Kéré Architecture   Benin   In the wake of decolonization in Africa, Benin achieved full independence from France on 1 August 1960, then under the name of Dahomey. The building in which the declaration was signed at the time has until now served as the headquarters of the Parli

Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra   Spain   The Royal Shipyards of Seville are the city’s most impressive civil construction. They are located in a privileged spot: in the Arenal neighborhood, midway between the river and the monumental site of the Cathedral, the Archive of the Indies, and the

MAD Architects   Netherlands   The FENIX Museum of Migration is the result of a commission from the Droom en Daad Foundation – a Netherlands institution that is helping redefine Rotterdam for the 21st century through the development of new kinds of arts and cultural institutions.

Christian Kerez   Bahrain   At the end of the 19th century, the German mathematician August Möbius discovered his famous strip, a continuous band with only side and one edge. Perhaps influenced by this non-orientable surface, or perhaps fascinated by the infinite folds of Deleu

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture Ellen van Loon   United Kingdom   In more than 13,000 square meters, the new cultural venue for Factory International – the institution that  organizes the Manchester International Festival every two years – is designed to accommodate all kinds of performing arts. 

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos   Germany   Conceived as a sculpted rock, the project responds to both the urban and the historical context. Located in a central plot occupied by different buildings since the 18th century, it replaces the hotel of 1955, demolished in 2019. A vertical cut runs

Renzo Piano Building Workshop   Switzerland   As part of its mission to engage the public in science, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (known by its French acronym, CERN) is launching the Science Gateway, a new facility for scientific education and outreach. The purpose of the proj

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group   Italy   In 2017, BIG won the competition to remodel the historical San Pellegrino complex in the Italian Alps. The development plan includes a visitor center, work areas, offices, and a bridge over Brembo River. Besides giving new life to the company’s image

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos   Germany   Since its construction in 1732, the Blockhaus, situated on the banks of the Elbe River as it flows through Dresden, is one of the key historical buildings in the city. In the competition decided in 2018, the project designed by Fuensanta Nieto and En

Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation   Spain   Office for Political Innovation is the name of the international architectural practice founded by Andrés Jaque – recently appointed Dean of Columbia GSAPP – in 2003. The studio, based in Madrid and New York, works at the intersection of design, rese

Foster + Partners   Spain   Ombú, developed by Acciona, is the project to recover a Neo-Mudéjar industrial warehouse in Madrid, originally built in 1905 by Luis de Landecho. The historic envelope and the load-bearing structure that supports the pitched steel trusses have been p

MAD Architects   China   The idea of nature in the east – connected to the cultivation of the spirit – gives rise to the concept of city committed to the emotional well-being of its dwellers. True to this premise, the Beijing-based studio of Ma Yansong proposes a sports park

Fenwick Iribarren Architects   Qatar   Since their invention and standardization in the mid-20th century, metallic containers have optimized shipping transportation, ushering in a new era of global logistics and commercial exchange. Later on, new approaches to architectural seriation and

Mendoza Partida BAX studio SPRB Arquitectos   Mexico   In 2015, the joint proposal presented under the choral signature MXSI – the Barcelona studio of Mara Partida and Héctor Mendoza (Mendoza Partida), and Boris Bezan (BAX Studio) – and the local office SPRB Arquitectos, led by Carlos Rodríguez and Laura

Fenwick Iribarren Architects   Spain   Caleido starts out from three premises: to propose a new centrality north of Paseo de la Castellana, to connect the Cuatro Torres Business Area with its environment, and to give the city a large green space – over 33,000 m² – around the complex. The

SUMA Arquitectura   Spain   Rising over one of the main highways of access into the city, in the eastern part of Madrid, the firm SUMA – established by architects Guillermo Sevillano and Elena Orte in 2005 – proposes a freestanding block of co-op apartments and studios for a yo

Sou Fujimoto Architects   Hungary   Inspired in the worlds of nature and of music, the Japanese studio won in 2014 the competition to build the House of Hungarian Music, to be built in Budapest’s largest park. An undulated disc, pierced by random openings, is elevated on slender suppor

Nexo arquitectura Andrés Perea Gutiérrez-de la Fuente Arquitectos   Spain   The CIT (Centro Integral de Transporte) is an initiative of Metro de Madrid to build a transport center in the old sheds of Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. The competition was called in 2016, and the team formed by the architects Lourdes Carretero, Manu

b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos   Spain   The project, situated on a plot in the Poblenou district of Barcelona formerly part of the extensive jute works popularly known as El Cànem, preserves the original facade on Doctor Trueta street, which is listed in the Architectural Heritage Protecti

Snøhetta   France   In 2014, Le Monde Group organized a competition to build its new headquarters in Paris, next to Charles de Gaulle bridge, and invited eight international offices to participate. The winning scheme – by the Oslo-based firm Snøhetta and the local team

gmp Architekten   China   In the Chinese province of Jiangsu, in the eastern part of the country, Changzhou is a 2,500 year old city with a dense network of rivers that is becoming the new industrial and technological hub in the prosperous Yangtze River delta area. There in C

David Chipperfield Architects   Switzerland   The Kunsthaus Zürich, built in 1910 by Karl Moser (1860-1936), is situated on Heimplatz, in the city center. The existing museum is to be expanded with a building designed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. The new extension will go up on the o

Heatherwick Studio BIG Bjarke Ingels Group   United States   Google’s new Campus in Silicon Valley is the first fully developed by initiative of the technological company. Commissioned to Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Heatherwick Studio in collaboration with the design and engineering teams at Google, the camp

Tras un largo proceso, después de que las obras se hayan desarrollado a lo largo de seis años en los que el presupuesto original ha sufrido desviaciones constantes —pasando de los 51 millones de euros originalmente presupuestados a un coste final est

Flanqueando al Guadalquivir y dialogando con los edificios históricos que se asoman al río, las obras del futuro Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Córdoba dan ya una idea del aspecto final del edificio. Diseñado por el equipo madrileño dirigido por

La ciudad de Palma asiste al crecimiento pausado del edificio que el arquitecto Francisco Mangado ha proyectado para el nuevo Palacio de Congresos y Hotel de la capital mallorquina. Resultado de un concurso en el que participaron prestigiosos estudio