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A green balcony in Manhattan: the ‘High Line’

The High Line, an out of date railway line in Manhattan, will become the first elevated park of the city and a model of urban transformation. For several months two firms, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscape architects of Field Operations, have been working on the project: a concrete path going among gardens that reflect […]

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Google set eyes on the cities, from the sky

Google implemented a Beta version of Maps, an application to search satellite images of the most important cities in the world, Rome included [Clarin]. Related news > satellite views of famous architectures [archidose / Land+Living] / Satellite images and national security > While the White House and Capitol Hill, in Washington DC, look covered or […]

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Ground Zero: the latest images

Twin Towers’ vacuum persists in Manhattan, without no completion. News about new projects, works and controversies [Clarín].

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Japan: Aichi Expo 2005

Images of Expo 2005, that’s taking place till 25th of September 2005 in Aichi (Japan) > flickr.com

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Renzo Piano: ‘Paul Klee Center’ inauguration in Bern (Switzerland)

The inauguration of Paul Klee Center is scheduled for the 20th of June 2005. The new museum, designed by Renzo Piano, is situated in the outskirts of Bern and contains almost half of Paul Klee artworks [zpk.org]. Images > rpbw.com Related news > A route through the life and the work of Paul Klee (in […]

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Chapel of Porciúncula de la Milagrosa in La Calera – Bogota (Columbia)

Chapel of Porciúncula de la Milagrosa in La Calera (2004), designed by columbian architect Daniel Bonilla, is shaped on a basic geometry that imitates the land trying to change the minimum. The volume furthermore with its pureness represents the harmony…the essential: its simpleness, mantled in an austere presence, brings out silence, wind and light [arqa.com].