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OMA's design for a new building for Rotterdam's town hall – now in the design development phase – has received a four-star ("Excellent") rating from BREEAM (the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method). , full_html

The MoMA Department of Advertising and Graphic Design just launched their team website: www.momadesignstudio.org #twothumbsup , full_html

“Roma quanta fuit ipsa ruina docet” (1). The greatness of Rome is still present on the value of its remains. , full_html

Now here’s a gem of a discovery that stopped me in my tracks this morning: Rare Book Feast is new short movie series about the timeless character of books. Their message and what they look like are what is celebrated here. Nate Burgos believes that…

From Teshima Island, by Nishizawa and Rei Naito, this could be the typical structure that reflects something contrary to what we always comment: "build the house from the roof". Organic and minimalist at the same time, Ryue Nishizawa, colleague of…

On February 18 you were presenting here a preview of the first images of the museum designed by David Chipperfield Architects, now thanks to the photographer Iwan Baan, we bring you some more photos of exterior and interior of the project. Opening…

One day in May of 2010, without further ado, prisoner of uncertainty and hope, I decided to direct my life and thoughts toward Amsterdam. Two weeks later I was there; a COAM grant for young architects was my trampoline of dreams.

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Con una actitud algo más abatida, pero con la misma energía en su discurso por el que ha sido conocido como crítico de arquitectura contemporánea, fue presentada la conferencia que os anunciamos aquí el pasado día 30 de mayo en el CaixaForum de…

An architecture with contemporary forms, from a contemporary interpretation, with a simple program, and made ​​with modest materials. Architecture that meets its mission: to house pilgrims. A project does not iconic, unspectacular, however,…

Robin Hood Gardens – a housing estate on the fringes of Poplar in East London – is an example of mid twentieth-century architecture on the brink of extinction. , full_html