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Architect: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Location: Arne Jacobsens Allé 11, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Client: KPC-BYG A/S/Lejerbo
Landscape: NOBEL arkitekter a/s
Engineer: COWI A/S
Building contractor: Hoffmann A/S
Size: 8.300 m2
Build: 2004-2006
Project type: Competition
Photographs: Jens Lindhe, NOBEL arkitekter a/s

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Architects: Emilio Marín + Albert Tidy
Collaborators: Nicolas Norero, Rodrigo Valenzuela
Location: Campus Juan Gomez Millas, School of Fines Arts, Universidad de Chile.
Project years: 2004 – 2007
Constructed area: 1.700 m2
Structure Engineer: Sergio Contreras y associates
Contractor: Constructora Habitex Ltda.
Color photography: Cristobal Palma
B/W photography: Nicolas Rupcich

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Architects: Alejandro Aravena, Charles Murray, Alfonso Montero, Ricardo Torrejon
Location: Campus San Joaquin Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago, Chile
Collaborator: Emilio de la Cerda
Constructed Area: 5000 sqm
Structure: Concrete
Coating: Glass, Fibrecement y Native woods
Project Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2005
Budget: US$ 700 x sqm
Photographs: Cristobal Palma, Victor Oddo

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Architect: Alberto Mozo
Collaborators: Francisca Cifuentes, Mauricio Leal, Luis Fernandez
Location: Suecia & Bilbao, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Client: Nicolas Moens de Hase
Site Area: 1654 sqm
Constructed Area: 623 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007
Structure Ingeneer: Juan Lopez Ingeneers
Electric project: Gaston Villarroel
Services: Jaime Uribe
Structure: Arauco & Constructora Las Torcazas
Finishing: Constructora Cuatro Vientos
Materials: Laminated Wood, Pino Radiata, Glass
Photographs: Cristobal Palma

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Architects: CC Arquitectos
Location: Zamora Michoacán, México
Architect in charge: Manuel Cervantes C
Collaborators: Carlos Lozornio, Carlos Rodríguez, Omar Rojas
Landscape: Hugo Sánchez, Tonatiuh Martínez
Construction: CC Arquitectos
Construction year: 2006-2007
Site Area: 6,300 sqm
Constructed Area: 3,200 sqm

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In Beijing is not all about Olympics. The National Grand Theater, by Paul Andreu is a magnificent and gigantic project finished a few months ago, complementing all the infrastructure been built for the big sports event.

The project description after the break.

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Architects: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi
Location: Caniçada, Vieira do Minho, Portugal
Site Area: 2000 sqm
Constructed Area: 150 sqm
Client: João Telmo Monteiro P. Ferreira
Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama
Structure: GOP
Hydraulic Services: GOP
Electric Services: Raul Serafim & Associados
Coordination and supervision: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi
Contractor: Almeidas & Magalhães, Lda
Project year: 2003
End of construction: 2006
Photographs: Alberto Placido (AP), Juan Rodrigues (JR) & Luis Ferreira Alves (LFA)

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© Paul Ott photografiert

Architect: Michael Shamiyeh – BAU|KULTUR, Austria
Location: Volkersdorf, Enns, Austria
Structure Engineer: Helmut Schiebel
Contractor: Winfried Orth
Materials: Concrete & Glass
Photographs: Paul Ott

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Architect: Sebastián Irarrázabal
Location: Ladrilleros 105, Puerto Natales, Chilean Patagonia
Collaborators: Ximena García Huidobro, Francisco Ibáñez, Patricio Poblete
Structure: Luis Soler
Contractor: Bravo e Izquierdo
Interior Design: Sebastián Irarrazaval, Ana Ibáñez, Olivier Potart
Client: Olivier Potart, Ana Ibáñez, Hernán Jofré
Graphic Design: C-Proyecta
Floor Area: 300 sqm
Constructed Area: 1680 sqm
Site Area: 700 sqm
Materials: Concrete, Wood
Structure Material: Concrete
Budget: USD $4 millions
Photographs: Cristóbal Palma
Web Site: www.indigopatagonia.com

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Architect: Sami Rintala
Location: Kirkenes, Barents Region, North East Norway
Client: Pikene på Broen, Via Travels
Planification and execution: August 2005, 10 days
Materials: Wood, Bricks and Steel Wires
Dimensions: 6m (long) x 2,5 m (width) x 5 m (height)
Area: 20sqm
Construction team: Sami Rintala, George Lovett (architecture student, University of Sheffield, UK), Borghild Hulsvik (architecture student, Bergen Architect School), Anne Kathrine Vabø (architecture student, Bergen Architect School)
Sponsors: Nicopan/ windows, Jotun/ paint
Photography: Morten Torgersrud, Sami Rintala, Jan Erik Svendsen.

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Architects: BIG + JDS = PLOT
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Collaborators: Plot, JDS, MOE & Brodsgaard
Client: Hopfner A/S, Dansk Olie Kompagni A/S
Contractor: Hopfner A/S
Program: 230 Apartments
Construction period: 2004 – 2005
Total Area: 25000 sqm
Photography: BIG & JDS

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Architect: Sami Rintala
Landscape Architects: Eedo Space Architectural Design, Seúl, Republic of Korea
Location: Anyang Park, Anyang, Seúl, Republic of Korea
Materials: Steel, Wood, Concrete, Gravel, Glass
Construction: October-December 2005
Finish: January 2006
Constructed Area: 72sqm
Client: Anyang City / Public Art Project
Collaborators: John Roger Holte, Artist, Norway; Finnforest, Wood
Photography: Park Wan Soon, Emil Goh

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Architects: Plan B – Felipe Mesa, Alejandro Bernal + JPRCR – Camilo Restrepo, J. Paul Restrepo
Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Catalina Patiño, Carolina Gutiérrez, Lina Gil, Jorge Buitrago
Location: Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia
Client: Medellin Botanical Garden
Builder: Ménsula S.A.
Project start: 2005
Completion: 2006
Budget: 523 US$ / m2
Constructed Area: 4.200 sqm
Materials: Wood, Steel
Photographers: Sergio Gómez (SG), Camilo Orozco (CO), Felipe Mesa (FM), Izaskun Chinchilla (IC), Carlos Mario Rodriguez (CMR)

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Architects: MGF Architekten GmbH
Location: Aalen, Germany
Collaborators: Martin Frenzel, Irina Auernhammer, Frank Lipphardt, Michael Franke
Client: Land Baden-Württemberg
Program: University of Applied Sciences
Landscape: Knoll Ökoplan GmbH, Sindelfingen
Construction period: Junio 2004 – Junio 2006
Budget: €27 millions
Total Area: 8500 sqm
Photography: Christian Richters

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Architects: King Roselli Architetti
Client: Pontificial Lateran University
Location: Rome, Italy
Collaborators: Giandomenico Florio, Ulich Grosse, Christina Hoffmann, Arianna Nobile, Enrica Testi, Katia Scarioni, Toyohiko Yamaguchi
Project chief: Andrea Ricci
Building cost: 7m Euros
Interior Cost: 1m Euros
Materials: Concrete
Project Start: 2004
Project Complete: 2006
Photographers: Santi Caleca (SC), José King (JK), King Roselli Architetti (KR)

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Architects: Jose María Sáez and David Barragán
Client: Desireé Marín
Location: La Morita, Tumbaco, Quito-Ecuador
Collaborators: Alejandra Andrade
Builder: Jaime Quinga
Prefabricated Elements: Héctor Sánchez
Engineering: César Izurieta
Material Aspect: concrete, wood, glass
Status: Complete: 2006
Photographers: Raed Gindeya, Jose María Sáez

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Architects: Felipe Assadi & Francisca Pulido
Location: Chicureo, Santiago, Chile
Constructed Area: 140sqm
Site Area: 840sqm
Project start: 2005
Completion: 2007
Material: Concrete, Glass
Photos: Guy Wenborne

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Architect: Erick Van Egeraat
Program: Educational building for vocational education, including sports facilities
Location: Doetinchem, Netherlands
Client: Stichting CoVoa, Doetinchem
Constructed Area: 16.400sqm
Construction start: 2004
Completion: 2006
Structures: ABT-C, Delft
Landscape: Poldergast, Polsbroek
Photography: Christian Richters

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UPDATE: See a video on the construction and photos of the project finished on this article.

Every year the PS1 Gallery at the Museum of Modern Art in New York invites young emerging architects to propose a temporary structure for their Warm-up Music festival, and unless you´ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you already know that Work AC won this years edition with their PF1 (Public Farm One) proposal.

PF1 (Public Farm One) is an urban farm concept built with inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at P.S.1, such as cardboard tubes that form a continuous surface creating multiple zones of activity including swings, fans, sound effects, innovative seating areas, and a refreshing pool at its center, as an Urban Beach.

We visited Work AC (interview coming this Sunday) and they told us how this project allowed them to get in touch with non architects for the technique for growing plants on the cardboard tube structure, which enriched the development of the project. They also worked with LERA structural engineers.

Installation opens June 20th, hosting the 2008 Warm Up summer music series at the PS1. You can follow the construction progress at the Public Farm 1 website.

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Architect: Peter Kuczia
Location: Lake Laka, Poland
Area: 175sqm
Construction year: 2007
Usage: Single family house
Materials: Wood, Fibre cement

Using untreated larch wood and black fibre cement panels to optimise solar energy gain, this lake house in Poland is a pretty good example of how to be sustainable and respectful with the environment.

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