The Istanbul practice of Emre Arolat and Gonca Paşolar built this culture and leisure center in the Turkish city of Bergama, over the foundations of what was the lower part of the Greek polis Pergamon. A footbridge bordered with vegetation connects t
The Zollverein mine was closed in 1986 and had become since then a sanctuary of industrial architecture, which Unesco declared a World Heritage Site in 2001. OMA was hired to develop the master plan to give the complex a contemporary use. The largest
This mosque located outside Istanbul sinks into the terrain to become a cavern for prayer with an atmosphere defined by the tenuous light emanating from the Qibla.
Grafted on to the heart of a silo and attached to a zigzagging volume containing offices, the brick tower of the Duisburg archives cuts a figure in the industrial profile of the city.
Como un torbellino vítreo, en un lugar destacado del campus, el edificio que aloja el departamento de recursos humanos de la farmacéutica simboliza su espíritu innovador.
Surrounded by important historical buildings, among which the nearby Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, the old customs building was raised in the 17th century by the architect Giuseppe Benoni at the entrance of the Grand Canal of Venice, on a tri
Dedicada al santo suizo Nicolás von der Flüe (1417-1487), conocido como hermano Klaus, la capilla fue encargada por la familia de granjeros Hermann-Josef Scheidtweiler y su esposa Trudel. Construida en su mayor parte por ellos mismos con la ayuda de
Construidas en los años treinta, las minas de Zollverein fueron el complejo minero más grande y bello de Europa. Después de su clausura en 1986, se convirtieron en un santuario de la arquitectura industrial, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por l
Located in the center of the Ruhr area, the city of Essen prospered thanks to the coalmining industry, though the exhaustion of this mineral plunged the existing factories into a gradual process of decay. In 1988, Zeche Zollverein, a site in the nort
The guggenheim of Bilbao served as a catalyst to invigorate the ria of the Nervióand to position the capital of Vizcaya in the cultural map of Europe. And now, only 125 kilometers from the museum, another explosion of steel and titanium opens up a ne
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 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.
