Source: AFGH architekten website Photography: Valentin Jeck Before making the decision to build a new home, the owners lived in a small gabled house for 25 years, situated in the very popular residential area along the Trottenstrasse in Zürich-Wipkingen. The new volume should be as high as possible to make sure that the breathtaking view is ideally captured from the upper floors. The architects’ task was to develop a

Fuente: James Stirling. Edificios y proyectos 1950-1974. Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.A. Barcelona. Introducción de john Jacobus. El Assembly Hall es un aditamento a una escuela victoriana. Los edificios contiguos presentan gran variedad de tipos y alturas, y en este entorno de caos arquitectónico y barrios bajos superpoblados , consideramos necesario crear una isla de verde césped y espacios abiertos. La planta está di

source: O’Donnell + Tuomey, Mies van der Rohe Foundation The brief was to provide an eight classroom school to the Department of Education and Science standard schedule on a very restricted site. The site is at a key location on the route from the city centre across the Grand Canal towards Ranelagh village. The neighbouring Georgian Square and terraces form an intact and significant urban design composition. Th

Source: Afasia Photography: Luke Hayes The British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank accommodates the UK’s largest independent cinema house and National Film Archive. It was originally built beneath the arches of Waterloo Bridge in the 1950s as the National Film Theatre. Its prominent location facing the River Thames benefits from the footfall of the South Bank, one of the busiest pedestrianised promenades in Europe. Ho

Source: Afasia Photography: © gustav willeit The new belvedere hotel is set on a rocky slope taking its round-shape and its reddish color. The project becomes part of the landscape allowing the suites to look at the valley from various points of view.                                   Architect: Bergmeisterwolf Architekten Location: 

Source: ALA architects / Plataforma arquitectura Photography (recent): Tuomas Uusheimo, Marc Goodwin Dipoli is the main building of Aalto University, located in the university’s Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland. It was designed by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä and opened in 1966. Dipoli was initially owned by the Student Union of the Helsinki University of Technology who sold it to Aalto University in 201

‘10 llibres i 1 cadira’ amb Moisés Puente Presentació ’10 llibres i 1 cadira’ amb Moises Puente. El passat dimecres 15 de Maig es va presentar «10 LLIBRES I 1 CADIRA», un escenari on convidem a diferents amics i socis de la Capell a fer una selecció de 10 llibres al voltant d’un tema i 1 cadira on passarien l’estona fullejant aquests llibres. El primer dels convidats és l’edito