OMA has won the design competition for an office tower in Shenzhen (China). It will be the second skyscraper designed by Rem Koolhaas’ firm in that city after the Stock Exchange building, which is in the final stage of construction [dezeen]....
Brazil > Maracanã House in São Paulo, designed by Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados [Domus]....
Panama > The Bank of Panama Tower, designed by Herreros Arquitectos [a f a s i a]. source > dezain.net...
New York > “The Art of Scent 1889 – 2012“, an exhibition designed by the firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro at the Museum of Arts & Design – MAD. Until February 24, 2013 [Wallpaper*]....
Japan > The “Optical Glass House” in Hiroshima, designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP [dezeen]....
Spain > 12 houses in Tenerife, designed by the firm DAO, David Arias Aldonza and Cristina del Buey Garcia [designboom]....
A view of London panorama from the top of “The Shard“, designed by Renzo Piano > The Guardian...
The Exhibition “Moment – Le Corbusier’s Secret Laboratory”, from February 19 to April 18, 2013, at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden [modernamuseet.se]....
Argentina > “Faena Aleph” apartment building in Buenos Aires, Foster + Partners‘ first project in Latin America [Plataforma Arquitectura]....
Spain > Barcelona-based firms, dataAE and H Arquitectes, have recently completed a student housing complex near the main city of Catalonia, within the same block where you find the Superior Technical School of Architecture of the Valles (Escola Tecnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Valles, ETSAV) campus, in Sant Cugat del Valles [Domus]....
For the first time in its history, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) features a complete exhibition on Le Corbusier’s production, including his works as architect, interior designer, artist, urban planner, writer and photographer. “Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes” will be open to the public between June 15 and September 23, 2013 [Metalocus […]...
The 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award shortlist has been unveiled. The five finalists are: Ghent City Hall, Belgium – Robbrecht en Daem architecten; Marie-Jose Van Hee architecten / Superkilen, Copenhagen, Denmark, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group; Topotek1; Superflex / Harpa – Auditorium and Congress Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, […]...
