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de Young Museum designed by Herzog & de Meuron in San Francisco will open its doors on the 15th of October 2005 [NPR].Images gallery >>>source > Improvised Schema

Daniel Libeskind is going to build a 45-storey residential tower in Warsaw (Poland). Inauguration is scheduled for 2008 [The Moscow Times].More information > emporis.com

Information about Friele Cultural and educational center, realized by the homonymous coffee producers in Poços de Caldas, state of Minas Gerais (Brasil). The project was designed by architect Alfredo Barbosa Jr. [ARCOweb].

More info about the inauguration of Jean Nouvel‘s Agbar Tower > el mundo“Nouvel’s tower, the new totem in Barcelona sky” (in Spanish) > ElPaís.esImages > skyscrapercity.com: 1 / 2 / 3 – ElPaís.es – el mundoVideo > Antena3

The Faculty of Philology library, designed by Norman Foster, was inaugurated at the Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) on September 14th fosterandpartners.com].Views from the construction site > fu-berlin.deMore information (in German) > fu-berlin.de

The Netherlands pavilion designed by MVRDV for the Hannover world exposition 2000 is for sale on eBay. Starting bid: 2500000 euros [eBay].Images of the pavilion as it looks today > dutchpavilion.nlsource > archinect

Agbar Tower, the skyscraper conceived by French architect Jean Nouvel, will be officially inaugurated on friday 16th September. The building is destinated to become the new icon of 21st century’s Barcelona [el mundo].Images of the illuminated Agbar Tower >>>

Images of Aomori Museum of Art, designed by Jun Aoki in Japan [Ochimusya-no-Yukue].source > dezain.net

The detailed program of events and lectures included in the 10th International Architecture Biennale (BA05), that will take place in Buenos Aires between the 21st and the 25th of September > cayc.com.ar

Spain: Marques de Riscal wine producers entrusted Frank O. Gehry with the main building design for the new “Wine City”, now under construction in Elciego, a little town in the zone called Rioja Alavesa. Opening is scheduled for 2006 [arcspace].

Amsterdam: information about the 91 meter high office tower designed by Rafael Viñoly in Mahler4, a complex of nine buildings situated at Zuidas, in South Amsterdam. The buildings were designed by reknown architects, like Toyo Ito, SOM, FOA, UN Studio, among the others> mahler4.nl / rvapc.com / emporis.com

New images from the construction site of Zollverein School of Management & Design, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) in Essen (Germany) [thomas mayer_archive].source > dezain.net