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Paris: acoustical domes by David Serero

Paris > David Serero’s acoustical domes: “… space does not receive passively the music and interacts with it, as the room geometry can change in real time, during each performance, according to any musical composition and kind of audience. Doubling or quadruplicating the acoustical dome depends on the event . Number of folds vary with […]...

3rd International Architecture Biennale – Rotterdam

The Third edition of the Rotterdam International Architecture Biennale, intitled POWER-Producing the Contemporary City, will start on March 24th, 2007 at the Kunsthal. Until September 2nd, 2007 two main exhibitions, Visionary Power and De Nieuwe Nederlandse Stad (The New Dutch City), will show which important role architecture and urbanism can play in the system of […]...

Basel: the Roche Tower by Herzog & de Meuron

The new tower designed by Herzog & De Meuron for the pharmaceutical company Roche in Basel (Switzerland) was unveiled on September 14th: the city council is expected to approve the plan by the end of 2007. The 160-metre high skyscraper, whose inauguration is scheduled for 2011, will become the tallest building in the country [Archinect]. […]...