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The new Shoah Memorial in Paris is now the most important documentation center about Holocaust in Europe [Clarín].

Information about Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock (Arkansas), designed by Polshek Partnership Architects [archidose].

AR 58 is a complex of apartments (year 2003) situated in Colonia Condesa (Mexico City) and designed by the firm “Dellekamp Arquitectos” >>>

Salzburg Airport’s Hangar-7 is a perfect mix between aeronautics and entertainment: founded on a private collection of aircrafts, it comprises halls for events and a restaurant. Most representative of all the enclosure is the stylized maple and crystal building designed by Austrian architect Volkmar Burgstaller [el mercurio]. More information >>>

Views from construction site of the enlargement designed by Daniel Libeskind for Denver Art Museum [cubistro].source > archinect.com

Shuhei Endo, the Japanese architect who theorized Paramodern Architecture and designed Springtecture B – a project awarded in the section “Surfaces” during the last Architecture Biennale in Venice – reveals how his original architectural language took shape [Floornature].

The foundation stone of Harlem Park will be laid tomorrow, 17th february 2005. Situated north of Central Park, it will be the first project to mark Harlem’s renaissance in 21st century and the first building in New York designed by a mexican architect (Enrique Norten / TEN Arquitectos) – >>>

Madrid > During the night between 12th and 13th of february a big fire occurred on twenty first floor of Windsor skyscraper, in the well-known financial district of Azca, near to “paseo de la Castellana”. The building, whose top collapsed, was under restoration since 2003 [el mundo]. Images > 1 – 2 / Webcam >>>

The building designed by Gehry Partners for Novartis Campus is part of Vittorio Magnano Lampugnani’s masterplan. Each building of the campus will be projected by a different architectural firm, such as Diener & Diener, Tadao Ando and Sejima + Nishizawa, among the others [arcspace]. More information >>>

Yesterday, 02/11/2005, Santiago Calatrava received the 2005 AIA (American Institute of Architects) Gold Medal, a prize that puts him at the top of world architecture, up to the same level of visionary talents such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier or Louis Kahn [el mundo].

Santiago Calatrava‘s design for Atlanta Symphony Center was unveiled yesterday (9th february 2005) [atlantasymphonycenter.org]source > archinect.com

Information about Hotel Hesperia, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership and Alonso-Balaguer & Associates, now under construction in Barcelona. Views of the building site > SkyscraperCity Forums noviembre 04 / enero 05Plan, model and details >>>