ORA Studio NYC by Giusi Mastro

Biblioteca dell'abbazia di Waldsassen in Baviera, Germania, una delle biblioteche più belle del mondo. Fondata nel XIX secolo.

Art by Botticelli ~ The faces of Simonetta

Did Extravega also manufacture this high-end wine and liquor cellar? Yes, we did! And we also did the stairwell you see in the pictures below. And the artistic ironwork on all the 78 balconies around this unbelievable Villa.
The one-in-the-world transparent cellar masterpiece fashion in a gorgeous property, designed by Giusi Mastro/Ora studio NYC.
Every detail was a challenge, like glazed walls and doors with extra custom features such as brass pins and a handmade wine racking system in solid oak wood and stainless steel to create a dreamful aesthetic. A perfect wine and spirit collection showcase lit up with LED’s. With our experience, knowledge, and solutions, we expertly create this tailored precious cave respecting the refined architect’s design that highlights the client’s expectations.

Art Nouveau Building Zamalek area of Cairo, Egypt.

The Borscht Belt Was a Haven for Generations of Jewish Americans A new exhibition examines the more than 1,000 resorts and hotels that dotted New York's Catskills Mountains and provided relaxation, dancing and laughs

Villa Silvio Pellico, il giardino e il labirinto: il capolavoro italiano di Russell Page Nel dopoguerra, uno dei più noti architetti del paesaggio al mondo, Russell Page, venne chiamato a Moncalieri per risistemare il giardino di Villa Pellico. Qui creò uno dei suoi capolavori.

La più antica fonte scritta riguardante le città sotterranee dell’Anatolia è Senofonte che, nella sua Anabasi, scrive che la gente che viveva in questa regione aveva scavato città sotterranee per viverci con le famiglie, gli animali domestici e le vettovaglie necessarie alla sopravvivenza.

👉🏻 La prima costruzione risale al VII a.C.-VIII secolo a.C., ampliatasi poi successivamente ma non si ha notizia su quale sia il popolo che iniziò la costruzione della città sotterranea di Derinkuyu in Turchia.

La città fu costruita per proteggere i suoi abitanti dalle guerre e dalle persecuzioni religiose ed era in grado di ospitare circa 20.000 persone.

Un tempo collegata con altre città sotterrane attraverso tunnel lunghi chilometri, è uno dei numerosi insediamenti ipogei ritrovati in quest'area.

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Nel tratto finale di via del Parco Margherita, salendo in direzione del Corso Vittorio Emanuele, si apre una visione insolita, assai originale rispetto al contesto. La storia di chi ne è l'artefice è straordinariamente interessante. Suggestioni neogotiche su materiali naturali, come la pietra vesuviana, incastonate nel tufo della collina.
E' Il Castello Aselmeyer, dal nome del banchiere che lo acquistò intorno al 1904 e ne fece la sua residenza.
A progettare l'imponente castello fu un architetto napoletano di origini britanniche che vi abitò per circa due anni prima di trasferirsi alla Gaiola, Lamont Young, l'architetto che avrebbe potuto cambiare il volto di Napoli...
Siamo a cavallo tra l'800 e il 900. Autore di vari edifici napoletani tra cui la sede del Grenoble in via Crispi, di lui si è detto "visionario, inventore, f***e, genio, fallito"... una personalità poliedrica, ma a tratti oscura, proprio come oscura fu la sua morte, pare per suicidio, nella sua ultima dimora, Villa Ebe a Pizzofalcone.
Che si fosse trattato di un genio, discusso e incompreso, non vi è però alcun dubbio.
Fu suo il primo progetto di metropolitana a Napoli, minuziosamente inquadrato in una visione urbanistica della città straordinariamente avanti rispetto ai tempi. Nei suoi progetti la creazione del Rione Venezia a largo di Posillipo, fatto di canali e isolette, vie navigabili e laghi come piazze, proprio sul modello della città lagunare È sua l'intuizione delle enormi potenzialità turistiche di Bagnoli, che doveva essere capolinea della metropolitana e zona di grandi alberghi, parchi pubblici e di un palazzo per le esposizioni internazionali. Si legge che Young non riuscì a trovare supporti finanziari (se non all'estero) e che i tempi stretti concessi dalle istituzioni non gli permisero di procacciare i sufficienti finanziamenti per realizzare il progetto. L'area di Bagnoli venne dopo poco messa all'asta e acquistata per pochi soldi dal proprietario dell'Ilva. I progetti di Young finirono definitivamente sepolti nei cassetti della politica, sotto la coltre di una burocrazia tanto miope quanto, forse, corrotta. A Lamont Young è stato recentemente dedicato un documentario a cura di Francesco Carignani ,"il sogno di Lamont Young", realizzato con il supporto scientifico del Dipartimento di Architettura della Federico II.
Il "re dei Castelli per aria", così come lo chiamava Paolo, il figlio di Matilde Serao e di Edoardo Scarfoglio, genialità ed utopia a Napoli, "quel pezzo di paradiso caduto in terra".

The Medieval mason who did this definitely had quite a sense of humor 🫣😃
(Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c. 1050 AD)

Rewind to the 1980s, a magical time for architecture in Italy. A time when Italian-born, now NYC-based architect and interior designer Giusi Mastro and her classmates at Florence’s Faculty of Architecture encouraged each other to get super curious about their own individual creativity. So curious that she and 15 colleagues became founding members of a cultural movement known as Bolidismo. A movement Giusi keeps alive today personally and through her architecture and design firm ORA studio NYC. Read more in the link below...

https://www.lovehappensmag.com/blog/2023/04/21/giusi-mastro-othe-bolidismo-movement/

🇮🇹 ACCADDE OGGI A ROMA
Il 18 Febbraio 1564 muore serenamente, nella sua residenza di Piazza Macel de' Corvi (distrutta per la costruzione del Vittoriano), il grande artista Michelangelo Buonarroti, scultore, pittore, architetto e poeta, protagonista assoluto del Rinascimento italiano.
Inutile enumerare tutti i suoi capolavori. Meglio, semmai, ricordarlo con l'epitaffio di Pietro Aretino: "il mondo ha molti re ed un sol Michelagnolo".

🇬🇧 ON THIS DAY IN ROME
On February 18th 1564 dies, at the age of 88 (three weeks before his 89th birthday), MIchelangelo Buonarroti, the most famous sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
It's impossible to list here all the masterworks that he produced during his life. It's better to keep alive his memory thanks to a famous epitaph by Pietro Aretino: "The world has many kings but only one Michelangelo".

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Tours of Brooklyn's historic Kings Theatre are back | 6sqft During the 75-minute tours, guests will be transported nearly 100 years into the past, learning about the opulent theatre's history and striking architecture.

'The Secret Splendors of New York's Gilded Age' Webinar Can't make it live? Register and get access to the full replay for one week! New York Adventure Club | www.AdventureClub.com

Happy New Year

Lo sapevate? Il Colosseo era coperto da un gigantesco tendone che pesava 24 tonnellate ed era azionato da 1000 esperti marinai Il velarium era una magistrale opera di ingegneria. Il suo posizionamento, estremamente complicato, veniva svolto da marinai

The Future of Audi Design Audi stays focused on the user

The designers and architects who broke the rules of color From Draper and Baldwin to Benjamin Moore’s Color Trends 2023 Palette, there’s no question that rich, sumptuous hues continue to make an impact.

ORA studio NYC celebrates Women's Equality Day 2022
An Homage to Pioneering Scientist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Women have made so many integral and vital contributions to the world, but many of these groundbreaking pioneers are not known or recognized for their achievements because they lived at a time when women were not “allowed” to advance in certain industries but still did the work behind the scenes to further the advancement of their field.

To celebrate Women’s Equality Day, I want to honor the scientific visionary Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin, a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. Her interest in science began at an early age while studying in a private school in England. She then won a scholarship that paid all her expenses at Newnham College, Cambridge University, where she initially read botany, physics, and chemistry and then turned her interest in Astronomy into her life’s passion. She completed her studies but was not awarded a degree because of her s*x; Cambridge did not grant degrees to women until 1948. Knowing her only option was to become a teacher, she left England for the United States and Harvard University and began her doctoral dissertation in 1925 she became the first person to earn a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College of Harvard University.

Her thesis title was “Stellar Atmospheres, A Contribution to the Observational Study of High Temperature in the Reversing Layers of Stars” which stated that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium and established that stars could be classified according to their temperatures. Her groundbreaking conclusion was initially rejected because it contradicted the scientific wisdom of the time, which held that there were no significant elemental differences between the Sun and Earth. Independent observations eventually proved she was correct.

After her doctorate, Payne studied stars of high luminosity to understand the structure of the Milky Way. Later she surveyed all-stars brighter than the tenth magnitude, making over 1,250,000 observations with her assistants. This work later was extended to the Magellanic Clouds, adding a further 2,000,000 observations of variable stars. These data were used to determine the paths of stellar evolution. She published her conclusions in her second book, The Stars of High Luminosity (1930).

Payne-Gaposchkin remained scientifically active throughout her life, spending her entire academic career at Harvard. When she began, women were barred from becoming professors at Harvard, so she spent years doing less prestigious, low-paid research jobs. In 1956 she became the first woman to be promoted to full professor from within the faculty at Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

The trail she blazed into the largely male-dominated scientific community was an inspiration to many, she paved the way for women in science to become leaders and innovators in their field. These women, the “Cecilias” of the world should be honored and recognized for their outstanding accomplishments despite the many glass ceilings and walls they needed to break. It is these lesser-known heroines who we give our respect, who never gave up and whose passion never stopped them from pursuing their life’s work.

A gorgeous new public park is opening in NYC this fall The green space will also be home to a waterfall and a selection of artisan foods.

Luxuo Magazine is a digital publication highlighting culture, lifestyle, business, and luxury properties for their international audience. We are thrilled to have our Long Island Residence Project featured in their latest issue…Click on the link to read more and see wonderful project images of this beautiful French Style Mansion…

“The Fusion of Classical and Contemporary Architecture with ORA Studio…Fusing contemporary design with classical architecture is no easy feat, but ORA Studio’s Giusi Mastro moves easily between periods of styles to cater to her client’s needs, creating some of the most beautiful homes in NYC…”



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The Fusion of Classical and Contemporary Architecture With ORA Studio ORA Studio founder, Giusi Mastro merges classical and contemporary design aspects to create homes that encompass heritage and luxury.

Istanbul, riapre la Cisterna Basilica, firmano il progetto Atelye 70, Insula e Studioillumina Con un percorso di visita inedito e un nuovo progetto di illuminazione, ha finalmente riaperto al pubblico la Cisterna sotterranea di Istanbul. L'intervento, firmato dallo studio turco Atelye 70, insieme a Insula e Studioillumina è un suggestivo viaggio nel tempo, tra colonne, capitelli, volte e mu...

A Couple Builds A Home Where Childhood Memories Were Born Fond memories of beach combing and ferry watching translate into a view-embracing modern home in Seattle.