Spacebox is a 18 sqm or 22 sqm residential unit, equipped with kitchen, shower, toilet and ready to be dwelled. “Boxes” are set on the ground by a crane: if required, it can place a maximum of three modules on top of each other [MoCo Loco].
Information about Caltrans District 7 Headquarters in Los Angeles, designed by Morphosis and inaugurated in the month of september 2004 [arcspace].
Pictures by photographer Michael Wolf will be on exhibition till 6th april at Robert Koch Gallery in San Francisco >>>
On 1th december 2004 started in Cordoba (Argentina) the construction phase for “Casa Experimental”, a prototype especially conceived for Cordoba by architect Hiroshi Hara. This project is part of the research he has been developing for two years with various teams of collaborators in Tokio, Montevideo and Cordoba, to investigate effects on towns and, in […]
Architects César Pelli and Carlos Ferrater have won the first prize ex-equo in the competition for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s isthmus, according to jury’s decision unveiled today [Canarias Ahora]. Images of the projects: Pelli / Ferrater
Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura will design 2005 Pavillion for Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens (London). They will replace Dutch firm MVRDV, whose proposal won’t be realized at the moment because of “technical problems” [serpentinegallery.org / Telegraph].
Design for new hotel called Puerta de América was unveiled yesterday: Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel, Richard Gluckman, Arata Isozaki, David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, Ron Arad and – from Spain – Javier Mariscal and Victorio y Luchino are only a few of architects and designers appointed to project hotel’s floors [el mundo / Ayuntamiento de Madrid]. […]
Recently inaugurated 508-metres-high Taipei 101 is the tallest building in the world, at the moment: nevertheless ongoing projects will exceed its limit [Terra].
Works for Zaha Hadid‘s Opera House in Guangzhou (China) started on 18th january 2005. The 46,000 square metres building should open in late 2007 [China Daily / Andante]. source > archinect.com
An interview with valencian architect Josep Llinàs > floornature
News and images of Harlem Park designed in New York by Mexican firm TEN Arquitectos – Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos. Opening is scheduled for 2006 [arcspace]. Related news > 220 million dollars investment for Harlem renaissance
Information about OPEN:new designs for public space, the ongoing exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington [vanalen.org].Related news > ‘Urban spaces free from fear‘source > archinect.com
