''Divisare'' is the largest library of contemporary

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online, founded in 1998 in

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. Published projects are classified in curated albums, each dedicated to a specific topic or typology.

History

''Divisare'' is one of the first architecture websites in the history of the

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. Online since 1998 as ''Europaconcorsi'', it was rebranded in August 2015, launching three new different platforms: ''Divisare'', ''Europaconcorsi'' and ''Architettura Italiana''. At first, ''Europaconcorsi'' was a service to inform architects about design competitions in Europe (in Italian, "concorsi" means competitions), on recently issued tenders as well as the results of competitions, with rankings of the winners and the participating projects. From the outset ''Europaconcorsi'' was conceived as a structure of related but distinct databases: informations on competitions, projects and designers were gathered in autonomous data structures. With almost 20 years of history behind it, and over 140,000 projects, ''Divisare'' is the largest online archive of contemporary architecture. Curated by the team based in Rome, Italy, ''Divisare'' is structured as a library of thematic albums (organized per elements, cities, houses, ideas, materiality, plans & details, private interiors, public interiors, topics and types) featuring the most relevant pieces of architecture ever designed. Complementary with the daily showcase on the online platform, registered subscribers received ''Journal'', a weekly review curated by the editorial staff. ''Divisare'' means imagining, designing with the mind, literally "''to devise''". The term was used by

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to define the work of the architect: "''Him I call an Architect, who, by sure and wonderful Art and Method, is able, both with Thought and Invention, to devise.''" (

— De Re Aedificatoria, 1450 - original Italian: "''Architettore chiamerò io colui, il quale saprà con certa, e maravigliosa ragione, e regola, sì con la mente, e con lo animo divisare''"). During November 2018, the website announced that the Atlas of Architecture would be soon closed. A month later, final closure was set to December 15, 2018. As of December 15, Divisare, Divisare Books and all personal pages became inactive. As of July 1, 2019, Divisare has relaunched their website and online bookstore.

Europaconcorsi

In August 2015, ''Europaconcorsi'' was split into three different platforms: ''Divisare'', ''Europaconcorsi'' and ''Architettura Italiana''. Today, ''Europaconcorsi'' (europaconcorsi.com) is the world's leading platform in professional information for architects and engineers about design competitions in Europe.

Architettura Italiana

Online since August 2015, ''Architettura Italiana'' (architettura-italiana.com) was set off with 16 years of work and experience, almost 80,000 registered designers, and over 100,000 projects in its archives.

Divisare Books

In early 2017, ''Divisare'' launched ''Divisare Books'', a high-quality, independent editorial project, a modular publication dedicated to architecture documents, a constantly growing archipelago of monographic issues each tackling a different topic: drawings collections, photographic surveys, visual essays, short writings and projects. The first series of ''Divisare Books'' was released in March 2017. It included 45 titles and 3 limited edition box sets (''Dario Passi - Drawings'', ''Italian Interiors'' and ''Rory Gardiner - Museums''). In October 2017, ''Divisare Books'' published 76 new titles, 20 reprints and 15 new box sets. In December 2017, ''Divisare Books'' extended its production to ''Divisare Notebooks'', limited-edition boxed sets of 12 sketchbooks (Red Series) or 4 sketchbooks (Blue Series). Divisare Books ceased to exist as of December 15, 2018. On July 1, 2019, Divisare Books has relaunched and is now selling a new selection of architecture books in limited numbers.

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.divisare.com/
Europaconcorsi

Architettura Italiana

Divisare Books

Divisare Journal
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