Santiago Calatrava's Next Sculpture: The Lige-Guillemins Railway Stationimage

Calatrava has a fondness for the city after spending nearly 11 years bouncing in and out during the construction and sees the importance of Liges history as an industrial area prior to the steelworks collapse, and feels a need to recognize the strong foundation needed for Lige to become a viable gateway city.

Calatrava Photo: Joao Carlos
by Carly Erin O'Neil

Fabege: Arenastaden

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Solna, Sweden / Commercial, residential, sports, infrastructure
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SWECO Architects: Skeppsbron

Göteborg, Sweden / Design proposal for a new infrastructure centre
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Visualization: Tenjin Visual

Celosia Residence | MVRDV



In Madrid-Sanchinarro the first residents received the keys to their apartments in the just completed Celosia building. Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Blanca Lleó have completed the social housing block near the Mirador Building, which is an earlier collaboration. The perforated block of Celosia assembles 146 apartments, communal outside areas throughout the building, and parking and commercial program in the plinth. The total floor area is 21,550m2. With a construction cost of 12,6 million Euro the apartments can be sold for affordable prizes. The city block is opened and allows wind and light to enter the building, offering vistas and outside spaces contrasting the surrounding area. The client is EMVS, the public housing corporation of the city of Madrid.

Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud / KOZ Architectes© Stephan Lucas

This building is not lacking in self-confdence. As proof, you only have to take the second left along the Avenue de Longchamps from the Les Côteaux tramway Station in Saint-Cloud. No sooner have you left behind a quiet row of smart private houses in the traditional millstone grit Parisian style with front steps and plane trees than you come face to face with an odd-looking building, imposing but also childishly simple, more cubist than cube-shaped, decidedly “fashy”, evoking happy memories of a child’s toy.

Photo © Stephan Lucas
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Toronto Urban Design Awards 2009image

The winners of the 2009 Toronto Urban Design Awards, the 6th since amalgamation, were recently announced. Bustler

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Restaurant Rosso / N Architecture© Asaf Oren

The restaurant Rosso is located in Ramat Yishay, a small town in the valley of the North-Yezre Israel. This part of Israel has a privileged landscape of beautiful valleys and colorful which is permanent destination of many tourists. Tours are conducted around the place. This proposal is conceived as an extension of a restaurant designed earlier by the same office. This new space is approximately 60 square meters specially designed for private functions perfectly well connected to the existing space.

Photo © Asaf Oren
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United Oil Gasoline Station / Kanner Architectunitedoil_02

Situated at La Brea and Slauson avenues in Los Angeles’s Mid-City neighborhood, the United Oil Gas Station is a marriage of the city’s historic love affair with the automobile and today’s modern one-stop shopping spirit of immediate gratification and convenience.