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With pain, experience shows me that no matter how terrifying and Dantesque the impact of the Valencia disaster may have been, even though it was reported by media around the world, in a short time it will only remain as a local catastrophe in the…
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Evolution of the Dana over Spain on October 29, 2024. Image via Eumetsat
Death does not always come as we expect it to; its way of appearing, or the moment in which it arrives surprises us in most situations. Death is not always the most notable aspect in careers that show great achievements in their professional career…
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Dying is never easy. Ten architects and their deaths
Joseph Rykwert, architectural critic, historian, and professor whose writings influenced generations of architects for over seven decades, passed away last week, on Friday,…
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Joseph Rykwert (2013) by Pawel MazurI CC Krakow
Volcanism is a key factor in determining whether a planet can be considered potentially habitable and therefore of interest to us on Earth. Earth itself has been shaped by a long series of volcanic eruptions, which have contributed to creating…
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Volcano: In(habitable). From the Volcanism of Exoplanets to Some Examples in Campania. Photograph by Zhenru Liang
Lurking under the surface of our modern world lies an unseen architecture - or anarchitecture. It is a possible architecture, an analogous architecture, an architecture of anarchy, which haunts in the form of monsters that are humans and machines…
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Monster Leviathan by Cesare Battelli
Ellen van Loon has retired from the OMA partnership. After 26 years of collaboration with…
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Ellen van Loon. Photograph by Frans Strous. Image courtesy OMA
The city of Paris is hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, which kick off tomorrow, July 26, and whose facilities can be found throughout the metropolitan area of ​​the French capital. The Olympic competition will feature athletes representing 206…
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Urban regeneration. 20 architecture projects to visit Paris during the Olympics
Fumihiko Maki, a Japanese master and leading figure in Japan's Metabolism movement, passed away at 95 in Tokyo on June 6th, according to his Maki and Associates firm announced…
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Fumihiko Maki. Image courtesy of Maki and Associates
At age 103, the architect José Luis Romany Aranda died on May 9 (Dénia, January 26, 1921 - May 9, 2024). He was part of the group known as the "architectural avant-garde of autarchy", which included Sáenz de Oiza and Luis Cubillo.

After…
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José Luis Romany Aranda