut short by the absences of most of the manufacturers who no longer consider it interesting to invest in exhibitions that seem to have done their time. Someone,...

A few months after the last spy photos, our photographers have immortalized a forklift of the new BMW 1 Series struggling with a test session on snowy roads. The revamped German car, expected between the end of 2018 and 2019, is preparing to write a new page in the model's history, especially as regards the technical aspect. Change of traction: the front is switched. The new 1 Series will, as is well known, abandon rear-wheel drive. The Ukl modular platform on which it is based, introduced by the 2 Series Active Tourer, X1, and Mini, will use either front or all-wheel drive...

Thirty-nine years ago, today. It was a summer morning as clean as a story, to begin with. You weren't beautiful, you were more. I took you away knowing that you were the only one I wanted, the only one among a thousand. What I still couldn't know was if you also wanted me, because you always prefer to do, go, move, and you never talked much, almost nothing. But some silences are worth a hundred sentences: what counts is understanding one another, feeling oneself, knowing you want to go down the same road...