Binocle profile

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BINOCLE is the office led by Italian architect Lorenzo Bini that deals with the transformation of existing spaces, from temporary structures to permanent buildings and gardens.

Born in 1971 and educated in Milan and Oslo, Lorenzo graduated in 1998 from Politecnico di Milano and worked in Milan and Rotterdam until 2003 when he started his own practice in Milano.

Alongside the professional activity, Lorenzo has taught at the Politecnico di Milano, at the Design Academy Eindhoven and at NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan.

In 2021 he became a member of the Council of the Order of Architects, Landscape Planners and Conservators of the Province of Milan with responsibility for cultural activities.


Download Lorenzo Bini’s CURRICULUM VITAE:  [Italian]  [English]

Contact

Binocle

Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/a 20133 Milan, Italy

+39 02 78625376

now@binocle.it

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Our office is located atop of an unusual building from the 20’s known by people from Milan as ‘Cremlino’. The dome, under which we moved in 2014, measures 9 m in diameter, 5.5 m in height, overlooks the entire city and culminates into a 12 m spire.

To make space for our books and tools, to provide a proper entrance and to organize a raised bed for our guests, we designed and built a 2.5 m black-painted OSB wooden cube.

Location: Milan, Italy
Client: Ourselves
Year: 2014
Status: Completed
Program: Office
Photographs: Old postcard from the web, 4/8 Giovanna Silva, all the others Lorenzo Bini