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10-02-2011

A new public school in Cartagena

Local building materials and techniques, integration of inside and outside and social value are the key themes of the school building designed by Mazzanti and Mesa for Cartagena in Colombia. Flor del Campo is an example of the contribution architecture can make to rehabilitating the area in which it is situated.

10-01-2011

Christoff Finio: small home in New York

A mid-nineteenth century building in New York originally used as a stables and to store carriages has been renovated using glass, metal and cement and converted into a home that makes the best possible use of the small amount of space available to adapt to the metropolitan lifestyle.

10-01-2011

L'Escaut: Espace culturel Victor Jara

The plan for the new Victor Jara cultural centre in Soignies, Belgium, reconciles the demands of architecture with those of urban planning to create a scene that adds life to the city centre. Use of combinations of materials such as local stone cladding with glass and creation of a form that follows the lay of the land underlines the building’s context and underlines its role in the community.

05-01-2011

Foster + Partners' solar powered building in Abu Dhabi

The official inauguration of the campus of the Masdar Institute designed by Foster + Partners, the first solar-powered building in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s environmentally sustainable district.

31-12-2010

SAOTA – Architecture of textures and materials on Lake Geneva

Built by the South African studio SAOTA on the shores of Lake Geneva, the building has been described by one of the architects as an expression of an emerging African aesthetic because of its play of textures, materials and how they are connected with the world outside.