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Barcelona: Santa Caterina Market rehabilitation by Miralles and Tagliabue (EMBT)

Restoration of Santa Caterina Market was designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue Architects (EMBT). The market was rehabilitated building a wavy ceramic mantle that covers the whole square, givin’ the neighbours the pleasure to see a huge mosaic pixeled in lively colors [el cultural]. Images > SkyscraperCity Forums: 1 / 2 / 3

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Cleveland: Museum of Art’s enlargement and renovation by Rafael Viñoly

Board of trustees definitely approved enlargement and renovation of Cleveland Museum of Art designed by uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly. Construction works will begin on September 2005 and last for 6 years: during this period the museum will close to the public for only 6 months [cleveland.com]. More information about the project > rvapc.com source > […]

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Chile: project ‘Minga’

Architect Alejandro Dumay discovered how to transform a house in a system you can move and fit to any site. Project ‘Minga’ is a prototype of dwelling that can be quickly and easily carried by a truck to the destination needed by the client [el mercurio].

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Luigi Colani’s Rotor House

The 36 square metres Colani Rotor House, created by german designer Luigi Colani, is made by a single room: bedroom, bathroom and kitchen are included into a cylindrical element that rotates according to user’s needs [Wallpaper*].

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Moscow Federation Tower will be the tallest building in Europe

On the 9th of february the construction of Federation Tower started in Moscow (and is expected to end in 2007). The 500 million dollars building was designed by german architect Peter Schweger of ASP Schweger Assoziirte Gesamtplanung GmbH and by russian transplanted in Germany Sergei Tchoban of nps tchoban voss: rising to a heigh of […]