Tag Squares

14-10-2015

Mateo Arquitectura: Castelo Branco Arts Centre, Portugal

The Castelo Branco Arts Centre in Portugal is the last building in the project by Mateo Arquitectura to redevelop Praça Largo da Devesa as a new town centre.

31-03-2015

Milano pre Expo: the city square of the future

Pre-Expo Milan inaugurates 17 thousand square metres at Portello; New York opens micro-plazas: a new architectural concept of the plaza is breaking down differences and going beyond fads and new technologies. The city square, plaza or piazza measures the democracy of a community, and is not just a passageway but a vital link holding together the urban and social fabric of the city.

17-05-2013

Julien De Smedt Architects wins a competition in Istanbul

Julien De Smedt Architects won the competition on invitation for construction of the "premier campus office" in Kagithane, Istanbul, Turkey.

25-07-2012

Costa-Fierros: Music Park in Seville

Following construction of Cocheras underground station in Seville, Agencia de Obra Pública de la Junta de Andalucía appointed architects Costa-Fierros to come up with a masterplan for redevelopment of the whole area. With its ceramic, limestone and granite pavement, the new Music Park becomes a big plaza linking two residential neighbourhoods.

12-09-2011

Steven Holl: Cité de l’Océan et du Surf

Inaugurated on June 25 2011, Cité de l’Océan et du Surf was built around the symbols of the sea and sports that make Biarritz the top tourist destination in Basque France. Competition winner Steven Holl uses the shape of the coastline as his starting point for creation of an underground museum, the roof of which becomes a plaza from which to admire the ocean.

15-03-2011

Bellevue Botanical Garden, Olson Kundig Architects

The design by Olson Kundig Architects for Bellevue Botanical Garden includes important improvements to the park, a new visitor centre and renovation of a mid-twentieth century building by architect Paul Kirk.