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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
50 Years in the making. The mysteries of a building, the New York World's Fair Pavilion by Philip Johnson, is the subject of Kickstarter project MODERN RUIN: A World's Fair Pavilion, Matthew Silva's new film about the abandoned 20th-century icon. ,…
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New York World’s Fair Pavilion in the present day. Image via Silva's Kickstarter
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Milan, 1526-1593) was championed as a forerunner of the Surrealists and Dadaists. Continuing with the model of exhibitions such as those held on Giandomenico Tiepolo in 2012 and 17th Century Flemish and Dutch Still Lifes in 2013…
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Heatherwick Studio is looking for Model maker/designer to join its team in London. , full_html
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Model maker/designer at Heatherwick Studio
The Centro de Alto Rendimento de Foz Côa (Car) in Pocinho, Vila Nova de Foz Coa Municipality, Portugal, by Alvaro Andrade & MPT, is located in one of the most beautiful and idyllic valleys in the world, the Douro valley, one of the best places…
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Rowing Centre by Alvaro Andrade. Photography © courtesy of Fernando Guerra