selgascano, Diego Cano-Lasso, La Canaria House in Los Angeles

AV Proyectos 129 explores the architectural potential of color at different scales, and three exhibitions in Madrid – reviewed by Luis Fernández-Galiano – serve as the introductory frame for a series of projects that are examples of this versatility: the detailed domestic intervention of Beatriz Ramo and Bernd Upmeyer, the unique housing by Wiki World, TEST and selgascano, and the large-scale works by Padilla Nicás and MVRDV. Along this line, the architect and interior designer Javier Jiménez Iniesta, of Studio Animal, talks with Arquitectura Viva about his defense of chromatism as a project tool and not just an aesthetic whim. The issue moves on to the Proposals section, where Eugeni Bach comments on the growth of Barcelona in the context of recent competitions like the renovation of Fira Barcelona or the transformation of Les Tres Xemeneies of Sant Adrià de Besòs; and continues with the Process section, which analyzes the construction of the new Abby Kortrijk Museum, for which Barozzi Veiga propose a balance between precision and restraint. Along with the usual news and products, the last pages are dedicated to the comic book artist Chris Ware, whose virtuous graphic production is currently on view at the CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.

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