Source: Carrilho da Graça arquitectos Photography: Fernando Guerra & Rita Burmester Raised ground On the Alfama slope, Lisbon is an amphitheatre looking out into the Tagus estuary. At the foot of the hill, on the flats of the early 20th century landfill of the port, the building of the new Cruise Terminal echoes, and returns, the gaze: a small amphitheatre, apparently with its back to the river, looks back at the

Disponible en : La Capell Texto por Jordi Badia Con su tercer número se confirma que ARCHIVES es una de las mejores publicaciones de arquitectura del panorama actual. Dirigida por Carlos Quintans y Juan Rodríguez ofrece, desde nuestro punto de vista, algunas características que la hacen única. ¿Revista o libro? Creo que los editores han sabido entender que el panorama de las revistas de arquitectura ha cambiado mucho

source: O’Donnell + Tuomey St. Angela’s College is a long-established 500 pupil girls Secondary School, dating from the late 19th Century, situated on a steeply sloping mid-block site on St. Patrick’s Hill in Cork city centre. We were first commissioned to consider the development possibilities of the site in 1999. The transition from initial feasibility studies to eventual completion of construction works on s

Fuente: Josep Llobet Fotografía: Jaume Orpinell, josepllobetarquitectes TORRE DE LA CREU 1913-1916 J.M.JUJOL NUEVA SEDE COLEGIAL DEL C.O.A.C. monumento histórico, bien cultural de interés nacional objetivos del proyecto – mostrar al público, tal como había sido concebida la “Torre de la Creu” por Josep Maria Jujol en el año 1913, mediante un trabajo de recuperación esmerada, investigando sobre cada rincón del e

Source: Inches Geleta Photography: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti / Daniela Droz In the urban topography of Locarno one can see the original Città Vecchia (historical centre), the Quartiere Nuovo (towards the lake) and the district of Campagna (towards Solduno). The Palazzo Pioda stands in this last section, an originally agricultural area that is now used for residential, commercial, service and production activities – in othe

| Pavel Bouse | 2016 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture | Profesors : Martin Søberg, Peter Alexander Bullough The post-industrial Amager in Copenhagen crumbles in front of the pragmatic future of the developer. This project tries to find a position between the current uncontrolled development and the developer’s effort for its reformation. Trying to find an alternative to a systematic dem

Source: Brandlhuber website Photography: Erica Overmeer Located in Berlin-Wedding, the multi-use atelier and gallery building combines different forms of usage. Although the area has no binding land-use plan, a regulation from 1958 only permits the construction of commercial buildings. Yet at the same time, an ongoing grandfather clause also ensures that the area remains essentially a residential zone. In this contex