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Architects: Risso+Carasatorre+Risso
- Area: 707 m²
- Year: 2014
Buenos Aires: The Latest Architecture and News
Multifamily Building and Store / Risso+Carasatorre+Risso
Argentina to Build Latin America’s Tallest Skyscraper
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has announced the winning proposal for the Cinematography and Audiovisual Tower that will be built in capital Buenos Aires.
Out of five competing proposals, MRA+A Álvarez| Bernabó | Sabatini’s design was selected. At 335 meters, the skyscraper will become the tallest building in Latin America, surpassing the 300-meter Costanera tower in Santiago, Chile and a 330-meter tower under development in Monterrery, Mexico. To be used mainly for Argentina's film and television industry, the tower will have 67 floors and 216,000 square meters of space. A hotel will occupy the top 13 floors.
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Two Houses Conde / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
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Architects: HM.Arquitectos
- Area: 182 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Estudio hma
Atelier Vilela / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
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Architects: HM.Arquitectos
- Area: 62 m²
- Year: 2014
Bazan House / SMF Arquitectos
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Architects: SMF Arquitectos
- Year: 2014
The Power of Paint: Three Case Studies on Colour in Architecture
Based at the Architectural Association school of Architecture and linked to the Phd research program at UIAV, Saturated Space takes a comprehensive look at the “grammar” and history of colour in architecture, the perceptual and phenomenological principles of colour in relation to the human subject, and the socio-political aspects of colour as a culturally active agent. This article, written by architect and CLOG editor Jacob Reidel, originally appeared as “Powerful Colours” on Saturated Space‘s website, a forum for the sharing, exploration, and celebration of colour in Architecture.
Let’s admit it, architects are suspicious—if not a little scared—of colour. How else to explain the default contemporary architect’s preference for exposed finishes such as concrete, brick, COR-TEN steel, stone, and wood? Perhaps this is because an architect’s choice of applied colour may often seem one of the most subjective—and hence least defensible—decisions to be made over the course of a project.* Indeed, applied colour seldom performs from a technical standpoint, and it is the architect’s taste, pure and simple, which is often on the line whenever a specific colour is proposed to the client. Or perhaps architects’ mistrust of applied colour owes something to the profession’s well-known controlling tendencies and the fact that colour is one of the most mutable aspects of a building; better, we architects are instructed, to focus on “important” and “architectural” decisions such as form, space, materials, program, and organization. Indeed, it is far easier for a future owner to repaint a wall than it is to move it.
Casa E246 / Ezequiel Amado Cattaneo
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Architects: Ezequiel Amado Cattaneo
- Area: 394 m²
- Year: 2014
Luis Viale en Paternal / Nidolab
Dos Patios / Florencia Rausch + Susana Barra + Barbara Moyano
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Architects: Barbara Moyano, Florencia Rausch, Susana Barra
- Area: 1150 m²
- Year: 2010
Office & House Luna / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
Biotechnology Research Institute / De La Fuente + Luppi + Pieroni + Ugalde + Winter
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Architects: De La Fuente + Luppi + Pieroni + Ugalde + Winter
- Year: 2011
Latin America's Top 8 Smart Cities
In this article for Fast Company, Boyd Cohen counts down the top 8 smart cities in Latin America. Using publicly available data and his own comprehensive framework to evaluate how smart a city is, he has generated a list which even he admits features a couple of surprises in the top spots. To see the list and discover what each city has achieved to deserve its ranking, you can read the full article here.
Hotel ME San Telmo / Estudio Rietti Smud
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Architects: Estudio Rietti Smud
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2012
Brick House / Ventura Virzi arquitectos
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Architects: Ventura Virzi arquitectos
- Year: 2011
EEUU 4263 Building / BAK Arquitectos
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Architects: BAK Arquitectos: María Victoria Besonías, Luciano Kruk. BAK Arquitectos
- Year: 2009
Clustered Dwellings Building / Ana Smud + Estudio Rietti Smud
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Architects: Ana Smud, Estudio Rietti Smud & Asoc. Arquitectos
- Year: 2012