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Architect Oscar Niemeyer designed for the city of Potsdam (Germany) a complex of curvilinear pools, covered by semicircular domes, whose opening is scheduled for 2007 [terra.es]Some images > 1 / 2

Mexican architect Enrique Norten won the competition to design Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara, city of western Mexico. Construction works for Norten 150 million dollar proposal, selected from a total of three, are supposed to start at the end of 2006, while the inauguration is scheduled for 2010 [El Informador].Project images > SkyscraperCity Forums: 1 / […]

The Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Antoni Gaudí‘s unfinished work in Barcelona, will open its doors for worship services in 2008: according to growth perspectives, it could be completed in 20 or 30 years [el mundo].

Views from construction site of University of Iowa School of Art and Art History building, designed by Steven Holl > University of Iowasource > dezain.net

Herzog and de Meuron‘s Allianz Arena was inaugurated in Munich: it will be one of the venues for Germany 2006 [Deutsche Welle].Related news> German impressive stadiums, a year before Fifa World Cup [infobae].

75 years ago, on the 27th of May 1930, William Van Alen’s Chrysler Building opened in New York [Yahoo News]. More information > New York Times: video / images: 1 / 2

Images and information about Norveg Coast Cultural Center in Rørvik (Norway), designed by architect Gudmundur Jonsson [arcspace].

Information about Second International Architecture Biennale, taking place in Rotterdam between the 26th of May and the 26th of June 2005 > biennalerotterdam.nl

Interview with Philippe Starck > designboom

Whitney Museum expansion is intended to exhibit a big part of its collection, that comprises more than 15,000 art works. On Tuesday night, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission approved Renzo Piano‘s design, after the Museum – the most important in the world dedicated to American Contemporary Art – revised his original proposal [El Universal […]

Images and information about Telecommunications Museum in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), designed by Oficina de Arquitetos [vitruvius].

Information about the project designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) for the Zollverein School of Management and Design. Construction works started in the month of March 2005 [arcspace].