The Canary Sky


El Cielo de Canarias / Canary sky – Tenerife from Daniel Lopez on Vimeo.

Wonderful video showing the phenomenon of sea of ​​clouds, experiencing some islands of our archipelago.
A magnificent work of Daniel Lopez.

XXI Century Lamps

There will always be people everywhere ingenious.

Subway Virtual Store in Seoul


Assuming that South Korea is the second hardest working and grocery shopping once a week is a mandatory task.
Can you imagine the comfort that would be able to do grocery shopping while waiting on the platform to reach the subway.
A major retailer has opened what appears to be the world's first virtual store, the same that is oriented to the smart phone users.

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The urbanization process in Dubai


TEDxDubai 2011 | The Beauty of Small Things | Main Titles from METAphrenie on Vimeo.

Para los que trabajamos Técnicos en la Planificación urbanization y / o Fundamental territorial es la utilización Aéreas de Imágenes (Ortophoto) Tomada un avion desde un satelite o. Supone Herramienta Fundamental una para el proceso de analizar Urbanización en el tiempo de un Territorio concreto. Entre las que han Ciudadela sufrido mayor Expansión Urbanización y en los diez años Ultimo podríamos destacar a sin duda Dubai. En este video realizado a partir de Imágenes en la Técnica de satelite montadas time-lapse, observamos Cómo se transforma en un Paisaje deserticola una de las más Extravagantes Ciudadela del medio oriente.

Gando, en Burkina Fasso

Project for the expansion of a school complex. D. B. Shrubs, 2010
Burkina Faso-Upper Volta before conocido as- is a semi-desert country of the Sahel region of Africa. Began to play in the world of international architecture following that win Diébédo Francis Kere Aga Khan Award for Architecture en 2004 with Gando School.
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7.000.000.000

Distribution of world population. Image: Living in the endless city. Phaidon, 2011
Apparently this week the world population has reached seven billion people. An event that occurs amid a powerful crisis that lasts four years, and affects just those, in recent decades, have been exerting economic leadership, political and military, the United States and Europe.

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Rafael Moneo

Jesús Quarry

 

Merida. 1995
The truth is that it is amazing the Museum of Roman Art.
Yes, and is very beautiful.
It is so well designed, we seem to be in Rome.
Also, has on one side, simplicity and classicism, but on the other, is so well structured that you can see perfectly all Roman art.
I have been in many other museums that Roman sculpture, and had not seen anything like it.
Really, even exceeds the National Archaeological Museum in Italy, Naples, which is saying.
Certainly, Architect is Italian??

The Horreo Gallego


I recently had the opportunity to visit Galicia and a feature of this region and I would like to highlight is the Granary Gallego.

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Reducing architecture

Building Blocks, 2011. Elba Benítez Gallery. Photos: M.A Guerreiro
The last September, Fragateiro Fernanda opened an interesting display in the gallery's Madrid Elba Benitez, entitled Deep Space, Shallow Space (Espacio profundo, espacio superficial).
There, las esculturas realizadas se componen por cajas de metal pulido y tamaño exacto que encierran libros y revistas de arquitectura perfectamente encajados, dejando escapar solamente en sus lomos las líneas de color que expresan un contenido encapsulado de aquellas obras fotografiadas y publicadas.

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Holland, Bicycle country


Cycling For Everyone from Dutch Cycling Embassy on Vimeo.

Last 22 September is celebrated World Day Without Cars in which we saw the various initiatives carried out in various cities. El objeto principal de las mismas es incentivar a los ciudadanos a dejar este medio de transporte por un día y probar nuevas formas de desplazamiento. Uno de estos medios de transporte alternativos es la bicicleta.