Madrid > The budget for Prado Museum‘s expansion, designed by Rafael Moneo, increased of 52 millions of euros, namely the 84% of the project initially approved. That’s why works were temporarily suspended [el mundo]. Information about the expansion >>> Views of the plastic model >>>
Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, Brasil), was revitalized by the Ecological Park designed by architects Gustavo Penna, Alvaro Hardy and Mariza Machado Coelho [ARCOweb].
The Solar Umbrella House in Venice (California) was designed by Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa of the firm Pugh + Scarpa [archidose].
The ‘Palau de les Arts‘ designed by Santiago Calatrava in Valencia (Spain), whose public inauguration is scheduled for the 8th of October, with its four auditoriums will be large enough to contain more than 4,000 people simultaneously [Levante-EMV / Las Provincias].Images >>>
Views of Ordrupgaard Museum enlargement, designed by Zaha Hadid, now under construction [ordrupgaard.dk].
Expansion project designed by Studio 44 (St. Petersburg) and OMA/AMO – Rem Koolhaas (Holland) for the Hermitage Museum was unveiled to the public [Moscow Times / St. Petersburg Times]source > archinect.com
Opening of the Walker Art Center‘s expansion designed by Herzog & de Meuron took place on the 17th of April in Minneapolis [Core 77]Images > Star Tribunesource > dezain.net
Interview with Argentinian architect Hernán Díaz Alonso (who graduated at the National University of Rosario, Argentina, and received the Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in New York): currently he works in Los Angeles and has won the MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program 2005 [archinect].
Images of the ‘House of the Music‘ designed by OMA – Rem Koolhaas in Oporto (Portugal). The building will be open to the public from the 14th of April [archinect / New York Times].Views of the construction site > archphotoImages of current situation > nytimes.com
The Italian city of Turin will host next Olympic Winter Games, between the 10th and the 26th of February 2006. To show what the Games will be, a unique pavilion called ‘Atrium Torino‘ was built, designed by Giugiaro Architettura [el mercurio].
Images of Agbar Tower designed by Jean Nouvel in Barcelona > Arcaid / SkyscraperCity Forumssource > dezain.net
Image of the project designed by Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura for Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2005 in Kensington Gardens (London) [serpentinegallery.org].
