Cardillo

architecture

Dreamworld

Munich,

Andreas Kühnlein on Cardillo’s Specus Corallii project, selected to open the architecture section of the Italy edition of AD Germany magazine

AD Germany 4/2017

Review

Antonino Cardillo has dedicated himself to a form of architecture with centuries-old tradition: the , which he translates into contemporary forms. Manifestations of his poetic spaces exist in London and Rome. The latest was created in Sicily: the Specus Corallii is dedicated to the element of water and transports its visitors to an imaginary reef in a delicate coral red. The grotto, marked by straight and decisive lines, is designed for events—or simply for contemplation.

Specus Corallii

Antonino Cardillo, Specus Corallii, Cattedrale di Trapani, 2016. Photography: Antonino Cardillo

Source

  • , ‘’ (pdf), AD Germany, no. 178, Munich, April 2017, p. 163.