Norman Foster remembers Niemeyer: “His profession was his way of living, his passion and his values. Non-negotiable issues” [ELPAIS.com / fosterandpartners.com].
Japan: “Villa SSK” in Chiba, designed by Takeshi Hirobe Architects [designboom].
Argentina > The “Owl House” in El Chalten, Province of Santa Cruz, designed by the firm Nomade Arquitectos, accommodates with materials from the surroundings, and respects the wood, while trying to incorporate it [ARQ-Clarín.com].
Oscar Niemeyer died this night, after several weeks of being hospitalized for a kidney deficiency. The celebrated architect has passed away in Rio de Janeiro, the city where he was born on December 15, 1907, almost 105 years ago [elmundo.es / Jornal O Globo].
France > Video about the Louvre-Lens, featuring an interview with Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA [The Guardian].
Design Miami 2012, from December 5 to 9… Video > VernissageTV
France > More images and plans of Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA‘s Louvre-Lens, opening its doors to the public on 12/12/12 [dezeen].
Design Vanguard 2012 > The magazine Architectural Record (December 2012) selected 10 architecture firms: Yuko Nagayama & Associates, Gracia Studio, Envelope Architecture+Design, Vo Trong Nghia Architects, SsD, Trace Architecture Office, Easton+Combs, Hironaka Ogawa & Associates, FRPO (Rodríguez & Oriol Architecture), MMX Studio [Architectural Record].
United States > The house in Waccabuc, New York, designed by Chan-li Lin and Denise Ferris [Architectural Record].
Italy > On 11/29/12, Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA ‘s design for the new Bocconi University campus in Milan has been presented [Domus].
Italy > Theatre in Montalto di Castro, designed by MDU Architetti [designboom].
France > Images of the Louvre-Lens, designed by Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, opening its doors to public on 12/12/12 [Architectural Record].
