Fernando Tavora, Portoguese architects’ dean and founder of the Oporto School, died in Matosinhos at the age of 82, after a long illness that kept him hospitalized during the last two years [el mundo / Diario de Sevilla].source > archinect
Authorities of New York State and New Jersey celebrated yesterday the construction start of Ground Zero public transportation hub, designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava. The station will be completed in 2009 and will cost nearly 2,500 millions of euros [levante-emv].Images of the original design > lowermanhattan.info
Images of MVRDV‘s Gemini Residence, two old silos turned into a 86-unit apartment complex [Archined].source > dezain.net
Information and images of the inaguration, in Ordrup (Denmark), of the Ordrupgaard Museum expansion designed by Zaha Hadid [arcspace]
Images of Santiago Calatrava‘s Turning Torso in Malmö (Sweden) > flickr.com
From September 26th, after almost four years of works and a building process with no delay or setback – unlike what occured in the Prado – Madrid is going to count on an expanded Reina Sofia Museum, in which Jean Nouvel put his innovative architecture at art’s disposal [terra.es].
On the 30th of August 2005, Zaha Hadid‘s expansion of Ordrupgaard Museum was inaugurated in Ordrup (Denmark) [Yahoo AP]. More information > ordrupgaard.dk source > archinect.com
On December 2004 in Cordoba (Argentina) it began the construction of the Experimental House prototype, expressly conceived for that city by Hiroshi Hara. The “Cordoba Experimental House” was inaugurated on the 6th of April 2005 and will be exhibited for a limited period of time. Images and information > Todoarquitectura.com More info >>>
The 27th of August 2005 was the fortieth anniversary of the death of Le Corbusier (La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 10/06/1887 – Cap Martin, France, 08/27/1965). Information about his life and work >>>
Images of the construction works of de Young Museum designed by Herzog & de Meuron in San Francisco > flickr.comsource > archinect.com
At Kiffisia, in the neighborhood of Athens, it was just inaugurated the Hotel Semiramis, the first building of this kind designed by Karim Rashid. With their ultra-contemporary look, all the rooms of the hotel feature the highest technology [el mercurio].
Information about the construction of Akron Art Museum, designed in Ohio (USA) by Coop Himmelb(l)au > akronartmuseum.org.More info > arcspace.comsource > Improvised Schema
