Courtesy of Snøhetta

The building of the new metro in San Sebastian Donastia will connect the people and the different areas of the city in a new way. It will set a new standard for the future of the town and its way forward. It will offer donastiarras and visitors a new means of public transpiration, and be a part of the future pulse of San Sebastian Donastia. The entrance design by Snøhetta is based on a continuous movement from underground level to over ground, and vice versa. The design element goes from being a ceiling structure underground to create a roof structure over the stairs and up over ground. The structure describes the transition between the two states and connects the city life with the metro world. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre

Architects: IMB Arquitectos
Location: Av. Askatasuna 11, Miribilla, Bilbao, Spain
Project Architects: Gloria Iriarte, Eduardo Mugica, Agustín de la Brena
Collaborators: Iñigo Barberena, Gilles Marchal, Gorka Apraiz, Iban Gonzalez
Rigger: Joseba Martínez, Jose Luis Olaeta
Client: Bishopric of Bilbao
Photographs: Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre

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@ Adria Goula

Architects: H Arquitectes
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Collaborators: Montse Fornés, arquitecta (Harquitectes) Anna Bonet, interiorista (Harquitectes) Iñaki González de Mendiguchia, arquitecto técnico
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 127.40 sqm
Photographs: Adria Goula

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Courtesy of Rstudio

Architect: Rstudio/ Jose Martí
Location: Valencia, Spain
Developer: Valencia City Hall, Educational Department
Builder: Construcción S.L.
Collaborator: Dolors Aparici
Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Rstudio

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Duosegno Visual Design shared with us a video they put together for the Social Housing project by ZigZag Architects.

© Maribel Ruiz de Erenchun

Food is as much about architecture as it is the concept of taste. With food comes the sum of its parts to create the whole, the great attention to detail and the emotion of first bite like that of entering a memorable space for the first time.

Jorge Louis Borges says, “The taste of the apple lies in the contact of the fruit with the palate, in the fruit itself, in a similar way poetry lies in the meaning of the poem and the reader, not in the lines of symbols printed on the pages of a book. What is essential is the aesthetic act, the thrill, the almost physical emotion that comes with each reading.”

Ferran Adria, the master chef of elBulli, which has religiously been called the Best Restaurant in the World, has a heideggerian approach to food, cooking, and the physical act of eating. Similar to that as architects with the same heideggerian approach and the concepts of material, making, and the experiencing of space. Like Jorge Louis Borges and heideggerian architects, Ferran Adria crosses the realm of cooking and enters the presence of wholeness of experience. Transforming the traditional means of eating and elevating them to a memorable moment where memory, experience and taste meet.

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Duosegno Visual Design, a project of architecture photos and videos, shared with us one of their videos for the Niemeyer Center designed by Oscar Niemeyer. In collaboration with the cultural center, they are shooting the interiors for the second part of the project.

© Iñigo Bujedo-Aguirre

The Niemeyer Center in Aviles, Spain is soon to be shut down for several months due to disagreement over its finances and irregularities in its spending. The cultural center opened a mere 8-months ago, designed by Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer and has been an admired and appreciated institution for the city.  More after the break. read more »

David Cabrera

Architects: Carme Pinos
Location: Alicante, Spain
Project Year: 2002
Photographs: Courtesy of Carme Pinos

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Courtesy of Firma d.o.o.

The first prize winning proposal for the Nursing & Retiree Home, designed by Firma d.o.o., was directly influenced by the characteristics of the immediate surroundings of the plot. Through detailed site analysis, they concluded that the most important aspects of the context are the landscape and the extreme impact of the rural environment. Therefore, the proposed residence for the elderly, apart from fulfilling all functional prerequisites, must be consistent with those surrounding features. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre

Architects: ACXT / Javier Pérez Uribarri y Nicolás Espinosa Barrientos
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Client: Azpiegiturak (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia)
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 30,808 sqm
Photographs: Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre

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© Xavi Gálvez

Architects: JFARQUITECTES
Location: Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Completion: 2011
Architect in charge: Jordi Frontons
Technical Architect: Carlos Arilla
Developer: FIATC Mútua de Seguros
Builder: Forcimsa
Collaborators: Jaume Serrano Ingeniero de Edificación ; JFG Consultors- Joan Francesc García; Gepro Engineering – Josep Maria Tremps; Genars SL – Francesc Torrebadell / Joaquín Rigau; A3 Arquitectura Técnica-Mª Àngels Sànchez.
Surface: 30,596.44 sqm
Photographs: Xavi Gálvez

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© José Hevia

Architects: SCT Estudio de Arquitectura
Location: Puerto de Alcudia, Mallorca, Spain
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: José Hevia

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© Miguel de Guzmán

Architects: TASH – Taller de Arquitectura Sánchez-Horneros
Location: Toledo, Spain
Project Team: Emilio Sánchez-Horneros, Antonio Sánchez-Horneros, Javier Rodríguez, Alberto di Nunzio, David Melar, Marta Zamanillo
Structural Engineering: Eusebio Sánchez de Gracia
Technical Engineering: Francisco Guadamillas
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 1,698.65 sqm
Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán

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© Esaú Acosta. estudiosic

Architect: estudioSIC
Location: León, Spain
Authors: Esaú Acosta, Mauro Gil-Fournier, Miguel Jaenicke, estudiosic
Client: GH Genhelix
Collaborators: Alfredo Borgui, Nieves Valle, Matteo Ferrari
Coauthors: Pedro Colón, Raquel Buj
Project Team: Fhecor, Jose María Heras, IPD, David García, Gumersindo Fuertes
General Constructor: García de Celis
Budget: 4,890,000 €
Project Area: 8380 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Esaú Acosta. estudiosic

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© José Hevia

Architects: SCT Estudio de Arquitectura
Location: Puerto de Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: José Hevia

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© David Frutos

Architects: Cor & Partners /  Miguel Rodenas + Jesús Olivares
Location: Algueña, Valencia, Spain
Client: Algueña Town Council
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: David Frutos

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© José Hevia

Architects: SCT Estudio de Arquitectura
Location: Costa d’en Blanes, Mallorca, Spain
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: José Hevia

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Courtesy of Avanzada Workshop Team

Architects: Kieran Donnellan, Darragh Breathnach and EASA PArticipants
Location: Cadiz, Spain
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 35 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Avanzada Workshop Team

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© Usio Davila

Architect: IlmioDesign
Location: Calle Maria de Molina 50, Madrid, Spain
Project Team: Andrea Spada, Michele Corbani
Client: Sigla S.A.
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Usio Davila

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