The team comprising Cesidio García del Río, Alberto Martín González, and Cesidio del Río Mayor has been awarded first place in the international urban design competition to remodel the Plaza de los Misterios in Madrid. The project is part of one of the 11 simultaneous competitions to remodel public squares in the outskirts of the Spanish capital, organized by the City Council's Department of Sustainable Urban Development, alongside the Official Association of Architects of Madrid (COAM).

According to the designers, the proposal "offers a solution to the noise and stress caused by the transit hub. An inclined green platform, positioned over the current flow of traffic, will screen the motor-dominated landscape and connect the square with the forgotten city: the treetops and their visual connection to the rich flora of the neighborhood."

Out of 54 proposals submitted, the team led by David Macias took third place in the public design competition for the new SuperCADE Manitas, organized by the Mayor's Office of Bogotá and the Colombian Society of Architects.

The SuperCADE is an integrated service system where more than 200 public administrative procedures are centralized under one roof. It provides information from district, national, and private entities performing public functions to ensure more effective, streamlined, and timely service. As such, this facility aims to establish an urban landmark for community and social integration in one of Bogotá's most disadvantaged peripheral neighborhoods. Capitalizing on the significance of the future aerial cable car, the project will be located adjacent to the station on the same lot.

We recently published the results of the competition for the Restoration, Modernization, and Expansion of the Museu Paulista, in the Ipiranga neighborhood of São Paulo. The competition called for the expansion of the building with new areas for reception, exhibition, an auditorium, a shop, a café, and more. It also required adapting the building for full operability: restoration, building systems, universal accessibility, and other upgrades. To meet these objectives, a multidisciplinary team was assembled to technically address the project's requirements. Below, discover the complete proposal from the third-place team, Vigliecca & Associados.

The firm Prado Arquitectos has won first place in the design competition for the José de la Cruz Miranda Correa High School in the city of Cañete, Chile. The project is the result of a public tender issued by the Biobío regional government for the replacement and relocation of the educational institution, incorporating energy efficiency concepts into both its passive architecture and building systems.

"Education must be contextualized within the specific characteristics of each municipality, and therefore, so must the architecture that houses it," the authors state.

The architectural team comprising Juan Tur, Alexandra Delgado and Daniel Cortizo has won first prize in the International Design Competition with jury intervention for the urban and spatial master plan of the former Central Hospital of Asturias (HUCA) in Oviedo, Spain.

The competition seeks the urban regeneration of the site following the closure of the hospital, creating a new space of opportunity in a strategic location within Oviedo. In response, the project proposes the creation of a new green, mixed-use district with increased density and diverse programming, reconnected to the urban fabric and Oviedo's city center via a new pedestrian and bicycle axis called the Cultural Path (Senda Cultural). This vibrant, dynamic district dedicated to innovation is designed to serve as a national and international benchmark.

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After eight years of abandonment, construction will resume on the structural frame of the failed International Convention Center in Madrid, Spain. This time, however, its foundations will serve as the base for the future IE University Campus, the fifth tower of the Cuatro Torres business park at the end of the Paseo de la Castellana in the Spanish capital.

Standing 180 meters tall, the mixed-use project will become the fifth tallest skyscraper in Madrid. Its design is led by a consortium comprised of the firms Serrano Suñer Arquitectura and Fenwick Iribarren.

The Bogotá Urban Renovation and Development Company (ERU) has announced on Instagram that the Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá will finally open its doors in March 2019, five years after the public competition that selected the design by the firm Colectivo 720 as the winner.

The Cinemateca Distrital is a new cultural space in the so-called “Triángulo de Fenicia” in downtown Bogotá, seeking “the creation, preservation, circulation, research, and generation of thought around humanity's audiovisual heritage, with a special emphasis on the audiovisual memory” of the Colombian capital, as the competition organizers explained at the time.

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In early 2015, the British firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) presented the first images of ATRIO, its first project in Bogotá. Designed in collaboration with El Equipo Mazzanti, the project will become the tallest building in Colombia, reaching a height of 268 meters and easily surpassing the yet-to-open BD Bacatá (216 meters).

Described by Giancarlo Mazzanti as "an urban transformation project," ATRIO will feature two towers: the north tower, dedicated to offices and currently under construction, will rise 48 stories and 201.6 meters, while the south tower will reach 64 stories and a height of 268 meters for mixed use, including residential, office, and hotel spaces. In addition, its base will feature 10,000 square meters of public space, leading Mazzanti to state that ATRIO "mends an urban fracture."

In August 2016, the company CEMEX announced that it had completed pouring the foundation slab in a continuous 38-hour period, marking the start of construction on the north tower. Two years after this milestone, we present the construction status of ATRIO, as described by its developers.

Text description provided by the architects. The Museum of Labor and the Worker will be built on a site of approximately 10,000 square meters, previously occupied by the old municipal market, adjacent to the São Bernardo do Campo Civic Center (Paço Municipal). The site will function as an extension of the Civic Center Park, within a garden where, amidst trees and flowers, machinery, instruments, tools, and artifacts will be on display—objects evoking the origins, experiences, and the very concept of labor throughout human history.

This “public garden of labor” extends beneath the elevated main volume of the museum, revealing a large central welcoming space. This street-like passage provides access and cuts through both the site and the building, connecting Armando Ítalo Setti Avenue and Vianas Street, thereby integrating the project into the urban fabric.

The national public call for entries issued by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and Environment (MVOTMA) in Uruguay, under the title 'National Public Competition of Architectural and Urban Ideas for the site of the former Raincoop cooperative', aimed to redefine and develop an urban space that would address the high demand for housing in the Montevideo department, while fostering a high-quality, inclusive, and democratic public realm.

The jury awarded second prize to architects Jorge Gambini and Rafael Solano, in collaboration with Andrés Capurro, Emilio Garateguy, Sebastián Lambert, and Ignacio Trecca.

Explore the project below.

The team composed of architecture students Luisa Aponte Morales, Laura Núñez, and Elkin Espinosa Pahi was awarded first place in the eighth Colombian edition of the Alacero Competition. This year's brief focused on a nursery school and kindergarten, with the jury composed of María Mercedes Molina, architect at the Ministry of Housing; Federico Núñez, director of the Master's in Civil Engineering at Universidad Javeriana; and Iván Ruiz, civil engineer representing the Metaza company.

Second place was awarded to the Circus Nursery and Kindergarten project by Juan Cárdenas Chávez and Andrés Solano Solano from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá. Third place went to the Hidroétnia Nursery and Kindergarten project by Roshel Berrío, Laura Guataquira, and María Pérez from Universidad de La Salle in Bogotá, while the honorable mention went to the team from Universidad del Valle, composed of Álvaro Pulido, José Martínez, and Juan Camilo Mejía, with the Brisas de Mayo Nursery and Kindergarten project.

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The team led by Francisco Moure, Pablo Saric, and Tomás Villalón won first place in the design competition for the corporate building of the Universidad Central de Chile in Santiago. 

The competition received 26 proposals, which were evaluated by the Review Commission, composed of the president of the Board of Directors, Ricardo Napadensky; rector Santiago González; the dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape, Ana María Lisboa; the director of the School of Architecture, Uwe Rohwedder; architect and alumna of the Universidad Central, Pilar Silva; representative of the Association of Architecture Offices (AOA), David Rodríguez; and Teodoro Fernández, 2014 National Architecture Prize winner and representative of the contestants.

In the same competition—decided last August—second place went to the proposal submitted by Pablo Talhouk and Andrés Briones, while third place was awarded to the firm Plan Arquitectos.

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Last week, we published the results of the competition for the Restoration, Modernization, and Expansion of the Museu Paulista, in the Ipiranga neighborhood of São Paulo. Below, explore the complete project by the winning team, led by the firm H+F Arquitetos.

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Last week, we published the results for the Restoration, Modernization, and Expansion of the Museu Paulista, in the Ipiranga neighborhood of São Paulo. The competition proposed the expansion of the building with new areas for reception, exhibitions, an auditorium, a shop, a cafe, and more. It was also necessary to adapt the building for its full operation, incorporating restoration, updated building systems, and universal accessibility. To meet these requirements, a multidisciplinary team was assembled to address the project's technical needs. Below, explore the complete proposal by the second-place team, comprised of the firms Pires Giovanetti e Guardia and Metropole Arquitetos.

FP Arquitectura has won first place in the preliminary architectural design competition for El Camino, a new operational unit for the care of older adults and people experiencing homelessness.

Commissioned by the District Secretariat for Social Integration (SDIS), the project will serve as a "high-quality social infrastructure to reduce the gap of inequality and discrimination" affecting these social groups. Through an innovative program and spaces of high architectural quality, this new operational unit will ensure the inclusion, protection, and recognition of this population within a prominent sector of the city.

The proposal by architecture firms Prieto Schaffer Arquitectos + OAB was named a finalist with their "Plaza Manquehue Building" project in the "Puerta Las Condes" competition, organized by real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief called for a high-density, mixed-use program with a significant amount of public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).

In late 2017, +Arquitectos and Sauerbruch Hutton became the winning team of the Puerta Las Condes competition with their project "Puerta los Andes City."

The competition brief, organized by real estate developer INDESA, called for a high-density, mixed-use program with an abundance of public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile). With "Puerta los Andes City," +Arquitectos and Sauerbruch Hutton successfully integrated transportation infrastructure, retail, public space, offices, and housing into a new urban dynamic.

Smiljan Radic participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by the real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief required the development of a mixed-use program featuring a substantial amount of public space and high urban density at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).