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On Friday 31st of January 2014 Herman Diaz Alonso, founder of Los Angeles-based design practice Xefirotarch, will give a lecture at IAAC in Barcelona. , full_html
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La Fundación Museo Maya de América unveils the design of Central America’s largest museum of Maya artifacts and culture. , full_html
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One of the best projects by Rem Koolhaas, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, designed by OMA in 1992, reopens this month after an extensive renovation., full_html
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OMA updates the Kunsthal. Opening February 01
Yung Ho Chang of Atelier FCJZ originally designed the Vertical Glass House as an urban housing prototype for a competition in 1991. Twenty-two years later, the studio was able to realise the project as part of the West Bund Biennale of Architecture…
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Vertical Glass House by Yung Ho Chang
Five firms, with two Spanish studios, are still in the running for the Port of Kinmen Passenger Service Center International Competition‏‎. Hosted by Taiwan's Kinmen County Government, the winner will be master architect of a two-phase project that…
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Architecture recycled in Thailand. The new SAC (Student Activity Center), by Supermachine Studio, consists of diverse facility space, mainly for out-of-classroom ones, from photo studio, music rehearsal room, Thai dance club, 20+ faculty rooms,…
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Student Activity Center, Bangkok University, by Supermachine Studio. Photography © Wison Tungthunya
"Guardian Cities: welcome to our urban past, present and future", over this sentence the Monday the Guardian launched a new section devoted to ideas, discussion and predictions about cities all over the planet. , full_html
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Modernity in Spain could have been different if architects such as J.L. Sert, A. Bonet, L. Lacasa, J.M. Aizpurúa, J.Torres Clavé had had the possibility to teach. It took almost two decades for new generations to be able to take that relay, and…
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Ricardo Misol. By Alejandro de la Sota. Image © Fundación Alejandro de la Sota. Courtesy of Ediciones Asimétricas
Foros ESARQ is a series of talks in which a prestigious architect presents his or her body of work fortnightly. In each series, the selection of architects is connected to the theme of that particular series, on this specific occasion it is…
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The first monograph on the works of Patricia Urquiola, whose eclectic approach to product design and architecture has established her as one of the key figures in contemporary design. A superstar in the world of design, Patricia Urquiola s portfolio…
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Patricia Urquiola. Cover of the book