The ‘Turning’ – literaly – Torso, the last masterpiece of spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is a 190 metres high slender tower, with 147 luxurious flats and commercial areas: it will almost touch the sky over Malmö (Sweden) and delineate the top of Europe [el mundo].
Alejandro Zaera Polo (Foreign Office Architects) presented the project for London Olympic Stadium (London is a candidate for the Games that will take place in 2012) [london2012.org].
Images of Munich Allianz Arena, designed by Herzog & de Meuron [kultureflash].
Images of Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, designed by canadian Patkau Architects [archinect].More information> bnquebec.ca / patkau.ca
Images and information about ‘Educare’ secondary school gymnasium in Zapopan, State of Jalisco (Mexico). Designed by TEN Arquitectos, it opened in 2001 [arcspace].
Latest images of Torre Agbar, designed by Jean Nouvel in Barcelona, now under construction> SkyscraperCity Forums [1] [2]
In Heliópolis, the biggest and oldest favela of Sao Paulo (Brazil), the architect Ruy Ohtake developed a promising project to underline cultural identity. Eight months after, people living there is very proud of colors composition made on the walls facing the two central streets [el mercurio].
Images of building de Young Museum (october 2004), designed in San Francisco by Herzog & de Meuron > de Young Museum.
Images of ‘Museum of World Culture’, designed in Göteborg (Sweden) by english firm Brisac Gonzalez Architects [arcspace].
At the end of October Zaha Hadid presented her master plan for a 5.300 houses development in the Zorrozaurre peninsula, a basically industrial area (nearly 800.000 square metres) situated in east side of Bilbao. The site will become such a “residential enclave” with 5.300 apartments to build in the next 20 years [el correo digital / abc.es].Project’s images> skyscrapercity.com
Images of Tod’s megastore (selling italian leather goods), designed in Omotesando (Tokio) by Toyo Ito [MoCo Tokyo]source > archidose
The ‘City University of Hong Kong‘ selected Daniel Libeskind project of ‘Creative Media Center’, that will become his first work in China [Architectural Record].
