Albert Speer. The myth of the Architect

I recently had the opportunity to read this book already published in the years 60 and has been re-edited by the Ed Cliff, written by Albert Speer on Adolf Hitler's favorite architect and Minister for Armaments during the Second World War. Albert Speer was one of the few

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Center for Women in Ouagadougou

Centre pour le bien etre des femmes

Burkina Fasso, 2007 FARE Studio (Riccardo Vanucci) for the Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo

This is a project undertaken by an NGO Italian – supported by international cooperation of his government- which aims to improve health and social conditions of women

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South Train Exchangers

In 2010 CPPA presented two proposals for bidding on construction projects Exchangers Train of South Tenerife Tenerife promoted by Metropolitan. Este concurso surgía con la necesidad de establecer las piezas edificatorias destinadas a albergar la articulación de redes facilitando la intermodalidad entre los distintos modos

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Wyly Theater en Dallas

It's amazing how some architects-as does Joshua Ramos- sell fantastic buildings which are really magnificent engineering works. The professional's role is here reduced to a tool, selling the idea

Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater That remakes itself Video on TED.com

Solares abandonados

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Industrial Arts, IBA Emscher Park

In Paul Engineer interesting conference given last Otaola Ubieta 21 May in the Demarcation of Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro the COAC, with the title "The transformation of the city", emphasis was placed on the role of local management in implementing the planning. Ello to be

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Another controversy with Calatrava

Lately it seems that the architect Santiago Calatrava can not avoid controversy. Since the complaint he made to the city of Bilbao to build a walkway designed by Arata Isozaki, following its Zubi-Zuri bridge, to the criticism in his newly opened bridge Jerusalén.Esta time the focus of the controversy is centered

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A Mallorca with Utzon. 2First part

Here I leave the invitation to the International Meeting Utzon Mallorca, with the participation of William J. R. Curtis, Alberto Campo Baeza, Richard Weston, Lene Tranberg, Elisabeth Tostrup, Peter Davey, Joana Roca Cladera, Adrian Carter, Michael Asgaard AndersE and Jaime J. Ferrer Fores. The program is limited to a conference Richard Weston, and

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House on the Hill

THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. Pacific Palisades, Los Ángeles. Johnston&Marklee Architects. Photos: Participación ciudadana, ¡Adiós

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A new opera for Oslo

Opera House, one Bjørvika equipo del Snøhetta

La importancia de los linderos, he visto publicado most edificio one algunos MEDIOS orientados a la arquitectura. We have parecido un edificio que extraordinario Juega al papel de hito urbano en la estela de la también Sydney Opera de Utzon.

Envejecimiento

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Dutch Pyramids

The Piramids, Amsterdam.Soeter Eldonk, arquitecto. Photos. Michiel van Raaijs, Eikongraphia Es curiosa la capacidad que tienen en Holanda para innovar una nueva arquitectura que supera los valores epidérmicos y se adentra en la experimentación tipológica como se ha realizado en este edificio que cuenta con una alta proporción de terrazas escalonadas. Supondrá un disfrute

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