Tokyo > Kisho Kurokawa 's Nakagin Capsule Tower (1972) – according to some critics, a clear example of the Metabolist Movement, that rose during the 60's and the 70's – is going to be demolished (but no date has yet been set), since building residents have shown their concern about the presence of asbestos in […]
Ethylene TetrafluoroEthylene (EFTE) … Over the last years, we've been experiencing an increase in the utilization of this coating as a building material… Eden Project by Grimshaw Architects, Allianz Arena by Herzog & de Meuron or the" Watercube" by Australian firm PTW… some examples of the use of that copolymer… [BusinessWeek] Images of the buildings […]
Santiago (Chile): video of the interior of Siamese Towers, that is to say the Center for Technological Innovation in Didactics (CITEDUC) designed by Alejandro Aravena in the San Joaquin Campus (catholic University of Chile) [0300VD l difusion].
Information about recently inaugurated Atlas Building (Wageningen University, the Netherlands), designed by Rafael Viñoly [worldarchitecturenews.com]. source > Archinect / move your mind
England > Portsmouth Football Club's new stadium designed by Herzog & de Meuron was unveiled. The mixed-use building, comprising a 36,000-seat stadium and 750 dwellings, will cost 600 million pounds… [Building] source > dezain.net
Information about the Office Tower designed by Jean Nouvel in Doha (Qatar). Opening is scheduled for 2008. [dezeen] source > move your mind
Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñon won the competition for Madrid International Convention Center (CICCM) [ARQtipo.com]. The finalists > Urbanity
Tokyo: Moriyama House, designed by Ryue Nishizawa, images from > Flickr source > dezain.net
The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award went to Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla and Leon – Musac , designed by the architects Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñon … [ELPAIS.com]
China > The 'Rising House', weekend house designed by MAD Office in Beijing, is now under construction >>>
Images of the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen (Snøhetta) [serpentinegallery.org / kultureflash.net]. source > Archinect
More images of Tokyo "21_21 Design Sight ", the exhibition space designed by Tadao Ando [Japan Design Net]. source > dezain.net
