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21-03-2012

Gri e Zucchi: Music Centre in Cervignano

The Music Centre which opened on May 3, 2011 in Cervignano del Friuli (Udine) is the result of functional recovery of a former bus parking garage which had been unused for years. The original materials interact with the materials of contemporary architecture, confirming the site’s industrial vocation and transforming it into a cultural project.

29-02-2012

Arolat: Raif Dinçkök Yalova Cultural Center

Raif Dinçkök Yalova cultural centre, near Istanbul, is a reflection on the theme of the façade in homage to Arabian architecture with its decorative gratings. Architect Emre Arolat interprets the façade as a skin which is entirely independent of the interior layout, and uses his material, Corten steel, to build a landmark in the landscape.

16-02-2012

BIG wins the Transforms Transitlager competition

BIG has won the competition on invitation held in Basel for transformation of an industrial building into an "Arts District".

01-02-2012

J. Mayer H.: Metropol Parasol in Seville

Seville has a new landmark: J. Mayer’s Metropol Parasol, a laminated timber construction intended to revitalise the Plaza de la Encarnacion in the city centre. Functioning as a roof covering the entire plaza, it is in actual fact a complex on four levels containing shops and providing an urban viewpoint.

23-01-2012

Rui Grazina, private house, Barcelos

A private home designed by architect Rui Grazina with features allowing it to fit into its natural surroundings.

18-01-2012

Libeskind: Dresden Museum of Military History

The renovated Dresden Museum of Military History is now Germany’s biggest museum. With about 20,000 square metres of exhibition space, it is Daniel Libeskind’s last deconstructivist building. A synthesis of sculpture and architecture, it is a huge arrow wedged into history, a volume without orientation perforating a building, generating intertwined paths.

29-12-2011

Allied Works Architecture, Clyfford Still Museum

A museum of the works of American artist Clyfford Still, designed by Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture, opened recently in Denver.

27-12-2011

TADAO ANDO, DUVETICA boutique and showroom in MILAN

Japanese architect Tadao Ando has designed his fourth showroom for the Duvetica Group. After Tokyo, Kitzbuhel and Courmayeur, the Venetian firm is now opening a flagship store in Milan.