The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) is the "world's largest concentrated solar thermal power plant" in the middle of the Mojave Desert, US. , full_html
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Unit 2 (February 2013)
In Palmeiras neighbourhood in São Paulo, an old factory has its early 20th century workshops lined up in strange concrete blocks facing the city and its towers: Pompeia Social Centre by Lina Bo Bardi. If your language is not French or German, we…
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Pompeia Social Centre in São Paulo. Lina Bo Bardi. Photography © Fernando Pines
Awesome views! In this world constantly bombarded by images, their impact has been relativized, and there are few great images. The shots of these skyscraper climbers (Vadim & Vitaliy Makhorov Raskalov) not only surprised us, are crazy or really…
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The Estadio Nacional de Fútbol de Venezuela, en Caracas - designed in collaboration with Arup and schlaich bergermann und partner - sits on the hillside providing spectacular views of the city to the northeast. A lightweight, brightly-coloured…
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Football Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Madrid is a city to discover. Its imaginary is mortgaged for being the seat of political power (logician, because is the capital). Its real images, its inhabitants, the everyday visions, the real city, are hidden and overshadowed. There are many…
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Video screenshot. "MAD//13 - Madrid Aerial Demo-Reel" by cromatica45
Chupan Chupai is a short film installation. This movie by architectural film studio Factory Fifteen offers a vision that combines environment design and cinema in an exhibition format. , full_html
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CHUPAN CHUPAI by Factory Fifteen
The Main Galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts transformed by seven architectural practices from around the world., full_html
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Instalación por Kengo Kuma. Fotografía © Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, 2014. Fotografía © James Harris
Designed by Helsinki-based practice AOR, Viewpoint is a peaceful respite floating on the canal in London's Kings Cross. Two videos about this project by Crane TV and the Finnish Institute in London, below. , full_html
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A video about the controversial architect, Calatrava, with which there is usually no middle ground, and with a personality that for someone is a reflection of a cynical, arrogant, and despotic architect, and to others, is a genius, brilliant or…
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Francine Houben leads one of The Netherlands most famous architect offices, Mecanoo. Her designs are both playfull, technically provocative, humane and firmly rooted in their context., full_html
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New Birmingham Library, UK, by Mecanoo