Information about the winner project for the new Library of the Papal Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RIO), designed by Angelo Bucci, Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga and João Paulo Meirelles Faria [spbr.arq.br / UOL Arte]Images >>>...
Images of Jun Aoki‘s White Chapel in Osaka (Japan): the venue, inaugurated in April 2006, is part of the city Hyatt Rigency and hosts weddings [Flickr].source > dezain.net...
Last december an unusual complex of eleven apartments was inaugurated in Brazil: each floor independently rotates, offering a 360-degree view of Curitiba, the “sustainable” capital of Parana State (in the South of Brazil). Each flat costs 300,000 dollars, occupying an entire floor (287 sqm)[Univision / Terra.com.br].Images >>>...
Luxembourg > At the Mudam (Museum of Modern Art), designed by Ieoh Ming Pei and inaugurated in July 2006, the restaurant features a canopy based on “The Tiles“, a modular system developed by the Bouroullec brothers… [Arkinetia]....
Local firm architectsAlliance, in partnership with Stuttgart based Behnisch Architekten, designed the facility of the Terrence Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (TDCCBR) at Toronto University [ArchNewsNow].More images >>>...
Switzerland > Freitag (a company that produces bags using recycled materials) opened a new store designed by Swiss architecture firm spillman.echsle in Zurich: it was made assembling seventeen containers in four different height columns… [we make money not art]...
China > Sixteen international architects, put together by the designer and curator Ai Wei Wei, created the pavilions of Jinhua Architecture Park, a miniature town on the banks of Yiwu river. Images of works: iwan.com [eye candy]....
The London Tate Modern expansion, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, was unveiled. With an estimated budget of 215 million pounds (around 322 million euros), the building should be finished in time for the 2012 Olympic Games [el mundo / Clarín / World Architecture News]tate.org.uk: renders > 1 | 2 | 3 / […]...
Chile > Information about the Concepcion Campus (2005) designed by Duran and Associated Architects for the University of the Americas [duranarquitectos.cl]....
Images of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Rem Koolhaas + Cecil Balmond [VIEW].source > dezain.net...
Video of the Sendai Mediatheque (2001), designed by Toyo Ito >>>Images >>>...
The Halmstad Library (Sweden) designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen [archidose]....
