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Ribas Winery Extension / Rafael Moneo + Canals Moneo Arquitectos

Clara Ott — Tue, 12 May 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Together with Rafael Moneo, Clara Moneo and Valerio Canals (Canals Moneo arquitectos) has expanded the Bodega Ribas, a winery in Consell, Mallorca, which, as part of the old Ca’n Ribas listed stately home from the 18th century has been preserved intact to date, with its original historic barrel cellar and winemaking warehouse.

AD Classics: National Museum of Roman Art / Rafael Moneo

David Langdon — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000

Arches have long been used to mark the greatest achievements of Roman civilization. Constantine, Titus, and Septimus Severus built them to commemorate their military victories. Engineers at Segovia and Nîmes incorporated them into their revolutionary aqueducts. And fifteen hundred years after the Fall of Rome, Rafael Moneo gave a modern touch to the ancient structure in Mérida's breathtaking National Museum of Roman Art, located on the site of the former Iberian outpost of Emerita Augusta. Soaring arcades of simple, semi-circular arches merge historicity and contemporary design, creating a striking yet sensitive point of entry to the remains of one of the Roman Empire's greatest cities.

Puig Tower / Rafael Moneo + Antonio Puig, Josep Riu GCA Architects + Lucho Marcial

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The Plaza Europa was constructed halfway between the El Prat Airport and Barcelona city, with the intention of it becoming a new point of reference for the whole metropolitan area. The floor plan well reflects the original intentions of the man who drew it, Alberto Viaplana, winner of a competition organised for this project. It cannot be overemphasised that the architect seems to have been more concerned with emphasising the value of the intersection of Joan Carles street and the Granvia de Hospitalet Avenue- in which the Feria de Muestras plays an important role- than in merely configuring an urban space in which notions of volume and space prevail. In the face of a possibly complex, turbulent layout; an abstract spread of clearly-identifiable and autonomous towers. The towers- the architectural element in question- intermix with ‘crescents’ and embrace without any break in continuity the aforementioned intersection without defining a clear and evident geometry. The result is an urban void in which the towers, perceived as independent, play their parts with no apparent relation to each other. One of these new towers is the new corporate headquarters of Puig who, intent on fitting in with Barcelona’s new urban image, have chosen Plaza Europa to erect their head office.

AD Classics: L'Auditori amb els Grans D'Europa / Rafael Moneo

Igor Fracalossi — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0000

Located near Placa de les Glories in Barcelona, Spain is one of Rafael Moneo’s most significant projects, L’Auditori. L’Auditori sits in the heart of Barcelona’s urban redevelopment of the Glories neighborhood that is transitioning from an infrastructural network to a more commercial, cultural node within the city. Completed in 1999, L’Auditori has come to be the center of music in the city of Barcelona showcasing operas, classical symphonies, and contemporary compilations.

Columbia University Northwest Corner Building / Davis Brody Bond + Rafael Moneo + Moneo Brock Studio

Kelly Minner — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The design for the new science building at 120th St and Broadway has its origins in the historic Morningside Heights campus plan designed by McKim, Mead and White for Columbia University in 1897. The architects determined very early on that the new building should respect the McKim Meade & White plan; that it would measure just sixty-five feet in width, and would retain the same separation from its neighbors as indicated in that plan. Because of the construction of the Manhattanville Campus to the north, the new building was able to provide a much-needed gateway to the old campus for pedestrian traffic to and from the new campus to the north.