Arquitectura Viva
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Undulating lattices, Zaha Hadid’s metro station in Riyadh
20/05/2013

Undulating lattices, Zaha Hadid’s metro station in Riyadh

Waves in the walls and roof define Zaha Hadid’s competition-winning design for the new station of Riyadh’s KAFD (King Abdullah Financial District). This interchange of the Saudi Arabian capital connects three...

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Committee picks Libeskind design for Holocaust memorial
17/05/2013

Committee picks Libeskind design for Holocaust memorial

The Columbus Dispatch

A design by an internationally known architect and artist featuring a yellow Star of David was chosen yesterday for a $2 million Statehouse Holocaust memorial...

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Blavatnik School: Herzog & de Meuron to build in Oxford
15/05/2013

Blavatnik School: Herzog & de Meuron to build in Oxford

Herzog & de Meuron have obtained the go-ahead to build the new Blavatnik School of Government and Public Policy at Oxford University, a project that arose in 2010 on the initiative of the American philanthropist of Ukrainian roots, Leonard Blavatnik, who decided...

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Studio Fuksas redesigns the area around the central station of Bari (Italy)
14/05/2013

Studio Fuksas redesigns the area around the central station of Bari (Italy)

Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas have won the bid to refurbish and redevelop the area immediately surrounding the main railway station of Bari, in southern Italy. On 78 hectares divided into seven segments, the proposal drawn up in collaboration with...

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Brussels probes Real Madrid for possible receipt of illegal state aid
09/04/2013

Brussels probes Real Madrid for possible receipt of illegal state aid

El País

The European Commission (EC) is investigating whether Real Madrid soccer club received illegal public subsidies in connection with an extension to its famous...

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Gmp: convention and exhibition megacenter in Tianjun (China)
27/03/2013

Gmp: convention and exhibition megacenter in Tianjun (China)

The German firm gmp (Architekten Von German, Marg und Partner) have won first prize in the international competition for one of the world's largest exhibition centers, on a 1.2 million square meter site in the southern Chinese city of Tianjin. Carrying the...

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Cruz y Ortiz win the competition for Lugano’s Cornaredo Stadium
20/03/2013

Cruz y Ortiz win the competition for Lugano’s Cornaredo Stadium

The Spanish architects Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz, in collaboration with the local firm Giraudi Radczuweit, have won the competition for the renovation of Cornaredo Stadium in Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. Under a single unifying roof,

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OMA in the emirate of Qatar: Airport City in Doha
12/03/2013

OMA in the emirate of Qatar: Airport City in Doha

The proposal of the team led by OMA – with Lyad Alsaka, Reinier de Graaf and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Katrin Betschinger and the engineers WSP – is the winner of the competition for what is to be...

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Henning Larsen: European Spallation Source of Neutrons in Lund (Sweden)
01/03/2013

Henning Larsen: European Spallation Source of Neutrons in Lund (Sweden)

The Danish firm of Henning Larsen – in collaboration with the young team of COBE and the landscape architect...

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‘Very Large Structure’ in AV Proyectos 55
19/02/2013

‘Very Large Structure’ in AV Proyectos 55

Very Large Structure (VLS) is an independent and inhabitable superstructure, able to circulate through the northern Spanish plateau working through the ground beneath it along its way. AVP 55

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OMA to build its second skyscraper in Shenzhen (China)
15/02/2013

OMA to build its second skyscraper in Shenzhen (China)

As the Shenzhen Stock Exchange nears completion, plans for another Rem Koolhaas building in the Chinese city have been unveiled: 38 stories rising 180 meters on a podium, with a compact geometry split by a mid-tower...

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Sou Fujimoto to build the Serpentine Pavilion of 2013
14/02/2013

Sou Fujimoto to build the Serpentine Pavilion of 2013

Sou Fujimoto has been selected to build the thirteenth temporary pavilion of London’s Serpentine Gallery, to open to the public in summer in Kensington Gardens. The Japanese architect has presented initial...

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Eurovegas casino project to be sited at Madrid town of Alcorcón
10/02/2013

Eurovegas casino project to be sited at Madrid town of Alcorcón

El País

And the winner is… Alcorcón! The Madrid dormitory town on Friday was officially named as the site for US billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s controversial 750-hectare Eurovegas...

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Steven Holl, Ecology and Planning Museums in Tianjin (China)
31/01/2013

Steven Holl, Ecology and Planning Museums in Tianjin (China)

In Tianjin, on China’s east coast, the New York architect Steven Holl has designed the first two buildings of the new Tianjin Eco-city district, a joint project of the Chinese and Singaporean governments that...

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Assemblage wins competition for Iraqi parliament
16/01/2013

Assemblage wins competition for Iraqi parliament

The London-based office Assemblage – led by Hannah Corlett and Peter Besley – has been announced the winner of the international competition for Iraq’s new parliament building in Baghdad, carrying...

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Zaha Hadid vs. the Pirates
04/01/2013

Zaha Hadid vs. the Pirates

Spiegel Online

Star architect Zaha Hadid is currently building several projects across China. One of them, however, is being constructed twice...

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BIG designs an observation tower in Phoenix (Arizona)
03/01/2013

BIG designs an observation tower in Phoenix (Arizona)

The Danish firm BIG has designed for the city of Phoenix, Arizona, an observation tower that rises over the urban fabric like a pin marking a point on the map. A slender base of reinforced concrete...

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Norman Foster, building a Center of Inspiration for All
21/12/2012

Norman Foster, building a Center of Inspiration for All

www.nypl.org

The New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan will create a state-of-the-art circulating library within its flagship 42nd Street location, the Stephen...

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Zaha Hadid, South Beach garage in Miami
19/12/2012

Zaha Hadid, South Beach garage in Miami

The Miami Herald

A cutting edge, $18.5 million municipal parking garage in South Beach would tower over a public plaza created by...

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Oma, Populous and Hassell to develop Sydney’s Darling Harbour
14/12/2012

Oma, Populous and Hassell to develop Sydney’s Darling Harbour

The team formed by the firms OMA and Populous and the Australian studio Hassell are to develop the masterplan for a major convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, with construction set...

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BIG designs two residential towers in Miami (Florida)
13/12/2012

BIG designs two residential towers in Miami (Florida)

The Danish firm of Bjarke Ingels is tasked to build two residential towers – twenty stories each – in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of south Miami. Nearly a hundred luxury apartments are distributed in the two volumes...

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Edouard François, urban collage in France
10/12/2012

Edouard François, urban collage in France

In the commune of the northern French commune of Champigny-sur-Marne, the Urban Collage project of the Parisian studio of Edouard François proposes to stack 114 social housing units of three different types...

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Snøhetta, stadium for San Francisco’s Golden State Warriors
08/12/2012

Snøhetta, stadium for San Francisco’s Golden State Warriors

The Norwegian studio Snøhetta has presented the preliminary design for a new sport and culture complex in San Francisco and is slated to carry it out in collaboration with the engineering firm AECOM. Following...

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El Louvre de Abu Dhabi se construirá a principios de 2013
21/11/2012

El Louvre de Abu Dhabi se construirá a principios de 2013

ABC

Los visitantes de la última atracción de Abu Dhabi podrán realizar un viaje en el tiempo cuando la construcción...

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El Madrid quiere darle otra vuelta al estadio
12/11/2012

El Madrid quiere darle otra vuelta al estadio

marca.com

EL club blanco ha pedido a los cuatro candidatos para remodelar el Bernabéu que afinen aún más sus proyectos...

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Ikea:  redecoraron tu vida, ahora quieren cambiar tu barrio
07/11/2012

Ikea: redecoraron tu vida, ahora quieren cambiar tu barrio

El País

Ikea pone las calles peatonales, los patios traseros y los edificios de estilo europeo con un máximo de cinco plantas. De las estanterías Billy...

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 El Hermitage abrirá una filial en Barcelona
06/11/2012

El Hermitage abrirá una filial en Barcelona

La Vanguardia

El museo del Hermitage de San Petersburgo, una de las principales pinacotecas del mundo, abrirá una filial en Barcelona...

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Un Hermitage con muelle propio
16/10/2012

Un Hermitage con muelle propio

El País

Una piel ondulante que se asemeje a las olas movidas por la brisa e impactadas por los rayos del sol. Esta es la inspiración de la gran estructura que, según el proyecto de la...

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OMA ampliará la Escuela Central de Ingeniería de París Saclay
08/10/2012

OMA ampliará la Escuela Central de Ingeniería de París Saclay

La oficina de Rem Koolhaas ha ganado el concurso para ampliar la escuela de ingenieros École Centrale del campus de Saclay, al suroeste de París, y desarrollar el plan urbanístico del área circundante. Basada en el desarrollo del concepto ‘ciudad laboratorio’...

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Frank Gehry, complejo cultural y residencial en Toronto
04/10/2012

Frank Gehry, complejo cultural y residencial en Toronto

«Es muy especial para mí trabajar en Toronto, ciudad en la que he nacido, y dedicarme a los barrios en los que crecí». Son las palabras de Frank Gehry, que ha presentado su nuevo proyecto para un complejo...

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Organized by the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad, the congress (Pamplona, June 2012) appealed to civic solidarity as an instrument of architecture in facing the urgent economic and environmental challenges of today.
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