This year marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the famous "Maravillas Gymnasium", by Alejandro de la Sota and completed in 1962. Our friends from AF Study have shared with us this video, a result of a request of the College, to…
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Maravillas Gymnasium 1962-2012: 50 years of life. By Israel Alba Ramis and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
Coinciding with that next week is the Portugal with in Madrid, Porto architects, Cannata & Fernandes Architects shared with us their newly completed project "Combatentes Educational Center" in Ovar, Portugal., full_html
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Outside view. Combatentes Educational Center, by Cannatà & Fernandes arquitectos. Photography © Luis Ferreira Alves
The opening, October 25th, of the show in Soho from the LAGI (Land Art Generator Initiative) which features the Whirlers, a project by Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte. LAGI's mission is focused on inviting designers to develop visions…
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WHIRLER - An exhilirating energy system, design by Caterina Tiazzoldi and Eduardo Benamor Duarte
The opening, October 25th, of the show in Soho from the LAGI (Land Art Generator Initiative) which features "The Beauty of Recycling". Project by Daniel Elmore. This is our second work selected from those presented at the LAGI fair. LAGI's mission…
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The Beauty of Recycling
Dutch Design Week. Best Exterior: Waterwoningen IJburg, Amsterdam NL by Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer. On the Steigereiland in the IJ, a compact, urban floating water district was designed, with…
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Waterwoningen IJburg by Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer. Photography ©Luuk Kramer
Snohetta has recently announces as the winner of the Busan Opera House competition in South Korea. Their proposal is conceived not as frozen music but rather as an instrument, upon which we can play.

Many other firms were also involved…
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Image by MIR, courtesy by Snøhetta
Today we present Al Qasba Theater by the German office Magma Architecture. It is a multi-purpose auditorium that hosts numerous events as part of the cultural center for the Sharjah region. , full_html
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Stage and orchestra. Al Qasba Theater by MAGMA ARCHITECTURE. Photography courtesy of Magma Architecture. © Torsten Seidel
One of the most prestigious Portuguese architects and Pritzker Architecture Prize, Eduardo Souto de Moura, presents in the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes of Lisbon an architectural exhibition that synthesizes the various competitions developed by…
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Eduardo Souto Moura | Competitions 1979 - 2011. Poster
The Faliro Pier is a new pier in Athens, Greece. Athens-based Greek firm Point Supreme Architects has recently emerged as the winning entry in a competition in conjunction with Athen's ambitious Stavros Niarchos Cultural Park project which started…
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The latest exhibition at MoMA on architecture and the first of its new architecture curator Peter Gadanho, entitled: “9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design” is now open to the public and will…
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