This month the world winners of the Prix Versailles 2018 were announced at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This annual recognition celebrates commercial architecture projects from around the world, promoting successful interactions between culture and economy.
Chilean architect Smiljan Radic was announced the winner of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize 2018 Architecture Awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York.
On April, the continental ceremony of the Prix Versailles 2018 took place in the International Center of Conférences d’Alger with the announcement of the selected projects in shops, shopping centers, hotels and restaurants for the “Africa and West Asia” and “Europe” regions.
French designer, Nathanaël Abeille’s metalized pieces in ‘Proyecto Reflexión‘ shows how a building could reflect sunlight and share it with another building in some of the narrow spaces of Villa 21 de Barracas, Buenos Aires. These “metal bricks” came about as a combined team effort with architects Francisco Ribero and journalist Cecilia Fortunato.
From ceramic tiles and metal sheets for roofs to wooden decks and floating cement tiles for roofing, roofing materials not only contribute to the drainage and protect the lower layers from solar radiation and wear, but also have an important aesthetic function.
On Saturday in Santiago, Chile, the Prix Versailles Committee announced the continental winners of its annual awards celebrating built commercial architecture.
Frequently imperceptible to the inhabitant, the architectural plans of landscape designs are unquestionably the best tool for understanding certain relationships between elements and the strategic organization of the work. They are therefore an essential part of any good architecture project.
Even in the age of instant information, museums enthrall us. Lining the tourist guidebooks of cities across the world, art museums are a must-see destination for visitors and locals alike. However, as our methods of communication and archiving change, driven by science and innovation, historic institutions such as art museums must keep up.
Gonzalo Viramonte has released a series of photographs that focus in on the use of bricks by engineer Eladio Dieste in his Atlántida Cristo Obrero church.
After a successful project in Uruguay—the first in Latin America—it’s now Argentina’s turn to build its first sustainable public school. The design will use the recycled materials of “garbage warrior” Michael Reynolds, the founder of Earthship Biotecture, and will be constructed as part of the program “A Sustainable School” in the unique biosphere of Mar Chiquita, in the Province of Buenos Aires, from March 1 to 28.
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