© Nico Saieh

Architects: Eugenio Simonetti + Renato Stewart
Location: Santiago, Chile
Design Team: Juan Santa Maria, Danilo Magni, Alvaro Romero
LEED certification (Silver): Energy ARQ
Lightning: Oriana Ponzini
Structure: Eduardo Spoerer
Client: Inmobiliaria Almahue S.A.
Year: Costanera Lyon 1, 2009-2011 (Completed), Costanera Lyon 2, 2011-2013 (Under construction)
Area: 42,000 sqm
Photographs: Nico Saieh, Guy Wenborne, Ana Maria Pincheira

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Otherwise known as the National Mausoleum, the Mazar-e-Quaid is the tomb of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.  Sited in the center of Karachi, Pakistan on a natural plateau, this marble structure was designed by the Indian architect Yahya Merchant and was completed in 1970.

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© Bruno Tonelli

Architects: Studioartec
Location: Monticelli Brusati, Brescia, Italy
Design Team: Bruno Tonelli, Marcello Peli, Giovanni Mosca, Massimiliano Gorlani
Project area: 4,022 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2008
Photographs: Bruno Tonelli

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© Spyros Paloukis

Architects: Studioprototype Architects
Location: Edessa, Greece
Project area: 35 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Spyros Paloukis

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© Luis H Segovia

Architects: A-cero
Location: Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Interior Design: A-cero
Constructor: OOC Project Management
Project area: 762 sqm
Project year: 2004 – 2010
Photographs: Luis H Segovia

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© Seunghoon Yum

Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
Location: Jangsung-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea
Client: Eugeen Group
Collaborators: Sun Planning Architectural Office, Euleem, Eugeen Construction Co. Ltd.
Project Area: 5,670.12 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Seunghoon Yum

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Courtesy of Alejandro Muñoz Miranda

Architect: Alejandro Muñoz Miranda
Location: Granada, Spain
Collaborators: Luis López-Quiñones García and Eva Mª. Alonso García
Civil Engineers: Jesús Miranda Medialdea and Pedro López Checa
Structural Engineer: Antonio Luque Atrio
Developer: EMUVYSSA
Client: Ministry of Labour
Project Area: 1,760 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographer: Fernando Alda & Javier Callejas Sevilla

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© SOM - Ezra Stoller of Esto Photographics

Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to the completion of this project, Yale University placed its rare books on special shelving in Dwight Hall, which was the Old Library in the late 19th century. In 1930 these special books were relocated to Rare Book Room collection in the Sterling Memorial Library. The Beinecke library was a gift from the Beinecke family, and since 1963 has accomodated six major collections in its rare and marvelous structure that coincides with the literary gems it stores, including those from the Rare Book Room. The major collections are the General Collection, which are divided into the General Collection of Early Books and Manuscripts and the General Collection of Modern Books and Manuscripts, the Collection of American Literature, the Collection of German Literature, the Collection of Western Americana, and the Osborn Collection of British Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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© Courtesy of A-cero

Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres
Location: Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Associate Architect: Rafael Llamazares de la Fuente
Technical Architect: Sandra Moreno
Contractor: Formas & Entornos S.L.
Project Area: 1,021.57 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2008
Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero

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© Jorge Taboada

Architects: GLR Arquitectos
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Project Team: Bernardo Chapa, Joaquín Jenis, Tomas Güereña, Diana Guerra, Eduardo Fuentes
Project Area: 5,942 sq ft
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Jorge Taboada

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Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres
Location: La Finca, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares
Structural Engineers: Cear obras y construcciones sa
Project Area: 1,600 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2010
Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero

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© FG + SG

Architect: António Sérgio Koch
Location: Oporto, Portugal
Program: Private House
Site area: 1,275 sqm
Constructed area: 655 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

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Architect: 57 STUDIO – Maurizio Angelini / Benjamín Oportot
Location: Santiago, Chile
Collaborator: Felipe Zamora
Project year: 2006–2007
Construction year: 2007–2008
Structural Engineer: Claudio Hinojosa
Construction: Jorge Carrasco
Materials: Concrete / Steel / Travertine Marble
Photographs: 57 STUDIO

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Architects: 3LHD
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Project team: Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Tatjana Grozdanić Begović, Silvije Novak, Josipa Knez, Paula Kukuljica
Project team Collaborators: Romana Ilić, Lucija Staničić
Collaborators: Mateo Biluš, , fizika zgrade / projekt detalja; Ivan Palijan, Palijan, projekt konstrukcije; Miroslav Janičijević, Bramini d.o.o., projekt strojarskih instalacija; Branko Čorko, IPZ-elektroinženjering 22, projekt elektroinstalacija; Vedran Vrabec, Avoka, projekt vodovoda i kanalizacije; Eugen Zeneral, Schrack Energietechnik, pametna kuća; Milivoj Kovačić, ELTEH, tehnička zaštita; Štefica Prosinečki, , konzultant troškova; Ines Hrdalo, , uređenje krajobraza
Main Contractor: KAMGRAD
Project year: 2005-2006
Construction year: 2006-2008
Site area: 746 sqm
Gross floor area: 480 sqm
Footprint: 175 sqm
Photographs: Damir Fabijanic

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Architects: Mas y Fernández arquitectos / Cristóbal Fernández, Andrés Mas
Location: Santiago, Chile
Associate Designers: Francisca Goycolea, Anita Domínguez
Collaborator: Claudio Tapia
Constructed Area: 2,260 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh & Daniela Vicuña

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Architect: Aldo Amoretti + Marco Calvi + Giancarlo Ranalli
Location: Santo Stefano al mare, IM, Italy
Project Year: 2003-2005
Construction year: 2005-2006
Photographs: Aldo Amoretti

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Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus
Location: Martinhal, Portugal
Project year: 2002-2003
Construction year: 2005-2007
Constructed area: 320 sqm
Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda.
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

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Architects: Snohetta
Location: Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway
Client: Ministry of Church an Cultural Affairs
Area: 38.500sqm
Construction start: 2004
Completion: 2007
Contractors: 55 contracts
Geological Engineer: NGI
Structural Engineer: Reinertsen Engineering ANS
Electrical Engineer: Ingeniør Per Rasmussen AS
Theatre Planning: Theatre Project Consultants
Acoustics: Brekke Strand Akustikk, Arup Acoustic
Artists, integrated artwork: Kristian Blystad, Kalle Grude, Jorunn Sannes, Astrid Løvaas og Kirsten Wagle
Photos: Snohetta, Nina Reistad, Statsbygg, Erik Berg & Nicolas Buisson

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Name: Contrapunto Bookstore
Location: Shopping La Dehesa, Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile
Completion date: April 2007
Clients: Editorial Contrapunto
Architects: Lipthay + Cohn + Contenla
Furniture Design: Lipthay + Cohn + Contenla
Collaborators: Diego Salinas, Carolina Agliati
Floor area: 120 mts2
Constructor: KIT CORP S.A
Budget: USD$92.300 (CLP$41.5M)
Photography: Lipthay + Cohn + Contenla

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