French architects OPUS 5 Architectes have carried out the rehabilitation and extension of the new Louviers Music school in the old convent of Penitance, a monastery situated on water, unique in…
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Front view of the auditorium. Music School Louviers by Opus 5 architectes. Photography © Luc Boegly
In the past two decades, our museums have become larger and larger; they have now reached a scale at which they can no longer be understood as (large) buildings, but only as (small) cities. Given the area that it covers, the vast number of artworks…
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'NAMoC' by OMA, Beijing, China. Image © OMA. Renders by Robota
We present "RADIX" the work done by the brothers and Portuguese architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus as a contribution to the Venice Biennale 2012. It consists of a steel installation located on the docks of Arsenal, integrating the new with…
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Contribution to the Venice Biennale. 2012. "Radix" by Aires Mateus
They are a tiny production, working 2 years of filmmaking with very little money and his friends. This video is by Dennis Liu. , full_html
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Today we present a project of Carl Turner, a new prototype of terraced houses, in this prototype can develop different uses because it is a flexible housing, such as a home, a workplace, and one or two apartments. , full_html
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Slip House. Image courtesy of © Carl Turner Architects
A few months ago we announced here this exhibition in the Caixa Forum in Barcelona. Now, after three months in this city, "Torres and skyscrapers. From Babel to Dubai" arrives to Madrid., full_html
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TOWERS AND SKYCRAPERS, now in CaixaForum Madrid
Shift Archictecture and Urbanism, is the selected team this week for the NEW GENERATIONS series by Itinerant Office. Based in Rotterdam, the office focuses on the fields of architecture, urbanism and spatial planning. The office combines a broad…
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NEW GENERATIONS. Shift
Fewer and fewer (realy less) people read the content of the articles, is obvious. It is very common read only headlines. As a consequence of this situation the world is upside down, ok, only a bit. That many have seen the article in The New Yorker…
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A century after the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed; Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan presents the Canal Istanbul project. One billion cubic meter of soil may be carved out of the main land in order to create the canal. Turkish developer,…
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HavvAda. Image © Studio Dror
On its way to the 3rd edition in 2013, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale organizes during the triannual programme 2011 – 2013 conferences, debates, exhibitions and competitions. A cycle of 4 conferences with international architects and critics to…
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CLOSE, CLOSER: invites to present proposals