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Madrid > Images of Hotel Puerta America 4th floor, designed by Plasma Studio (Eva Castro and Holger Kehne) [plasmastudio.com].

Video interview granted by Pierre de Meuron (Jacques Herzog partner) to the University of California, Berkeley, and centralized on San Francisco de Young Museum design process [2 videos: 75MB and 39 MB]. source > archinect

Cracks and water infiltrations are affecting some of the 2,711 concrete blocks forming the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, designed by New York-based architect Peter Eisenman and inaugurated in May 2005. The Foundation for the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, which is responsible for the monument, informed about troubles the company that furnished the material, […]

Images of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, designed by Irish firm O’Donnell + Tuomey [0lll.com].source > dezain.net

Information about the winners of Design for Asia Award 2005 [Core77].

[Argentina] Holiday house in Mar Azul (Province of Buenos Aires), designed by architects Maria Victoria Besonias, Guillermo de Almeida and Luciano Kruk >>>

According to The Vertical Farm Project, in year 2050 the 80% of world population is going to live in urban centers, while the total number of people will increase by 3 billion units. This growth has to be matched by increment of land fit for cultivation. French architect Pierre Sartoux, with his design named “The […]

Images of the Santa Caterina Market, restored by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT) [Fotos de Arquitectura].

Information about Casa Pszolkovi, designed by Petr Hajek,Tomas Hradeony & Jan Sepka, and situated in a little town around Praha (Czech Republic) [kiroti.org].

Information about Steven Holl‘s “Linked Hybrid” in Beijing (China): that complex of dwellings will house 2,500 people in 750 apartments. Inauguration is scheduled for 2008[we make money not art].Images > 1 / 2Video >>>

Spain > Expansion design, conceived by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) for the rooms of the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), will be contemplated into the 2008 Generality of Valencia Estimate of expenditure, because America’s Cup will take place in 2007. Therefore works won’t start before 2009 [Panorama Actual].

Argentina > Martin Zanotti about Casa Greco:”The task I’ve been entrusted with was the creation of a bare wide space with only two floating elements to divide and define different functions” [arqa.com].