David Chipperfield Architects   Italy   For the first time in 500 years, a large part of the Procuratie Vecchie will be open to the public thanks to a series of interventions: restoring the first and second floors, reorganizing accessibility, and renewing the entrance to the third floor le

David Chipperfield Architects   Germany   The masterplan for the site transforms the old Bötzow Brewery into a public destination within the city fabric. The existing buildings are refurbished and the four new ones make reference in their placement to the former ensemble. The natural topogra

David Chipperfield Architects   France   The existing ensemble of 1960 had an unapproachable appearance. Formed by a 16-storey tower flanked by two 9-storey wings that create a square, it will be renovated and extended with two volumes facing the Seine and similar in scale to the neighborin

David Chipperfield Architects   Germany   The British firm headed by David Chipperfield will be tranforming an old industrial zone in the Berlin's Marzahn district into a residential and commercial neighborhood. The place measures 152,000 square meters and will feature 1,400 affordable renta

David Chipperfield Architects   Germany   Situated on an exposed riverside site, the new mixed-use highrise acts as an entrance marker on the eastern edge of the Hafencity quarter. With a height of 245 meters, the tower is set to become the tallest building in Hamburg...

David Chipperfield Architects   Slovenia   The surrounding landscape and the specifications of the artworks shaped the design of the museum on a sloping site. The sawtooth roof clad in dark tiles is contrasted by the bush-hammered finish of the concrete that unifies the articulated volumes...

David Chipperfield Architects   Belgium   Aside from restoring the entrance and the original facade features, the project seeks to bring back the building’s grandeur and status as landmark on the beachfront, adding four storeys and reinstating the terraces, which were an extension of the pub

David Chipperfield Architects   Spain   Spain’s leading bank has renovated its headquarters to showcase its rich collection of artworks, and with this it creates a new cultural hub for the city to which it is intimately bound. A gateway between city and sea, the arch that connects the twin

Burgos & Garrido, Volterra Ecosystems, LOLA Landscape Architects   Spain   The sustainable agenda of the city and the conditions of the site translate into a colorful mosaic of different forests planned, planted, and maintained aided by new technologies, and which function as programmatic ‘bubbles.’...

Luis Climent Rosillo, María Navascues Abad, Luis Climent Soto   Spain   With the objective of generating a powerful green infrastructure that integrates the existing parks and the new ones, the project foresees planting five different types of forests, a new system of eco-bridges, and the creation of natural barriers aro

eslava y tejada arquitectos, eaaestudio, Uxama ingeniería   Spain   Studying the resilience of specific natural species, using agricultural techniques, and highlighting the topography or archaeological remains of the area are a few of the strategies applied to repair the territory damaged by the discontinuitites of t

aldayjover arquitectura y paisaje   Spain   The project reconceptualizes the artificial hydrology of the region, complementing the sources of fresh water with the new water springs – the wastewater treatment plants –, with the purpose of boosting social interaction, ecological regrowth, and th

Rubio Arquitectura   Spain   The urban fabric and the features of the terrain make it possible to define three areas of intervention to recover a pasture land, create an agroecological park, and create a landscape factory: a referent for ecological transition in Madrid...

Izaskun Chinchilla   Spain   In Barcelona, at Calle Bretón de los Herreros 9, this coworking office building opens out southward to a courtyard presided by a tree whose fruit, the clementine, gives the facility its name. For the design, the Madrid practice of Izaskun Chinchilla

Arquitectura-G   Spain   Located in Barcelona, the Acid House is the outcome of converting a factory into a corporate innovation center. Conceived with an economy of means in mind, the project maintains the original layout in two differentiated zones: the main shed has been

Boano Prišmontas   United Kingdom   Since regulations did not allow to fix cladding onto the vaults, the digitally fabricated structural system consists of CNC-cut plywood boxes and beams placed using dry-joint techniques to support the insulating lining and the facade polycarbonate...

Selgascano   United States   Amid dense vegetation and over the parking garage of a building that was demolished, sixty ovals varying in geometry and size rise to contain coworking spaces. The new Second Home in LA goes up on top of an underground parking and maintains a two-sto

SANAA   France   Fifteen years and 280 French companies have taken part in the reconstruction, reshaping, and renovation of La Samaritaine in Paris. The history of this department store dates back to 1870, when Ernest Cognacq opened at the junction of Pont-Neuf and M

b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos, Diller Scofidio + Renfro   Spain   The proposal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos and Gustafson Porter + Bowman is the winner in the invited competition to revamp the AZCA area in Madrid, a private initiative promoted by Renazca, an association formed by com

Batlleiroig, OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Nexo arquitectura   Spain   A series of stairs, escalators, and ramps leads to ‘The Valley,’ where a tower with a cascade and a climbing wall at the rear becomes a landmark in the park, surrounded by a concrete ‘ring’ where different activities and events can be held...

Heatherwick Studio, CLK Architects    Spain   Two concepts define the park: a ‘ring’ for a variety of uses that is partially covered by pergolas to bring shade and delimit areas; and ‘the star,’ the green lung of the ensemble, a lake stretching from the center to the accesses... 

GRAS Reynés Arquitectos, MVRDV   Spain   The metallic structure that is also a vertical forest flanks a floodable central plaza – the Green Hall – surrounded by other programs. The circulations and accesses lead to this plaza, fit out with porous pavements and new urban furniture, lighting

West 8, Porras Guadiana Arquitectos   Spain   The new water features, the removal of existing elements built over the years in the area, and the construction of a central meeting point – an ‘air vault’ – will help revitalize the area, creating a clearer access and a continuous, free-flowing surf

With a special focus on territorial narratives, a consequence of human impact on nature, this architect, pilot, aerial photographer, and professor uses his images as a platform to aesthetically analyze how we interact with our planet. Born in England