(La Spezia, 1960)
The project involved renovating a two-story house that had been abandoned for twenty years. The solid concrete construction showed many signs of having been vandalized. A surgery-like material and aesthetic reconstruction was performed by means of ap
This club is located in the Canarian municipality of Guía de Isora, on the island of Tenerife. The site has an irregular shape and a gentle descent westward, commanding views of La Gomera. The amenities set down in the brief – swimming pool, solarium
The project for the Amador Vineyards transforms the ruins of one of few winery-houses still standing in the center of the village of Cacabelos, a municipality in León province along which the French Way of St. James passes. The new program comprises
The plot on which these laboratories are located was the last one available at Columbia University’s Morningside campus, and therefore the new gateway to the campus from its Manhattanville expansion. From the start it was decided that the new buildin
The Aragonia Complex was designed with a clear objective: to create a social hub in a densely populated area of Zaragoza, and to do so not through a monumental affirmation, but through an architecture that speaks of the richness and diversity of soci
Located on the historic College Hill, the RISD campus is scattered, which underscores the quality of the buildings while boosting urban life. The plot for Chace Center was located in the area around Memorial Hall, where the domestic character of Bene
The laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering (LISE) was the answer to a necessary extension for the Department of Physics at Harvard University. The brief called for 3,000 square meters of free space, 1,400 square meters for high-performance
Skeppsholmen island used to be the headquarters of the Swedish navy, and, as such, it was a parallel city, autonomous, with all the resources necessary to carry out its mission: shipyards, barracks, munitions dumps, hospitals, churches, workshops, gy
A 19th-century palazzo has been adapted to house a collection of Etruscan art, part of which is displayed in a hypogeum reminiscent of funerary constructions of the Lazio region. Continuous rows of Florentine sandstone give contour to a grotta dug un
The thorough refurbishment of a group of medieval houses included an underground extension and a terrace that provides a close-packed Tuscan town with a new public space. An interior route threads together the existing constructions and gives visual
Applying its principles, a regional agency for the environment incorporates passive energy-saving strategies into its offices, minimizing the need for climate-control systems. Besides providing daylight aplenty, a roof with 112 greenhouse-type skylig
Following the theme of the 1992 Expo in Seville, ‘The Age of Discovery,’ the pavilion was conceived as a highly refined place that had to unify the traditional culture of Japan and advanced technology and, furthermore, enhance interactions that excee
A parish center located in the very heart of Calabria presents solutions for an architecture that is loaded with references but does not forget to incorporate sustainable mechanisms. The temple is fitted into a sinuous white volume around which the S
This office block was designed by the practice of Manuel Bailo and Rosa Rull, with the advice of the project management consulting firm H.A.U.S. Healthy Buildings. Containing an area of 15,411 square meters and taking up the entire length of the site
The Barcelona-based studio of Benedetta Tagliabue, in collaboration with the Paris firm ilimelgo architects, has refurbished Le Palais des Fêtes, an old events hall in the city of Romainville, 10 kilometers from the French capital, enhancing the stru
In 2005, the Berlin city council called a competition to define the massing and set the guidelines for a block bordered by Schinkelplatz, Strasse an der Kommandantur, Niederlagstrasse, and the small square shaped by two Schinkel projects: on one hand
The Hermanas Hospitalarias del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a female catholic congregation founded by the Italian priest Benito Menni (1841-1914) in the municipality of Ciempozuelos (Madrid), and who
Located along the river Limmat, on the spot occupied by old building, destroyed by fire in 2012, the Tanzhaus Zürich stands as an important cultural institution, a school of dance that has become the symbolic center of the neighborhood. The project a
Designed by Benedetta Tagliabue and Joan Callís of the Catalan firm Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, this pavilion in Barcelona stands beside the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, a work of Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The building is part of an international ne
Located on a mountainside overlooking the East China Sea, this mausoleum forms part of Chin Pao San, a private cemetery that belongs to the Jinshan District of New Taipei City.
Intended as home for a recently acquired collection of 7,000 original pieces from the Bauhaus, this new museum completes the campus of the Chinese Academy of Art.
Nestled in the dense woodlands of Gyeongsang Province, this refined complex of sculpture-like constructions explores the close relationship between architecture and landscape.
The new Massana School is part of a long process of urban transformation around Plaça de la Gardunya, in the Raval neighborhood, in the historic center of Barcelona. The project analyzes the place in detail. Unlike the residential block on the same
The Descendientes de J. Palacios Winery was located in the town of Villafranca del Bierzo. Its facilities were spread in different structures and warehouses, so it became necessary to reconfigure and gather them all in one building. The desire to ble
A sicilian architect based in the city of Bologna, Mario Cucinella has designed a church devoted to St. Maria Goretti in Mormanno, a Calabrian town in the very heart of Pollino National Park. A cross is cut onto the surface of a sober white volume of
Monumental and material, bold and abstract, the work of Barozzi Veiga combines the autonomy of the building’s form with the specific dialogue with the context.
Curated by Luis Fernández-Galiano and on view from 10 February to 9 May, the exhibition is a journey through the many works of Carme Pinós that follows a clear guiding thread: the importance of context and environments in the creation of architectura
On view through 17 January 2019 at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin is ‘Enchanting Traces: Reflections on b720 Arquitectos,’ a retrospective exhibition on the firm established in 1997 by Fermín Vázquez and Ana Bassat, working from offices in Ba
The Chinese boom has made many an architectural dream come true: what in Europe was improbable and in the United States impossible is, in China, simply feasible. This situation has been skillfully capitalized on by the large architectural firms, from
To build is to choose. Architectural design is a crucible of objectives, data, and criteria, all merging in a single proposal. The step toward materialization, always implicit, is just one more turn of the screw in the routine of rejection and select
“Every great architect deserves a great monograph” seems to be the thinking at Taschen, which has added a new volume to its series of huge catalogs on prestigious architects. Without a doubt, their size (30.8 x 39 cm) makes it a delight for the reade
Tras la Catedral de Los Ángeles, la Iglesia Iesu, en San Sebastián, constituye una nueva indagación de Rafael Moneo en la arquitectura religiosa. Situado en el umbral de un área residencial, el edificio descuella de la trama urbana por el volumen com
Acaba de finalizarse la construcción del nuevo auditorio de la Escuela de Música de Hamburgo, con el que se completa el programa inicialmente previsto en la primera fase de la ampliación, proyectada por EMBT (Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliabue) y c
Profetas en su patria, Herzog & de Meuron son los autores de la rehabilitación del Museo de las Culturas de Basilea. Construido en 1849 sobre el solar de un antiguo monasterio, el Museo fue el primero de su tipo en la ciudad, y alberga una colección
En pleno centro de Ceuta y lindante con el Paseo del Revellín (que toma su nombre de una de las fortificaciones de la ciudad), un nuevo complejo cultural, blanco y lacónico, diseñado por Álvaro Siza, brilla ya bajo el sol africano. Situado en una ext
La inauguración oficial de dos de los seis edificios que forman la Ciudad de la Cultura —la Biblioteca y el Archivo— abre una nueva etapa en el dilatado proceso de construcción del proyecto de Peter Eisenman en Santiago de Compostela. La puesta en ma
Un exterior rotundo, duro y compacto, en vivo contraste con la variedad de los espacios interiores —con las aulas dispuestas en forma de peine hacia el interior y el espacio libre fragmentado conformando numerosos patios— es la imagen que ofrece el i
El particular emplazamiento del edificio —un solar en considerable pendiente situado justo en el límite entre la Sierra de Collserola y la trama urbana de la Ciudad Condal—, y la claridad y especificidad del programa —una clínica oftalmológica—, han
En su décima edición, la Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo ha otorgado a los Teatros del Canal, obra de Juan Navarro Baldeweg en Madrid (véase AV 135-136), el premio de Arquitectura. En las demás categorías han resultado ganadores el Hotel
El Ayuntamiento de Manresa, en Barcelona, necesitaba un nuevo núcleo de comunicaciones y mejorar tanto sus accesos como su ruinosa fachada posterior, con vistas al río y al macizo de Montserrat. Manuel Bailo y Rosa Rull acoplaron las funciones requer
El hotel y centro de convenciones La Mola, realizado por b720-Fermín Vázquez, consta de tres volúmenes prismáticos conectados por un cuerpo semienterrado que emplean el color como recurso contextual. De altura contenida, el conjunto hotelero de 186 h
El estudio de Rogers Stirk Harbour ha concluido la ampliación de las bodegas Protos en Peñafiel. Realizado junto al equipo Alonso y Balaguer, el volumen de cinco bóvedas parabólicas se proponía satisfacer las demandas del cliente de construir un edif
Tras la casa en la costa de Mallorca (véase AV 127), Álvaro Siza ha terminado en Sintra, Portugal, un proyecto residencial con el que vuelve a ensayar un tipo de casa de vacaciones fragmentada en varios volúmenes abiertos al paisaje marino. En esta o
Desde su fundación en 1927 por la Diputación Provincial para completar la labor de la Sociedad Arqueológica de Pontevedra, el Museo de Pontevedra ha ido creciendo, repartiendo sus bienes entre cinco sedes: las ruinas del convento gótico de Santo Domi
A principios de 2009 dará comienzo la temporada regular del Teatro del Canal, recientemente inaugurado. Desde que el Canal de Isabel II —centenaria empresa pública responsable de la gestión del agua en Madrid— lanzase en 2000 un concurso internaciona
Julius Shulman está considerado uno de los padres de la moderna fotografía de arquitectura y, a sus 97 años, goza de un prestigio y reconocimiento indiscutibles amén de una lucidez envidiable. En las décadas comprendidas entre los años cuarenta y los
En un año aciago para la humanidad en general y para el mundo de la fotografía en particular, el pasado 29 de octubre también nos ha dejado Ezra Stoller, posiblemente el fotógrafo de arquitectura más famoso de todos los tiempos. Gracias a su indiscut
