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AntiRoom II Pavilion / Elena Chiavi + Ahmad El Mad + Matteo Goldoni

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Antiroom II is a self-built pavilion by Elena Chiavi, Ahmad El Mad, Matteo Goldoni made with students from different european countries during the workshop EASA 2015 Links in Valletta (Malta).

Ray’s house / Chris Briffa Architects

Daniela Cardenas — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 03:00:00 +0000

A few years ago, an Englishman called Ray came to Malta and fell in love with Valletta. He scouted the entire island looking for a holiday home, but when he discovered Valletta his search was over. He found out about our studio after visiting a restaurant we had designed in town, and a few days later he came to my office and asked me to go see a property he was about to put a deposit on.

Valletta City Gate / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 20 May 2015 04:00:40 +0000

The ‘City Gate’ project takes in the complete reorganisation of the principal entrance to the Maltese capital of Valletta. The project comprises four parts: the Valletta City Gate and its site immediately outside the city walls, the design for an open-air theatre ‘machine’ within the ruins of the former Royal opera house, the construction of a new Parliament building and the landscaping of the ditch.

Barrakka Lift Project / AP Valletta

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This recently completed twenty storey high panoramic lift, commissioned by the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation plc and designed by Architecture Project (AP), is located on the edge of Malta’s historic fortified capital city of Valletta. Where once the sixteenth century fortified walls of the town served to keep enemy ships at bay, they are now under conservation order and provide an unbeatable new access for visitors and residents flocking here.

Two TwentyTwo / Chris Briffa Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 26 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

We imagined an urbane box which, like a mobile kiosk, could be plugged into the ancient fortifications and inaugurate their regeneration. Its sloping wall, imitating the angle of the bastions, maximises square metres on both ground and first floor; while preserving the original volume of the vault. The steel-timber structure contains light, power, sound, running water, cooling, air extraction, food and drinks; its well-hidden infrastructure ridding the bastion walls of all visible interventions.

New St. Elmo Breakwater Footbridge in Valletta Grand Harbour / Arenas & Asociados

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 01 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The unique Valletta Grand Harbour (today UNESCO World Heritage Site) has been used as a port since Roman Empire times thanks to its magnificent natural characteristics, with a number of inlets which provide adequate shelter to naval vessels. It served as a naval station for the Knights of Saint John from their settlement in the island to their expulsion after the Napoleonic invasion by the end of the 18th century. Almost immediately after then and until the 1970s, it served as a British naval station. The exceptional protection qualities of the natural harbour were increased during this period after the construction, between 1903 and 1909, of a breakwater consisting of two arms made of limestone and concrete bricks, which made the port suitable for all weather conditions. The Fort St. Elmo arm, the longer of the two, was constructed with a 70-meter gap in proximity to Valletta foreshore, in order to prevent water stagnation and to shorten routes for smaller crafts. Accessibility to the breakwater was guaranteed by a steel footbridge, erected in 1906, made up of two arched-truss beams supported by a pair of cylindrical steel columns filled with concrete. During WWII, in 1941, the footbridge was partly demolished due to an E-boat attack and subsequently removed altogether. The breakwater and its lighthouse remained isolated for more than 70 years, only accessible by boat, until the opening of a new footbridge in 2012.