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Sevilla: ‘Metropol Parasol’ by Jürgen Mayer

“Metropol Parasol” is the name of the project – now under construction – by whom German architect Jürgen Mayer in 2004 won the ideas competition advertised by Sevilla Urban Planning Agency for Plaza de la Encarnacion restoration [archidose].Views of the construction site> sevilla21.com

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New York: Herzog & de Meuron’s apartment building at 40 Bond Street

Information about 40 Bond Street building designed by Herzog & de Meuron in New York. The condominium, whose inauguration is scheduled for 2007, will comprise 27 lofts, 5 townhouses with their own private garden and a top floor triplex penthouse. Concierge service will be available 24 hours a day [Triple Mint].

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Spanish architecture in New York

Images (62) of the works that will be on display at MoMA until the 1st of May 2006 in the exhibition intitled “On Site: new architecture in Spain” [el mundo].

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Louisville (Kentucky, USA): OMA’s Museum Plaza

Information about Museum Plaza, the high-rise building designed by OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) in Louisville, Kentucky: it will feature a museum, restaurants, shops, 85 condos, 150 lofts, a 300 room hotel, offices and an underground parking garage for 1.100 cars [The Courier-Journal]. Rendering animation > brooklynfoundry.comsource > Archinect

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L´Hospitalet (Barcelona): Habitat Hotel by Enric Ruiz-Geli

The Habitat Hotel in Barcelona will reflect at night the weather occurred during the day. Clad on three sides with a mail made by 6.500 devices, each one featuring a photovoltaic cell, a battery, a microprocessor and three leds, the façade designed by Enric Ruiz-Geli for the promoter enterprise Habitat will change in accordance with […]

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World Press: Photo of the Year 2005

Canadian photographer Finbarr O’Reilly won the prestigious World Press Photo 2005 with a picture for Reuters agency. The photo selected is the portrait of a woman with her son waiting for medical care at an emergency feeding center in Tahoua (Niger) [el mundo].Images gallery> World Press Photo / el mundo