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Plastic and monumental at the same time, Hotel Unique (2002), designed by Ruy Othake, became a landmark and a view-point on São Paulo’s skyline [Clarín]. More images >>>

The work of MMBB Architects – Angelo Bucci (who left the group), Fernando de Mello Franco, Marta Moreira and Milton Braga – relates to Paulista School, an architectural movement that developed in São Paulo (Brazil) during the 1950’s, led by Vilanova Artigas [Vitruvius].

Daniel Libeskind‘s revised design for Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco was unveiled on Wednesday (02/02/2005) [projo.com].

Images and information about town cemetery enlargement designed for ‘Francavilla al mare’ (Italy) by Lucio Rosato, Ermano Flacco (architects) and Sandro Antonucci (engineer) [ARCH’IT].

Daniel Libeskind‘s enlargement of Denver Art Museum: webcam > 1 / 2 – more information >>> source > archinect.com

Recent images of Jean Nouvel‘s Agbar Tower in Barcelona: external views with some interiors > SkyscraperCity Forums / El País the tower and its neighbourhood (webcam) > tvcatalunya.com related news > Agbar Tower, a landmark for Barcelona (in Spanish)

Zaha Hadid has won the competition for the Aquatics Centre, the first venue for London as a candidate to host 2012 Olympic Games. Construction of 20,000-seats Aquatics Centre will probably take three years [London 2012 / This is Local London].source > archinect.com

Views and description of Falcon headquarters, designed by Rojkind Architects (Michel Rojkind with Derek Dellekamp) and situated in Colonia Campestre Tlacopac (México D.F.). The building was inaugurated in 2004 >>>

Information about redesign of Galleria department store in Seul (South Corea). Façade designed by UN Studio with Arup Lighting is covered with 4,340 leds whose color changes with weather, so it can be used as a big screen [unstudio.com / ICON / Metropolis Magazine / xilver.nl].

Facing the sea, on a beach that is 95 Km from Lima, you find the house designed by Peruvian architect Javier Artadi. The work was one of the finalists in Iberoamerican Architecture Biennal: it features distributed and multifunctional spaces, characterized by pure and defined volumes [el mercurio].

Herzog and de Meuron were selected to design the enlargement of their Tate Modern in London. Completion is estimated in 2011 [BBC / This is London / El Tiempo].source > archinect.com

Architect Philip Johnson, 1979 Pritzker Prize winner, died at 98 during the night of 25th january in his residence in New Canaan (Connecticut) [New York Times / NY News Day / La Razón].