NEWS
20-09-2018
The RIBA presents the Charles Jencks 2018 Award to Alejandro Aravena
On October 11 architect Alejandro Aravena will receive the Charles Jencks Award, a prize...
19-09-2018
Looking forward to CERSAIE 2018
September 24 through 28 Bologna hosts Cersaie, the International Exhibition of Ceramic...
Architecture and materials
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Livegreen
20-09-2018
Hamaca Juice Bar by Red Arquitectos in Veracruz, a hit.
The Mexican architecture firm Red Arquitectos, headed by Susana López González, has added the third venue of the Hamaca Juego Bar series in Veracruz after the first two juice bars - also in Veracruz - were such a great hit...
19-09-2018
Mad Atelier at the London Design Festival with a pop-up pub
Reconstructing Lord Cecil is the name of the immersive installation created by Chantal Martinelli and Julien Desormeaux, the founders of Mad Atelier for the London Design Festival inside the Lord Cecil pub that had closed its doors 12 years earlier...
THE ARCHITECT SERIES
The Architects Series - A Documentary on: WORKac
In the wake of the interest expressed in the first three meetings for architecture fans...
PROJECTS
Projects
Batlle i Roig: landscape restoration of the Garraf waste landfill
Batlle i Roig worked from 2003 to redevelop the waste landfill site in the Vall d'en Joan, in the...
Architectural Solutions
The Bulgari shop in Kuala Lumpur, GRC and LEDs by MVRDV
The Bulgari shop in Kuala Lumpur is a reinvention in GRC and LEDs of the historical marble frames...
Mood
Maxfine roads: porcelain stoneware large tiles for indoor and outdoor spaces
Maxfine large tiles by FMG go well beyond the boundaries of the surfaces created for architecture...
Projects
West 57th Street: a new courtscraper by BIG Bjarke Ingels Group
West 57th Street is the building that stands for the new Manhattan, where buildings are giving way...
Architectural Solutions
A structure made of concrete and laminated timber for a bus shelter in Umeå, Sweden.
A concrete and timber bus shelter that hides interesting technological surprises under a simple yet...
Mood
Tradition and contemporaneity: the Aster Maximum big size tiles
With the maxi tiles of the GranitiFiandre Maximum collection, porcelain stoneware allows for new...
Projects
Westway Architects: Cantina Santa Margherita in Veneto
Italian studio Westway Architects has completed work on the Santa Margherita winery in Fossalta di...
Architectural Solutions
Concrete and a steel and glass bubble for the Dalí Museum of St. Petersburg, Florida, by HOK
The largest collection of works by Dalí outside Spain is preserved in St. Petersburg...
Mood
SapienStone: aesthetics and innovation of kitchen countertops
Porcelain stoneware is the best possible solution for kitchen countertops, from both a technical...
Architetti
Juan Domingo Santos
Juan Domingo Santos is an architect from Granada known for his studies in the area of restoration and conversion of abandoned industrial and agricultural areas. He conducts research and designs projects focusing on regeneration of the urban and extraurban landscape with the aim of creating new living spaces for contemporary society and new places for work and interaction. Current affairs and history come together in a common path of enhancement of the territory of Andalusia, where all his projects are located. One significant experience is his occupation and reclamation of a distillery in an abandoned sugar mill, begun in 1986, subject of the film “An encounter”, which he made with director Juan Bollaìn. Other important projects include installations for art and architecture exhibitions such as “Las fábricas del Sur”, about the industrial tradition of Andalusia. Domingo Santos’ work has earned him prestigious acknowledgements. His ....
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