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FENG SHUI IN ASIAN URBANISM: KYOTO, JAPAN
ESPAÑOLI think that it is fundamentally necessary for people to be able to gain an understanding of their position in the present, as a section of time between the past and the future. They can gain it...
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CÉSAR PELLI: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, OSAKA
* In collaboration with Ms. Oriana Nakano, Curatorial Assistant at the National Museum OsakaESPAÑOLThe National Museum of Art (2004), designed by Cesar Pelli in Osaka, is so different from the Petronas...
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WESTMINSTER PIER PARK, CANADA
ESPAÑOLNew Westminster, the oldest city in the urban conglomerate that forms Metro-Vancouver in Western Canada, has recently opened a linear park on the banks of the Fraser River. The project promotes...
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YORKVILLE PARK, TORONTO
ESPAÑOLYorkville is a historic neighborhood in Toronto that has become of the city's most exclusive areas, dotted with chic cafes and expensive shops, in the heart of Canada's largest city. Here, where...
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TOYO ITO: GRIN GRIN PARK, FUKUOKA
ESPAÑOLGrin Grin Park is a pilot project designed by Toyo Ito. It is located on Island City, in Hakata Bay, north of Fukuoka, Kyushu, in South West Japan. In this exciting and innovative project,...
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HAFENCITY, THE LARGE URBAN PROJECT IN HAMBURG, GERMANY
ESPAÑOLHafenCity is a vast waterfront development and urban rehabilitation project of located in Hamburg, the largest German port and the second in Europe, after Rotterdam. In addition to revitalizing...
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RIETVELD + KUROKAWA = VAN GOGH MUSEUM
Photo courtesy of Le KizzESPAÑOLHow interesting is that in the design of the museum dedicated to the great and troubled Vincent Van Gogh, perhaps the most important Dutch painter together with...
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GERRIT RIETVELD: SCHRÖDER HOUSE
ESPAÑOLDutch architect Gerrit Rielvield's masterpiece, the Schröder house (1924), stands as the most important example of Neoplasticist architecture. In 2000 UNESCO included it in the World Heritage...
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ALVAAR ALTO: SAVOY RESTAURANT
ESPAÑOLAlvar Aalto, a Finnish architect sometimes called the "father of modern architecture", is renowned for the quality of its architecture, inserted within the Modernist Movement but full of warmth,...
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KOOLHAAS & OMA: SEATTLE LIBRARY
ESPAÑOLThe Seattle Central Library -designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus, members of the Dutch Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in conjunction with the Seattle firm LMN...
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SURREY CENTRAL LIBRARY, CANADA.
ESPAÑOLIn recent times libraries are no longer conceived as simple facilities for storing books but they also fulfill a social role, enhancing the community relations. Such is the case of the Peckham...
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THE LOUVRE MUSEUM, PARIS (I)
Photo courtesy of Olivier FfrenchESPAÑOLThe Louvre Museum or Grand Louvre is the most famous museum in the world. Its collection includes some of the most important pre-Impressionist art, which are...
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I. M. PEI AND THE LOUVRE MUSEUM
This second part dedicated to the Louvre Museum is focused on its contemporary remodeling, since the first post was devoted to the creation and evolution of the Palais du Louvre.The Louvre Pyramid,...
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JEAN NOUVEL: LOUVRE MUSEUM, ABU DHABI
ESPAÑOLThe new Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, is the fourth major cultural facility in the Saadiyat Island. Of all these great complexes are designed by...
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VANDUSEN VISITOR CENTRE: INTENSIVE GAZES
ESPAÑOLIn a prior opportunity I had reviewed the VanDusen Botanical Garden's Visitor Center in Vancouver, during its construction process. This time we share some views of the finished work. The...
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THE GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA
ESPAÑOLCordoba, Spain, is a charming town on the banks of the Guadalquivir River.A melting pot of cultures that produced its urban fabric, in its exquisite courtyards, its fused architecture and its...
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WATERFRONT IN TEMPOZAN (I): OSAKA AQUARIUM
ESPAÑOLMany cities were founded in a close relationship with rivers, seas or lakes. After industrialization, that link weakened, due to pollution, overcrowding or lack of interest from their...
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TADAO ANDO: SUNTORY MUSEUM
ESPAÑOLBy the time I am updating this post, the Suntory Museum in Osaka is not longer open to the public. The scarce attendance and the high cost of maintenance lead to the Japanese beverage company to...
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TADAO ANDO: HYOGO MUSEUM OF ART
Photo courtesy of mozgramESPAÑOLExpanding itself from the coast to the mountainside, Kobe, with its million and a half inhabitants, is one of the most modern cities and attractive ports of Japan....
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THE GREAT MOSQUE OF DAMASCUS
The Great Mosque of Damascus, also known as the Umayyad Mosque is the holiest building of the Muslim world after Mecca and Medina. I had the chance of visit it some years ago because this is one of...
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