When in 1964 Bernard Rudofsky filled the MoMA galleries with ‘Architecture Without Architects,’ among cave houses of Cappadocia and adobe huts of Mali he included two photographs of Mojácar taken by José Ortiz Echagüe, with a short text in which he b
Conceived as a ‘cascade of volumes,’ the building is staggered over four levels between the two streets to adapt to the steep site so that, from the sea, this new house is seen as just one more piece of the village...
The extension of the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec sits amid the other three existing institutional buildings creating a complex on the edge of the park. The project tries to establish new relationships between the green areas and the adjac
The canton of Graubünden is one of the most extraordinary parts of Switzerland, not only because of its complex cultural tradition – including three official languages – but also because of a landscape of sublime contrast between soaring mountains an
The German publishing group Axel Springer is currently shifting from print to digital media. To launch this move the company decided to call a competition to extend its Berlin headquarters with a new building that would act both as a symbol and as a
Built in a place that was a junkyard, in the Berlin neighborhood of Wedding, this mixed-use building has large stepped terraces. A work of Brandlhuber + Emde, Burlon, and Muck Petzet, the concrete volume has two external staircases connecting the fiv
After leaving Australia in 1966, Utzon decided to build a getaway where he could spend time with his family, and in Mallorca he found the ideal place. However, as time went by Can Lis became, as happened with his other few works, a pilgrimage site fo
After 31 years of dictatorial rule, the people of Burkina Faso rose up and ousted their former president following a violent revolt in 2014. In protest of the old regime, the former National Assembly was attacked and destroyed by the citizens. Aside
Como parte del complejo de la Fundación Stavros Niarchos, la Ópera Nacional de Grecia se organiza siguiendo al pie de la letra los dictados de un ‘teatro a la italiana’ tradicional.
Located in the center of Rotterdam, the Timmerhuis is a new building for the city hall that accommodates services, offices, residential units, shops, and parking. Attached to another municipal building from 1953, the new building adjusts to its neigh
The high price of land in Switzerland turns the single-family dwelling type into a privilege within reach of only a few. In view of these circumstances, row houses emerge as an excellent alternative. The project for the construction of three dwelling
