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Repetition through variation: both principles are implicit in programs characterized by the recurrence of the same type of space or architectural element. This impression was perhaps our first thought when reading the competition brief for the design
Concebido como una escultura tallada, el proyecto responde tanto al contexto urbano como al histórico. Situado en un céntrico solar ocupado por distintos edificios desde el siglo xviii, sustituye al hotel de 1955, demolido en 2019. Un corte vertical
The intervention is limited to inserting a public staircase, extending the administration and conservation areas, and building an underground exhibition space. The facades are renovated to improve energy efficiency. In the underground hall a system o
The idea of combining the terms ‘archive’ and ‘avant-garde’ holds within itself a contradiction. The fusion of these two concepts may seem paradoxical at first glance, as an archive is created to safeguard the documentary legacy of the past, while th
It is evident that the practice of architecture cannot encompass all the complex mechanisms that generate the city. However, it possesses a decisive power to transform the urban experience, both in its spatial aspect and in its construction, through
With its operatic ending immortalized by Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav III of Sweden made an – indirect – contribution to universal music, though the truth is that this enlightened monarch also supported in life the art of Euterpe, promoting the foundation
Stuttgart-based haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 (Martin Haas, David Cook, Stephan Zemmrich) was commissioned to design this center for the preparation of Rapunzel Naturkost's organic food products, in the Bavarian municipality of Legau. The fairy tale pu
The vertical laminated timber elements that form the structural module of the ensemble are exposed to the exterior. In this way, the five dwellings open up to the street as one volume, concealed behind a rhythmic and continuous facade. On the transve
The CEU campus Moncloa includes several university buildings raised at different times for education and research. The new Faculty of Humanities and Communication Sciences is located on a triangular site in Madrid’s Colonia Metropolitana. The plot’s
The plot lies perpendicular to the reservoir of San Juan, an area with a high degree of protection due to the ecological value of the reservoir, and enjoys privileged views and private access to the water all over its east borderline. The respect tow
Since the day in September 1908 that a journalist working for La Veu de Catalunya gave the region a name which described its dramatic geography and topography, the Costa Brava – a rugged land of fisherfolk – has honed its image as a paradise by the s
On the outskirts of Hamburg, in the Altona borough, this exhibition building dedicated to the art of writing offers a voyage through the history of pens manufatured by the firm Montblanc, founded in 1906. The outcome of a competition held in 2016, th
A series of mobile wings makes the huge host pavilion look like a bird in flight, a reference to the important role played by falconry in uniting the various tribes that formed the country.
A sheaf of stalks of cross-laminated timber forms the scenographic screen on which to project a sampling of cyberpoetry that results from online interactions of users.
Expo 2020 Dubai, themed 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future' and counting over 200 participants, kicked off with a ceremony almost a year after it was supposed to, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, and welcomes the public from 1 October to 31 March
Led by Silvia Babsky Nadel and Ramón Valls Navascués, Madrid-based BN Asociados Arquitectos won the competition to build the Central Library and Municipal Archive of Leganés, a city within the Madrid metropolitan area. Construction was at an advanced
On the outskirts of the city, a building provides new spaces for classes and meetings to be shared by a prestigious ‘gymnasium’ and the historical choir school of the cathedral of Cologne. The new educational facilities make use of the formal and mat
A building with explicit references to medieval architecture replaces an obsolete brutalist annex that never managed to gain acceptance in the historical core of the city of Frankfurt. An entrance plaza envisioned as an open-air exhibition space divi
The Evangelical Protestant Church’s new headquarters in Stuttgart occupies the site of a 15th-century Dominican monastery destroyed in World War II and makes its remnants part of it. The complex replaces the disjointed postwar reconstruction and crea
In an artery opened in the 1950s to decongest the historic center, the extension of the local savings bank dialogues with the medieval fabric without sacrificing its contemporary essence. The use of recycled bricks echoes the solid walls of the build
Jameos del Agua is a natural space and a cutural center conceived by the artist and architect César Manrique, and is part of the network of Art, Culture and Tourism Centers (CATC) of Lanzarote. The intervention, developed in phases over more than twe
At the foot of Luna Castle, the lodging facility follows the fortress lines, and digs itself into the ground between the steep hill and the bulwark in order not to compete with the historical enclave...
The imposition of a new structural order altogether transforms a house nestled between party walls, without sacrificing the formal expression of its vaulted ceiling...
The proposal is based on the understanding of the hospital building as an urban space, through the recovery and revaluation of its historic qualities, and the appropriate incorporation of the building in the city. The intervention allows the hospital
The firm of the Madrid architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano – one of Spain’s most international practices, with a branch in Berlin – recently opened the Arvo Pärt Center in Laulasmaa, 35 kilometers from Tallin. Named after the composer it
Symbols of a dramatic epoch, modern monuments have had to revive an ancient function of architecture, perhaps its most essential one: remembering the dead.
In the humble words ‘brick’ and ‘tile’ lies the simplicity, only apparent, of a material that has come down to our days with very specific technological variations. Nevertheless, the modest nature habitually attributed to brick is quickly proven wron
The evolution of the glass envelope goes along with the evolution of architecture as one of the most representative components of contemporaneity, and is the architectural element that most significantly expresses the cultural values of society, and
The changes that humans have performed on the Earths crust have opened a new geological epoch, and the cities and landscapes of our own tiems reflect this historical mutation.
The contorted pyramid rose behind the brick cliff and hundreds of people laid siege on the building, eager to contemplate the new spaces and the new collection: the enlarged Tate Modern opened its doors just as the country’s polls were being readied
It is very likely that Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano are currently the most international partners of Spanish architecture. From offices set up in Madrid and Berlin, their practice operates like a perfectly well-oiled machine, one capable. mor
Carrying the day over 26 other candidates from 16 countries, José María Sánchez García is the fourth architect, and the first European, to obtain the BSI Swiss Architectural Award, succeeding Solano Benítez of Paraguay, Diébédo Francis Kéré of Burkin
Continúa el tramo final de las obras del edificio para la sede del Teatro Cervantes, en México D.F., proyectado por el madrileño Ensamble Studio. El proyecto (véase AV Proyectos 48) parte del diálogo compositivo entre lo telúrico y lo solar, plantead
Situado en Graz, una de las ciudades históricas más importantes de Austria, el Museo Joanneum —que celebra este año su segundo centenario y está considerado como el más antiguo del país— acaba de abrir las puertas de su nuevo centro de visitantes, di
El nuevo edificio para la Universidad Popular Infantil de Gandía (Valencia), diseñado por los madrileños Ángela García de Paredes e Ignacio García Pedrosa, parte de una premisa singular y razonable: preservar a seis moreras que ya existían en el parq
En 2006, el hoy desaparecido Ministerio de Vivienda convocó un concurso de ideas bajo el significativo nombre ‘Hacemos ciudad’, para el desarrollo de siete actuaciones residenciales innovadoras dentro del territorio español (véase AV Proyectos 17). E
La nueva obra en Lyon del estudio parisino Jakob & Macfarlane demuestra que la rutinaria forma del cubo puede dar lugar todavía a propuestas estéticas insospechadas y sugerentes. El edificio, destinado a albergar las oficinas de la sede social de una
Acaba de inaugurarse la nueva sede corporativa del Grupo Giant —una de las mayores empresas de videojuegos interactivos— diseñado por Morphosis en Shanghái. Situada en un campus semiurbano, el edificio flanquea varios canales y un lago artificial, de
La Fundación Wolf, con sede en Israel, concede desde 1978 sus premios, consistentes en 100.000 dólares y un diploma, a científicos y artistas excepcionales. En la edición de 2010 el premio de las artes ha reconocido a dos arquitectos: el estadouniden
El edificio de viviendas de protección oficial más alto de España acaba de estrenarse. La torre Vallecas 20, en el área de Las Suertes, tiene 22 plantas y una altura total de 74 metros. Sus autores son María y José María Hurtado de Mendoza y César Ji
El Premio de Arquitectura Española 2009, que concede el Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE), es el último de los tres premios que en menos de un mes ha recibido Francisco Mangado por el Pabellón de España de la Expo 2008
A 300 metros del edificio Mirador, primera obra madrileña de los holandeses MVRDV con Blanca Lleó, se alza el edificio Celosía, de los mismos autores. Son 146 viviendas de entre uno y tres dormitorios, con 165 plazas de aparcamiento y locales comerci
El estudio de arquitectura del francés Dominique Perrault ha finalizado el pabellón de acceso al parque Priory en Reigate, al sur de Londres. Con una superficie de 340 metros cuadrados, la estructura de planta circular alberga un puesto de informació
Con ocasión del centenario del Plan de Chicago de 1909—un influyente diseño de Daniel Burnham y Edward Bennett para la reforma del trazado de la ciudad—, el estudio de arquitectura de Zaha Hadid y los holandeses UNStudio han construido sendos pabello
Se ha inaugurado el nuevo pabellón de verano de la Serpentine Gallery de Londres, un diseño del estudio japonés SANAA formado por Kazuyo Sejima y Ryue Nishizawa. La estructura, sustentada por pilares muy esbeltos, consiste en una cubierta ondulante d
El Centro de Tecnificación Deportiva en Guijo de Granadilla, en Cáceres, diseñado por el madrileño José María Sánchez García, ha abierto sus puertas. Emplazado en un entorno privilegiado, en la cuenca del Tajo, plantea dos círculos concéntricos de do
En el municipio madrileño de Rivas Vaciamadrid se ha consagrado el centro parroquial de Santa Mónica, obra de Ignacio Vicens y José Antonio Ramos cuyo volumen expresionista en acero cortén contrasta subversivamente con el continuo de unifamiliares qu
