The Urbanism Medal from the Academie d'Architecture de Paris, The Gold Medal in Architecture from the CSIC, Saint Jordi's Cross, The City of Barcelona Award, The ARPAFIL Award and the National Award in Architecture are some of the number of honours…
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What will the architecture profession look like in 2025? According to the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) think tank Building Futures new survey, we have a tough road ahead of us. The year long study asked, who will design our built…
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In his book Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed, French photographer Frédéric Chaubin captures the eerie beauty of Soviet brutalism. In his quest to document Brezhnev-era architecture, he stumbled upon 90 Soviet buildings scattered across 14…
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The extraordinary Palace of Ceremonies in Tbilisi is like a cathedral from another world. Georgia, 1985
(Caen, March 1st, 2011) The City of Caen, France, announced the architecture teams to work on the refurbishment of a 300ha old industrial area and port, the Caen Peninsula (Presqu’ile de Caen). MVRDV and two other teams have been selected to…
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America is adapting to the environmental challenges of tomorrow by renovating even its most iconic building — the Empire State Building. The historic landmark is undergoing a range of energy-saving technology upgrades to make it 40 percent more…
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Empire State Building Goes Green: Planet Forward. Video screenshot
Reality. The project began in 2006 when it had not yet produced the real estate bubble burst, he continued his involvement with projects and presentations at the 2008 Venice Biennale. 5 years later it is still another metadata center complex and…
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One month ago we talked you about John Gerrard (Dublin, 1974), multidisciplinary artist's work combines new technologies with photography and poetic language, while also reflecting on political and social issues. Today we show you new photos from…
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Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado) 2009, by John Gerrard
Already available the list of 343 nominees for the "Mies Van der Rohe" Architecture European awards. Including the list of 36 nominees Spanish, good luck to all!, are: , full_html
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Today (Tuesday), Juan Herreros give a lecture at IaaC, 19h30 about subject: “recycling the city”. , full_html
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Reform of the Satellite Control Center Hispasat, Madrid, 2009. Images by Herreros Arquitectos
The 2 new Metro stations of Line 9 in Barcelona, La Salut and Llefià, are located in strategic places in the city of Badalona, 34 m and 54 m depth respectively. The proposals were developed from two main aspects: reducing the effect of…
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