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Copenhagen: Tietgen Residence Hall by Lundgaard & Tranberg

Denmark > The Ørestad district is a 120,000 inhabitants development in South Copenhagen. The most advanced part comprises, besides two colleges, the Tietgen Residence Hall designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg. The 7-storey ring-shaped building, surrounded by wide public spaces, includes 360 apartments, a cafe, a big foyer, consultation and computer science room, workshops, refectory, music […]...

New Louvre in Abu Dhabi

The oil-producing emirate of Abu Dhabi signed an agreement with France to build a new Louvre Museum in its country. Construction of the new venue, that will be named Louvre Abu Dhabi, is starting this year and will end by 2012. In exchange for that "exporting", France is going to receive about 1,000 million euros. […]...

Budapest calls Zaha

Another building designed by Zaha Hadid, this time dealing with a development that will comprise offices, commercial spaces, restaurants, and so on, in downtown Budapest … [dezeen]...

Memorial dedicated to the victims of 11-M to be inaugurated in Madrid

Spain > Inauguration of the Memorial dedicated to the victims of 13-M will take place next Sunday (11/03/2007), on the occasion of the third anniversary of terrorist attacks in Madrid… The work was designed by Pedro Colon de Carvajal, Esaú Acosta, Mauro Gil-Fournier, Miguel Jaenicke and Raquel Buj, all members of FAM ARCHITECTS [terra.es]. More […]...