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Housing development in Cambridge wins 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize

Accordia, a housing complex in Cambridge (England), designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Macreanor Lavington, has won 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building by a British architect [dezeen / Building Design / AE arquitectura Cd’E BCN]....

Sounds… as the wind passes through > Marcelo Ovadia + Gustavo Val (Argentina)

Argentina > This little outdoor equipped space, designed by Espacio Acustico – Marcelo Ovadia + Gustavo Val, represents the access to the future “Musical Park” and integrates several parts with different functions: parking, children’s playground, the willow tree (a shaded place), the inclined terrace (a solarium), the curved seats, the oval fountain, the river esplanade, […]...

A ‘Port for Music’ by Oscar Niemeyer (Rosario, Argentina)

Argentina: Rosario > Oscar Niemeyer‘s design for “Puerto de la Musica” has been unveiled. The complex will include an indoor 2.500-seat auditorium, and an esplanade for open-air performances, meant to contain an audience of more than 30.000 people. Inauguration is more likely to take place in 2016 than in 2010… [Página/12 / Rosario3.com / El […]...

2008 FAD Award for Architecture (Spain)

A social dwelling building for young people in Barcelona, designed by the architects Emiliano Lopez & Monica Rivera, has won the prestigious FAD Award for Architecture… [elmundo.es]...