Information about the Expo that will take place in Aichi (Japan) from march 25th to september 25th 2005. It will be focused on “sustainability” [The Star]. More about Spanish Pavillon designed by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Japanese Pavillon.
Today the highest bridge in the world, designed by English architect Norman Foster, was inaugurated in Millau (France), between Rhone Valley and Mediterranean sea. The 343-metres-high hanging viaduct (23 metres higher than Eiffel Tower) is the tallest ever built by man [Clarín].Images of the bridge >>>
German architect Osvald Mathias Ungers talks about his search of abstraction and explains how he founded his architectonical language on material and geometry [floornature].
“Panorama emergente iberoamericano” is a research program that every two year displays in a digital exhibition the most interesting and innovative proposals. It offers a window on new emerging instances, estabilishing contact with working groups from different countries. “Panorama Emergente” is such a net of nets of young architects from Spain, Portugal and Latin America […]
Views of Ordrupgaard Museum extension, designed by Zaha Hadid in Ordrup (Denmark). Opening will probably take place in 2005 [arcspace].
On november 2008 Burj Dubai, the 800 metres-high and 160-story building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, will become the highest in the world. An international group headed by northcorean Samsung Corp will invest 850 million dollars in the project of United Arab Emirates [La Tercera].More information> skyscraperpage.com
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology announced Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) as the winners of the international competition to design a new Learning Center [EPFL].Images of winner project and finalists >>>source> dezain.net
29 images of the Leeum, the cultural complex in Seul – sponsored by Samsung Foundation of Culture – that includes three buildings designed by Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel y Rem Koolhaas [Japan Design Net]source> dezain.net
Information about the Cultural Center that University of Guadalajara is building in Jalisco (Mexico), whose masterplan was designed by César Pelli > centrocultural.org.mx
Theater “La Scala” grew in splendor after restoration. Directed by Mario Botta, remodeling works costed 65,6 millions of euros and lasted for two and a half years [Clarín / el mundo]. More information about this work >>>
An installation by London artist Jeremy Deller has won Turner Prize for contemporary art, one of the most prestigious and disputed awards in Europe. The work displays a documentary about Crawford (Texas), the town where USA President owns his ranch [el mundo].
Six firms compete for the development of an isthmus in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain): Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA), Rafael Moneo, Nicholas Grimshaw, César Pelli, Carlos Ferrater and UN Studio. Information about projects by: SANAA, Moneo, Grimshaw, Pellisource> archinect
