Architecture
Shinjuku Gardens, a green friendly car park in central Tokyo
Ursicino Endaman Nsé
17.12.2010 | 14:07
Cheungvogl, has developed a project to replace an existing open parking area in central Tokyo to build a two storey car park using plant walls.
Vegetal façade.
Architects Judy Cheung and Vogl Cristoph have seen this project as an opportunity to introduce green areas in a city where existing infrastructures don’t allow this frequently. It is also an attempt to...
Portia wine cellar, Norman Foster in the Ribera del Duero
Editorial Team
17.12.2010 | 13:43
The Faustino wine group has asked Pritzker prize winner Norman Foster to design their new Portia wine installations in the Ribera del Duero region. It is composed of three distinct volumes in the shape of a clover, each representing one of the three basic stages of wine production, and a central operations area.
Entrance and views from the Portia wine installations.
These...
Vertical neighbours in Barcelona, by Roldán + Berengué
Editorial Team
03.12.2010 | 14:56
Roldán + Beregué Architectes have designed the Torre Plaça Europa council housing building. Different openings and setbacks have been introduced in the façade and the remaining volumes have been split up and composed to generate a tower with five apparent levels although it is actually a 15 storey volume.
Ventilated façade with Fudermax' pieces...
Persistent spaces, the city and its physiognomy
Gloria Inglis
14.10.2010 | 13:44
As founding member of the BAAS architecture studio, Jordi Badia presents ‘Persistents (Persistent empty spaces)’, an exhibition that highlights their most important work focusing on empty spaces, understood as eloquent silence around which architecture builds our different worlds.
From the 30th of September till the 15th of October, Estudio Minim from Barcelona will host...
Quinta do Portal Winery
30.08.2010 | 10:20
The Quinta do Portal Winery commissioned Álvaro Siza to design a project aimed at turning their winery into a landmark destination on wine tourism routes. The result is an enclosed space which fits perfectly into its natural surroundings.
Views of the project overall.
Years ago, Álvaro Siza remarked that architects don’t invent, rather they transform things which already...
Cevisama 2010
Gloria Inglis
28.07.2010 | 19:32
The latest edition of Cevisama 2010, the International Show for Ceramics in Architecture and Bathroom and Kitchen Equipment, and the International Natural Stone and Machinery Fair, have decided to bring together their efforts to unify their offer in an attempt to meet market demands. The common denominator in this edition has been the importance given to environmental issues as is clear in many...
A french Pigeon Loft
Marga Casado
28.06.2010 | 18:00
To change with the times or die. This, surely, was the idea that motivated the members of the La Défense pigeon fanciers’ club to join the Fondation de France’s Nouveaux Commanditaires programme, which, in turn, put them in touch with the designer Matali Crasset. With a view to promoting the uncommon custom of breeding and training pigeons, Crasset submitted the idea of...
