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Curated by Christiane Burklein
11-05-2021 - News
New Standards, Finland at the 17th Architecture Biennale
The Finnish Pavilion responds to the theme of the 17th Architecture Exhibition at Biennale di Venezia, “How will we live together”, with an exhibition entitled New Standards featuring the example of the Puutalo Oy consortium, which developed a prefabricated timber housing system as a response to the Karelian refugee crisis of the 1940s.
03-05-2021 - News
Open Arquitectura’s Amura Tower in Veracruz
Carlos Ramos de la Medina and Ricardo Fernández Rivero of Mexican architectural studio Open Arquitectura have completed a record-breaking construction in their hometown, Veracruz. The Torre Amura residential tower is the tallest building on the Mexican coast, but the architects minimise its impact on the coastline using passive design solutions.
29-04-2021 - News
Timeless architecture: Alfons Soldevila’s Casa Mas Ram
The home and studio of Alfons Soldevila, architect and professor of architecture at UPC in Barcelona, a friend and contemporary of such great architects as Elias Torres and Oscar Tusquets, was built in 1971 and offers a tangible example of his tireless innovative spirit. The timeless character of this prototype home is captured in Marcela Grassi’s photographs.
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22-04-2021 - News
Anna and Eugeni Bach’s Seven Lives in Barcelona
Architects Anna and Eugeni Bach built Seven Lives, a small block of three tiny apartments between established buildings in the historic centre of Barcelona’s Horta district that stands out for its great attention to detail and prominent accents of colour.
20-04-2021 - News
Urban connections: Casa Senhora da Hora
Portuguese architect Raulino Silva built a single-family home in Senhora da Hora, near Porto. The building’s clean forms fit with great elegance into a heterogeneous residential neighbourhood, contributing new value.
15-04-2021 - News
MDO’s Yantai Experience Centre
More Design Office (MDO) of Shanghai designed Yantai Experience Centre, a real estate developer’s showroom and exhibition space that stands out in its anonymous urban setting with its high-impact organic shapes.
13-04-2021 - News
Award-winning architecture for the sporting tradition of Quebec
Designed by ABCP architecture, the ice-skating rink in Parc des Saphirs, Boischatel, Canada is a sporting facility sheltered from the weather in both summer and winter by an iconic glulam roof. The award-winning structure made out of locally sourced materials is very popular with the locals.
07-04-2021 - News
A Roof for Silence, Lebanese Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia
Architect Hala Wardé, founder of HW Architecture, is the curator of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, entitled A Roof for Silence, addresses the issue of coexistence, a theme of particular importance at this time, and not only in Lebanon.
05-04-2021 - News
Metaform’s warehouse to office transformation
Architectural practice Metaform has renovated an old warehouse in Steinsel, Luxembourg, in a balanced renovation project converting the industrial building to contain the offices of an IT company.
