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10-02-2016

Architecture in Barcelona as seen by Josep Lluís Mateo

We talk about Barcelona with Josep Lluís Mateo, following the release of his app for tourists and architects entitled “BCN architecture guide”, downloadable free of charge from his web site. What to see and what to avoid, according to Josep Lluís Mateo: a tour of the less touristy, less famous side of Barcelona.

15-01-2016

Japanese railway stations: architecture and high speed.

The railway stations in Japan's major cities are excellent business cards for the country, absolutely perfect in terms of both functioning and architectural aesthetics, suspended between the past and the future.

15-12-2015

Jean Nouvel+MDW: Charleroi Police Headquarters and Charleroi Danses

In Charleroi, Belgium, Atelier Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture have renovated the historic Caserne Defeld cavalry barracks to house the police headquarters and Charleroi Danses centre. A new landmark for the city, designed by Jean Nouvel and MDW, containing the offices of the police force.

09-12-2015

Tsuruga Multipurpose Center ORUPARK by Chiba Manabu Architects

ORUPARK Multipurpose Center stands on the site of an an early twentieth-century railway station in Tsuruga, Japan. Chiba Manabu Architects have preserved the original station layout in the new ORUPARK, a multipurpose park open to the city of Tsuruga.

02-12-2015

Foster+Partners at Chateau Margaux: expansion and renovation

Norman Foster and his studio expand and renovate the Domaine Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux. The new winery designed by Norman Foster maintains continuity with the existing parts of the nineteenth-century Chateau Margaux.

01-12-2015

RPBW Renzo Piano and the new Whitney Museum in New York

The Whitney Museum of American Art has left the famous and controversial Breuer Building behind for a new home in Gansevoort Street, New York designed by Renzo Piano’s studio RPBW. Between the Hudson River and the High Line, Renzo Piano’s Whitney Museum makes the most of the character of the Meatpacking District.

25-11-2015

Mateo Arquitectura renovates Barcelona’s Ninot market

Ninot market in Barcelona’s Eixample district has reopened. Built in 1933, the facility was renovated by Mateo Arquitectura of Spain. Mateo Arquitectura’s project has given Ninot market a new relationship with the city.

12-11-2015

Valle Architetti Associati Piazza Gino Valle Portello Milan

The plaza named after Gino Valle is part of a plan for urban redevelopment of Milan’s Portello district. The general features of the project were designed by architect Gino Valle and completed by his studio Valle Architetti Associati with pavement design in partnership with Topotek1.