Although Daedalus built the labyrinth in Crete, it is now on the other side of the Ionian Sea that an intricate, inward-looking construction rises, opening out to the surroundings on only one of its sides, towards the sea horizon. With the simplicity of traditional bagli, this summer villa in the Val di Noto takes up the...
Brescia marble may not be as famous as the Carrara that sculptors like Pisano and Michelangelo used, but the basin around the city is one of the largest producers of ornamental stone in Italy. In celebration of both its...
Almost 3,000 pieces of solid wood are joined by means of a sophisticated system that combines traditional Japanese carpentry with the naval know-how of the island in the Persian Gulf. Like the hull of a dhow – a type of boat...
A vacation house rises on a slope as a simple prism propped up by ‘pilotis’ in order to alter the terrain as little as possible and give the occupants good views of a nearby lake. Inserted into the block, executed with...
Located at the foot of some old caverns used for the storage of liquors, a new facility makes it possible to immerse oneself in the mountainous site and get close to them. Thought out to establish a connection with both the...
Arquitectura Viva launches a special discounted subscription offer for AV Monographs, Arquitectura Viva and/or AV Proyectos, giving access to all the issues available in digital version under the magazine title selected...
In celebration of its twentieth anniversary, in 2024 we presented the magazine with an updated graphic design. Enjoy the changes made in AV Proyectos by taking up this offer of six issues (121-126) of its new phase for 50% of the usual subscription price...
François Chaslin has died at the age of 76. A regular contributor to Arquitectura Viva and media outlets such as ‘Le Monde’, ‘Libération’, or ‘El País’, the French architect, critic, and professor was editor-in-chief...
China’s transformation in the 21st century can be felt on a visit there, as chronicled in ‘Six Watercolors’ (AV Proyectos 130), but is also documented through its cinema, which since the dazzling appearance of Zhang Yimou...
The Gran Teatre del Liceu, in collaboration with the Port of Barcelona and the administrative bodies of the consortium, is working on a second venue: Liceu Mar, to go up at the Moll d’Espanya. The project aims to create an...
Adif has approved the Partial Interior Renovation Plan (PPRI) to transform Chamartín Station and its surroundings, as part of the Madrid New North project. This is a green light for the construction of four towers, two of...
Nuno Portas has died at 90 years of age. The Portuguese architect served as Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Planning after the Carnation Revolution of 1974, and was a key figure in the urbanistic transformation of...
There is no better architecture exhibition this summer than that of Veronese at the Prado. The great painter created the myth of rich and opulent Venice with his crowded compositions of exquisitely dressed characters...
The house is a fertile ground for architectural experimentation: a space for innovation where technical solutions, aesthetic alternatives, and new ways of dwelling are tried out. AV Monographs 276 gathers sixteen projects built in diverse geographical and cultural contexts, organized around for key materials – wood, earth, concrete, and metal – which, when combined, expand the expressive and constructive possibilities of each one of them.From the vernacular to the experimental, from the Alpine cabin to the urban dwelling, these houses show how material becomes an expressive tool, capable of linking up with the context...
With a grasp of context exceeding the hackneyed deference, the Swiss architects Daniel Buchner and Andreas Bründler address it in all its complexity. Their buildings may look autonomous but all of them remedy fragments of the respective place and provide a solid identity, helped by an exquisite and atmospheric treatment of concrete: perhaps the only leitmotiv to be discerned in the selection of six works – two public buildings, two residential developmens, and two houses – that Arquitectura Viva features. The issue’s dossier, for its part, presents recent public initiatives taken in four Spanish regions to consolidate pieces...
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 BIG. 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...
Arquitectura Viva presents —in Spanish-English and digital format only— the second compilation of buildings published in the ‘In Detail’ section of AV Proyectos. The volume, of over 200 pages, features twelve works covered with comprehensive sets of technical plans, details, and photographs documenting the different stages in the construction process of some of the most prominent buildings completed in recent years around the world. The new selection includes cultural infrastructures like the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg by Herzog & de Meuron or the Contemporary Creation Center of Córdoba by Nieto Sobejano...
The ancient world nurtures us with histories and myths, and two recent books offer this spiritual food in easily digestible bites. David Hernández de la Fuente...
Discussions on neoliberalism nowadays pose two problems. The first comes from the vagueness of the term, turned as it is into a non-concept, devoid of content...
Here is a compilation of conversations that took place at O Instituto, an independent space in Porto for sharing experiences of colonial processes, founded by Paulo Moreira..
The production of renewable sources has transformed territories, and now also the buildscapes of cities. Advances in solar capture technologies, their reduced costs...
In Viladecans, a Barcelona municipality in the comarca of Bajo Llobregat, this residential complex containing 22 officially subsidized dwellings blends organically with the surroundings...
The project ‘Gardens for an Acrobat’ has won the competition organized by the Madrid Municipal Housing and Land Company (EMVS Madrid) for the construction of 166 affordable rental apartments in the Mahou-Calderón area of the Arganzuela district...
Just 40 meters from Calle Estafeta in Pamplona, known for the San Fermín bull runs, stands this block of four homes, a renovation project led by Josean Ruiz Esquíroz in collaboration with Enrique Morillo, Marta Muñoz, Roberto Romero, and Sandra Ojea...
This residential block is located in the heart of Raval, a neighborhood within Barcelona’s old town. Its cultural diversity is among its main assets. In this context, the refurbishment project launched by the Institut Municipal de l’Habitatge de Barcelona...
The 500-square-meter SO House arose from a clear idea of interconnected spaces engaging with one another while remaining independent. The result is a single-family house that presents itself as flexible...
Until the time Eusebi Guëll moved his textile factory there and established a workers’ colony with the help of Gaudí, Santa Coloma de Cervelló was just a farming village on the banks of the Llobregat, and its modest...
Not far from the chimney chutes that embody the industrial memory of Sant Adrià de Besós, the offices of a technology firm – and also the residence of its founder – have settled in what was once a printing company...
This 56-square-meter apartment was renovated on a low budget, so the exercise in personalizing the space involved getting the best out of solutions and materials available in the market, such as standard tiles put...
The scheme ‘Ágora Verde’ – by Magén Arquitectos – has won the competition for the vocational-training building of a digital campus integrated into the new Aragonese Technology District (DAT)...
The firms Snøhetta and Benthem Crouwel Architects have unveiled their idea for the House of Culture and Administration, to be located at Plein Molenberg, the central square Delfzijl...
Vaillo + Irigaray, in collaboration with interplay, has won the first prize in the competition to build the Health Tech Synergy Hub (HTSH) for the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology...
The AWA project, drawn up by Batlleiroig, MPC Arquitectos, Lain, and IC3 Ingenieros, has won the bid to redevelop the Guiniguada promenade in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The scheme revolves around water...
The escalation of the war in the Middle East opens Pandora’s Box, Israel bombarded Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities, killing nuclear scientists...
Dear Luis Fernández-Galiano, By way of wishing you a happy New Year, I simply wanted to express how much I appreciate your faithful contribution to architectural culture...
The increase in the frequency and intensity of fires in different parts ofthe world has prompted experts to suggest that we may have entered a new epoch...
Ten people have perished in a conflagration which in a matter of minutes wrapped the facades of the fourteen-story building in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia...
Grupo Ayuso presents its Pérgola series for terraces and gardens. With mixed aluminum and canvas coverings, it is designed to provide spaces where one can enjoy the open air while being sheltered against adverse weather...
With over 80 years of experience behind it and headquartered in Ontinyent (Valencia), the Atenzza business group is dedicated to the production and marketing of textile products for interior and exterior...
The Galician company Comenza, which specializes in developing industrialized railing and handrail systems, presents the PVD Black Finish for its GlassFit CC-800 and GlassFit CC-775 glass railings, offering it as an...
Companies are increasingly aware that only through digital transformation can become more competitive. This is already mandatory in public companies, with the new BIM standard, and the trend is spreading in the...
José Manuel López Peláez has died at 80 years of age. Chair of Design at the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM), he was awarded Spain’s National Architecture Prize in 1971...
The Luxembourg-born architect, writer, and draftsman Léon Krier, one of the key drivers of the postmodern movement, passed away on 17 June in Palma de Mallorca, where he had been living since 2013 with his partner Irene P. Stillman...
The German architecture curator, writer, and editor Kristin Feireiss has passed away at 82 years of age. She studied art history and philosophy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. In 1980, she and Helga Retzer...
David M. Childs has died at the age of 83. A partner at SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) since 1971, the American architect designed One World Trade Center, the 541.3-meter (1,776-foot) tower that rose on the spot where the twin towers destroyed by 9/11 had stood...
