by Maria g. orille, Zürich Source: “Cul zuffel e l’aura dadl: Gion A. Caminada” book A road trip to explore the Shelters for Roman Archaeological Site in Chur, The Hotel Therme of Vals or the Sumvitg Chapel in Sumvitg – buildings by well-known Swiss architect Peter Zumthor – lead to the discovery of another architect from the region. The valley next to Valls, just 7km from the Zumthor chapel, is home

Fuente: O’Donnell + Tuomey Fotografía: O’Donnell + Tuomey  The Gallery is located at a crossroads, between Soho and Oxford Street. The corner site is visible in a glimpse view through the continuous shop frontage of Oxford Street. Ramillies Street is approached down a short fight of steps, leading to a quieter world behind the scenes of London life, a laneway with warehouses and backstage delivery doors. The bri

Fuente: Dezeen Nieto Sobejano – who has previously completed museums and galleries in Spain, Austria and Germany – was awarded first prize in the contest to design a new home for the Arvo Pärt Centre, which was founded by the composer in 2010 to preserve and promote Estonia’s musical heritage. Envisioned for the woodland of Laulasmaa, west of Tallinn, the building is conceived as a pentagonal grid of space

Fuente: Archdaily Fotografía: Benedikt Markel, Pavel Pszczolka, Radka Jankova The house is located in the centre of a garden. Each single room is oriented to one of the trees. The living room faces the apple tree, the master bedroom, the cherry tree, the bathroom faces the peach tree, the guest room, the silver spruce and the children’s room, the walnut. Each room has its unique view and atmosphere. The building

Fuente: Europaconcorsi The hospital is surrounded by nature and contains a garden in its center. The horizontality of the building and its undulating form responds to the location of the hospital in the midst of the wide Danish landscape. A horizontal building is an appropriate building typology for a hospital, because this fosters exchange: across the various departments, the employees work on a shared goal: th

Fuente: Josep Ferrando Fotografía: © Pedro Pegenaute Galería AEDES Berlín  expone la obra de Josep Ferrando: “MATERIA Y LUZ” del 12 de julio al 21 de agosto Con la inauguración este mes de julio de la muestra “Materia y Luz” en la prestigiosa Galería Aedes de Berlín, Josep Ferrando se consolida como uno de los arquitectos jóvenes con mayor proyección internacional de nuestro país. La muestra de Ferrando en Berlí

Por Anna & Eugeni Bach Dirección: Gelsenkirchener Str. 209 45309 Essen, Germany El edificio se encuentra dentro del complejo de las minas de Zollverein, a poca distancia del museo del Ruhr de OMA, y a su manera, juega con la abstracción y la escala de los edificios de las minas. La disposición de las ventanas no permite entender bien la escala del edificio, convirtiéndolo en un cubo abstracto puede que demas