p+A news

Architect Kenzo Tange, winner of Pritzker Prize in 1987, died today (03/22/2005) at the age of 91 [Terra.es].

Works of expansion of Barcelona Fair, with new structures designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, will conclude in 2007. Video of the project > firabcn.es

Images and information about Burda Collection Museum in Baden-Baden (Germany), designed by Richard Meier and opened in 2004 [arcspace].

Californian architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis, known in some sets as the enfant terrible of the architecture and recently choosen to design New York Olympic Village, won the 2005 edition of Pritzker Prize [pritzkerprize.com / Terra.es].

View by webcam of the Mercedes Benz Museum construction in Stuttgart (Germany). The building was designed by UN Studio [Mercedes Benz].

Views of Cottbus University Library (in Germany), designed by Herzog & De Meuron [Universidad de Cottbus]source > dezain.net

Dutch firm Mecanoo won the international competition for the Theatre and Congress Centre “La Llotja” in Lleida (Spain) [Archined]. Images > 1 / 2 / 3

Holocaust History Museum designed by Moshe Safdie will be inaugurated today, after more than 10 years of construction works and a 40 million dollars investment. The exhibit will comprise original objects from Second World War [La Nación / el mundo]. Images >>>

One of the most symbolic tall buildings in Paris, the Montparnasse Tower, where 5000 people work, “is overrun by asbestos”. The level of the material is so high that it can cause cancer in workers and visitors. The urgency of removing asbestos will cost several millions of euros and hugely damage people living there [Univision […]

Images and information about Perimeter Institute designed by Saucier + Perrotte in Waterloo (in the canadian province of Ontario). The 6000-sqm building was inaugurated last September [arcspace].

Twenty-one artists and graphic designers from Europe, South and North America, and Australia redesigned Hotel Fox‘s sixty-one rooms in Copenhagen. The opening is scheduled for April 2 [Josh Rubin:Cool Hunting].

Information about Alaska State Capitol international competition, won by Thom Mayne of Morphosis > alaskacapitol.orgFinalist projects >>>