p+A news

A social dwelling building for young people in Barcelona, designed by the architects Emiliano Lopez & Monica Rivera, has won the prestigious FAD Award for Architecture… [elmundo.es]

2009 RIBA Royal Gold Medal to Alvaro Siza [bustler / a barriga de um arquitecto / AE arquitectura Cd’E BCN].Images of his works > ultimas reportagens – Fernando Guerra

Taiwan > The “Symbiotic Villa” designed by Zaha Hadid … video > architectural videos*

2010 Shanghai World Expo > The Finnish Pavilion designed by JKMM Architects [jkmm.fi].source > lewism

Denmark > The “Jaegersborg water tower”, designed by Dorte Mandrup Architects, in Copenhagen [Arch Daily].

On 10/05/08, Nakheel, a company created by the owners of Dubai, the city-state that is one of the seven United Arab Emirates, announced the construction of a new more than 1 km high skyscraper. The Nakheel Harbour and Tower, designed by Woods Bagot, is going to be finished in 2020 [elmundo.es / La Vanguardia / […]

Portugal > Images of the Barreiro Technology College, designed by ARX Portugal Architects – Jose Mateus + Nuno Mateus [ARX].

Tokyo > House conceived by Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates for an industrial designer [world architecture news].

11th Venice Architecture Biennale > images of Frank Gehry’s exhibition [designboom / Ai Weiwei blog].

Images of new Headquarters of the Basque Health Department in Bilbao, designed by Juan Coll-Barreu – coll-barreu architects [edgargonzalez.com].

Portugal > Ginkgo Bar, designed by Tiago Rosado, in Portimão [Judit Bellostes]. Images gallery > Fernando Guerra

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has proposed Venice town council some modifications to the bridge he designed on the Grand Canal, whose inauguration took place on 09/11/2008: the aim is to prevent people from falling and sliding, as they keep on doing while crossing it. Since the footbridge was opened – as reported on this weekend […]