Tag Santiago Calatrava

16-12-2016

LISBON: The importance of urban planning

The city of Lisbon closes the year 2016 with two important events focusing on architecture, design and culture: the recent opening of the Maat or Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology and the 4th Lisbon Architecture Triennale

25-11-2016

Architecture for shopping: best store

The new Chanel store in Amsterdam designed by MVRDV has won the World Architecture Festival Award in the “Shopping” category, offering us a great excuse to take another look at some recent single-brand stores covered in Floornature and Livegreenblog.

25-11-2016

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Apple Store in the World Trade Center Oculus

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s new Apple Store opened in September in the famous Oculus, the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub designed by Santiago Calatrava, an important place of transit for commuters and tourists in the Big Apple. It is the city’s twenty-first Apple Store, the seventh to be designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

20-10-2016

LAVA wins the 2016 European Prize for Architecture

On September 23 in Athens (Greece) architects Chris Bosse, Alexander Rieck and Tobias Wallisser of LAVA were presented with the 2016 European Prize for Architecture, an award assigned by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

23-09-2016

Twisting Towers

Inspired by the CTBUH study of the "twisting towers", here is a rapid overview of twisting towers all over the world: iconic examples of contemporary architecture presented in Floornature.

29-04-2016

Station architecture

On the occasion of the recent inauguration of Zaha Hadid Architects’s maritime terminal in Salerno, we take a look at projects and constructions built for transportation of all kinds covered in the pages of Floornature.

18-04-2016

Santiago Calatrava The Tower Dubai Creek Harbour

The design of the new tower in Dubai Creek Harbour planned by architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, winner of the international design competition, was unveiled on April 11.

18-03-2016

Calatrava The Oculus World Trade Center Transportation Hub

Oculus, the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, was inaugurated on March 3. The new station is located to the east of where the Twin Towers used to stand, and will be the third most important station in the city of New York.