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Interview with Iñaki Ábalos (Spain pavilion 14th biennale)

By focusing on the architecture of interiors, Inaki Ábalos, the curator of this year’s Spanish Pavilion, highlights the spaces within 12 Spanish buildings. These projects, mostly completed within the past three years, serve as specifically important instances of refurbishment and regeneration of Spain’s built heritage. The exhibition is a study not only of the architecture […]

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A building that is a play – TAAT

HALL01 is the first in the series of 32 sub projects that work towards the building that is a theatre play and the theatre play that is a building (HALL03). HALL01 is presented at the SAM decorfabriek, a large industrial space once used by Mosa, a tile producing company, which also served as the setting […]

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Rhino/V-Ray renderings with Photoshop

An overview of post processing Rhino/V-Ray renderings with Photoshop. by gadams@dvc.edu

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Discussions in Architecture: Rafael Moneo with Preston Scott Cohen

Jose Rafael Moneo is the first Josep Lluis Sert Professor of Architecture. He was chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1985 until 1990 and teaches the lecture courses On Contemporary Architecture, and Design Theories in Architecture. Before joining the School of Design, Moneo was a fellow at the Spanish Academy in Rome and taught […]

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Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɔʃˈkaʁ ˈniemajeʁ]), was a Brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a […]

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Sensing Spaces: Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura

As an accompaniment to their ongoing Sensing Spaces Exhibition in London, the Royal Academy of Arts has produced six wonderful films interviewing the architects involved in the exhibition, unearthing what motivates and inspires them as architects, and what the primary themes of their exhibition projects are. post by Royal Academy of Arts The above video features […]

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Medieval Spanish ghost town becomes self-sufficient ecovillage (English & Spanish)

It’s a utopian fantasy- discover a ghost town and rebuild it in line with your ideals-, but in Spain where there are nearly 3000 abandoned villages (most dating back to the Middle Ages), some big dreamers have spent the past 3 decades doing just that. There are now a few dozen “ecoaldeas” – ecovillages – […]

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Frank O Gehry – The Bilbao Guggenheim

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain. post by Sivakumar Thangavelu   It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the […]

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The Metropol Parasol – Seville

This film explores how the Metropol Parasol affects the people who live and work around it, as well as the historic area in which it sits. post by Arup The Metropol Parasol is one of the largest wooden structures in the world and was completed in April 2011. It has become a new centre for […]

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Islamic Architecture Granada Alhambra Palace غرناطة قصر الحمراء

Islamic Architecture Extended from the 7th century to the 17th, during which the implementations for Islamic design and rammed-earth construction method were dominant. post by MUSLIMUJAHID The Islamic world has a rich heritage of incorporating geometry in the construction of intricate designs that appear on architecture, tile walkways as well as patterns on fabric. This […]

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Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, Basque Country, Pais Vasco, Spain

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, in Spain, was built in 1997 by Frank Gehry, a Pritzker Prize winning Canadian/American Architect. Mr. Gehry is well known for his modern architecture, much of which seems to defy logic with its curves and bends. Unlike many architects, he completed construction of the museum on time and within the original […]

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