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Architects: Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés
- Area: 25100 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Agabekov LED, Fahrni Fassadensysteme, PREBEVA, SOLTIS, Serge Ferrari
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Fernando Guerra has been a pioneer in the way architecture is photographed and divulged. Fifteen years ago, he opened studio FG+SG together with his brother, and both are responsible in large part for the diffusion of Portuguese contemporary architecture in the last fifteen years.
Rhône 8 / Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés
Boa Nova Tea House by Alvaro Siza Through the Lens of Fernando Guerra
The following photo set by Fernando Guerra focuses on Boa Nova Tea House, a project by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira. Completed in 1963, it was one of the first works done by the 1992 Pritzker Prize winner. Built on the rocks that hang over the sea in Leça da Palmeira, the tea house is in close proximity to another iconic project by the same architect, the Leça Swimming Pools, both classified as National Monuments in Portugal.
5 Zaha Hadid Buildings Seen From Above
This week marks the first anniversary of the death of Zaha Hadid, the most successful and influential female architect in the architectural discipline. Born in Baghdad (Iraq) in 1950, Hadid became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize in 2004, and twelve years later received the gold medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Hadid's untimely death left a fascinating and inspiring legacy. Meanwhile her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, continues to work on nearly a hundred projects worldwide. To remember her legacy, Spanish company Deimos Imaging has shared a series of photographs focusing on Hadid's work in five countries.
The images were captured by the Deimos-2 satellite, which was launched in 2014 and designed for very high-resolution Earth observation applications, providing multispectral images of just 75 centimeters per pixel. Hadid's incredible works take on a new dimension when you contemplate their proportions from the sky—or rather, from a satellite.
Casa Elíptica / Mário Martins Atelier
Three Gardens House / AGi Architects
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Architects: AGi Architects
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, GMetal, GRG, Gunni&Trentino, Pedro Beltrán
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Professionals: AGi architects
Eclipse / FAHR 021.3
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Architects: FAHR 021.3
- Area: 36 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Fernando Moreira da Silva & Filhos, NCREP
Transforma Art Studios / Pedro Gadanho + CVDB arquitectos
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Architects: Pedro Gadanho + CVDB arquitectos
- Area: 1750 m²
- Year: 2014
Villa Agava / Driss Kettani
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Architects: Driss Kettani
- Area: 450 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Duravit, Astral Intonaco, Kawneer, Zellige
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Professionals: Atelier Bertrand Houin, BET Rouane
Casa dos Abraços / Marlene Uldschmidt
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Architects: Marlene Uldschmidt
- Area: 140 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Intra Lighting
Anticlimax: A Report on The Metabolist Dream. Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo 1972-2013 / Fala Atelier
Interview with Álvaro Siza: “Beauty Is the Peak of Functionality!”
Throughout the 60-year career of Álvaro Siza, his work has continuously defied categorization--having variously been described as “critical regionalism” and “poetic modernism,” with neither quite capturing the true essence of Siza's intuitive architecture. In this interview, the latest in Vladimir Belogolovsky's “City of Ideas” series, Siza discusses those attempts to categorize his work, his design approach and the role of beauty in his designs.
Vladimir Belogolovsky: Your student, Eduardo Souto de Moura said, “Siza’s houses are just like cats sleeping in the sun.”
Álvaro Siza: [Laughs.] Yes, he meant that my buildings assume the most natural postures on the site. There is also a reference in that to the human body.
GAF House / Jacobsen Arquitetura
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Architects: Jacobsen Arquitetura
- Area: 1660 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Lightworks, Oficina de Marcenaria, PYTHON ENGENHARIA, Snaldi, Vision Sec
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Professionals: Alle Engenharia, Bonsai Paisagismo, Grau Engenharia, Leão & Associados
Casa Cabo de Vila / spaceworkers
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Architects: spaceworkers
- Area: 340 m²
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Manufacturers: Focus
MAAT / AL_A
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Architects: AL_A
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: panoramah!®, Ceràmica Cumella
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Professionals: AFACONSULT, Disset
La Pinada House / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Modern Times Hotel / Itten+Brechbühl
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Architects: Itten+Brechbühl
- Area: 11657 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Fluides Concept SA, HRS Real Estate AG, In Situ SA, PAB Sàrl, Corserey, +5