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Zaha Hadid. MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts

map: via Guido Reni, 2f 00196 Rome, Italy

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Visitors are invited to dive into a dense, continuous space
The project is characterised by two primary architectural elements: the exposed concrete walls that delimit the exhibition halls and determine the intertwining of volumes, and the transparent roof that modulates and filters natural light.
The Contemporary Art and Architecture Centre for Rome is the first national museum for contemporary art in Italy.

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"An interesting thing about the museum in Rome is that it is no longer an object, but rather a field, which implies that many programs could be attached to the museum. It’s no longer a museum, but a centre."

Zaha Hadid. Read more at dezeen.com

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"The completion of the museum is proof that this city is no longer allergic to the new and a rebuke to those who still see Rome as a catalog of architectural relics for scholars or tourists. It affirms the view that cities thrive when each generation attempts to rise to the challenges of the past while remaining true to contemporary values. That means that yes, we too — the living — have something to contribute."

Nicolai Ouroussoff. New York Times. 11-11-09. Read article

Read Jay Merrick from UK's The Independent

Read Jonathan Glancey from UK's Gaurdian

read Tom Dykhoff from The Times

"Roman Horror Day" by Ellis Woodman for bdonline. 11/20/09

It is also clearly intended to say something about Rome, that the city’s spectacular history of architecture is not over
Rowan Moore for "The Architect's Journal". 11/19/09

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro and FXFowle Architects. Alice Tully Hall

map: 1941 Broadway, New York, New York, USA

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The jury particularly appreciated that the design team rethought an existing building and its environs, proving the needlessness of tearing the place down and starting fresh
designed to integrate the site with the surrounding cityscape

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"This is a reuse of a building and a transformation of an urban space," Jeanne Gang

: : : ::: THE CRITIC

"...artfully sidestepping the tiresome old dichotomy between preservation and the wrecking ball. It’s a subtle knock at those who define good and bad in terms of a period or style rather than through a direct emotional engagement with an individual work. Think something is ugly? Look closer. There may be moments of unexpected beauty inside."

Nicolai Ouroussoff for NYTimes. Read article

"(the architects) They manage to be bold and subtle at the same time, making a dull building exciting without warping its identity completely."

"The greatest design failing of Lincoln Center was its separation from the rest of the city, and the redo of Sixty-fifth Street will go a long way toward healing that breach."

Paul Goldberger for The Newyorker. Read article

"(the architects) they are performing what they call “architectural striptease,” peeling the buildings back to their essence. It should really be called architectural therapy, since the goal is to improve the complex’s personality more than its appearance"

Justin Davidson for New York Magazine. Read article

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Mc Cormack & asociados. Recycling Los Molinos Building

map: Av. Juana Manso y Azucena Villaflor, Dique 3, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Picture taken by PD showing Paul Siquier's mural. January 2010

Listen to Developer Alan Faena and artist Pablo Siquier

Views on Puerto Madero

:::THE FACT

- Designed as a center of art, culture, creativity, technology and life, the building will house, in what was the old engine room of the building, the Laboratory of Artistic Experimentation, "The Cathedral", which will be reserved for cultural activities.
- The project includes a pedestrian space linking Juana Manso Avenue and Aime Paine, under the glass bridge mills that link both buildings, decorated with a large mural of Paul Siquier.

:::THE QUOTE

"My purpose is to contribute to this global trend that believes in the creative transformation of cities as the necessary environment for the evolution of societies. The Art District which we conceive is in that direction (...). The future of modern society depends on the creative transformation of cities. What we build will remain in time and be part of the landscape of the new generations "" This work is to inherit. It is part of the heritage of our city. The basic idea was to recover the port design, manufacturing and service of Argentina in the early twentieth century and refunds according to a new urban model that will conceive the next generation. This was not intended as a ghetto but as an open space that encourages communication with the surroundings of Puerto Madero and the city. That is the value added ". Developer Alan Faena

:::THE CRITIC

the encounter between the existing and the new is proposed for a flexible and compact at a time. The aesthetics are integrated into a new form, simple, expressed in straight lines.
read more by Daniel Moya at Clarin news

read article by Mariana Fiorito for arq+his

:::THE COMMENT

Definetely Buenos Aires needs these type of buildings that incorporate public spaces into their own private one, giving the city the urban quality it needs.

:::THE LINKS

info at revistaarquitectura.com
info at "Noticias" magazine

Rem Koolhaas, Oma & Joshua Ramus. Seattle Public Library

map: 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, Washington, USA

:::THE FACT

- a grand staircase transformed into an open auditorium, its side aisles form a stairway that descends to the 4th avenue entrance floor
- The books are placed along a “book spiral,” on a continuous four-story ramp

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"It's a very specific culture here, (...) There is a very highly developed common sensibility and a highly developed sense of solidarity between the rich and the poor. I think it's the only part of America where the rich are angst-ridden and want to do good. It is also a culture where many people have been involved in the digital world. What connects everyone is a dedication to reason and to reasoning, and I think that enabled us to do the project and explains the way it turned out." Rem Koolhaas

:::THE CRITIC

"The rap on modernism is that it comes in just two flavors-the cold perfection of Mies or a cacophonous experimentalism that often seems more about fashion than architecture. The Seattle Public Library points to a third way, a new maturity" read more by Lynn Becker

:::THE LINKS

info at arcspace

info at OMA official site
info at archdaily

"Forbidden cities" by Paul Goldberger for The Newyorker

Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX and Rem Koolhaas of OMA. Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

map : 2401 Ross Ave, Dallas, Texas, USA

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a new theatre chair is one of the main elements in this revolutionary concept in theatre design. Read more at dezeen.

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"Unlike a typical theatre, the Wyly accommodates back-of-house and front-of-house areas above and beneath the auditorium rather than wrapped around it, liberating its perimeter – a glass façade with optional blackout blinds – for direct contact with the urban surroundings. Passersby have the chance to glimpse the action inside"
Rose Etherington for dezeen

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"The thrill of this building, in the end, lies not in the details but in the transformative powers of the machine inside."

Nicolai Ouroussoff for The NY Times. Oct 14, 2009. Read article

read Christopher Hawthorne's critic for LA Times. Oct 7, 2009.

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Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (KPF) . Espíritu Santo Plaza

map : 1395 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA

Picture taken by author (PD). June 2009. Espiritu Santo Plaza is the building to the left. Beside it stands HSBC/Four seasons tower by Bermello, Ajamil associates, Miami's highest building

This other picture, taken in 2006, shows a side view of Espiritu Santo Plaza under construction, far back to the left, behind HSBC/Four Seasons tower

click : KPF official site

click : Miami New Times article

click : world architecture news.com

click : "hurricane proof glass" by Adam Mizrahi

Herzog & de Meuron. de Young Museum

map : 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA‎, USA

click : article on NY Times by Nicolai Ouroussoff
click : Architects review on Museum's official site

Renzo Piano. California Academy of Sciences. Largest public Platinum-rated building in the world

map : 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA

click : NY Times article by Nicolai Ouroussoff

click : more images

click : Piano's official site

click : the buildings sustainable design on Academy's official site
click : walk and learn about the museum in YouTube
click : Piano talks about the museum in YouTube

click: critic by John King for San Francisco Chronicle

Yoshio Taniguchi. MoMA. Museum of Modern Art. KPF executive archs

map : 11 W 53rd St, New York, New York, USA

All pictures are taken by the author (PD). October 2007

click : info in MoMA official site

click : Taniguchi in archiplanet.com

click : article on The New Yorker by Paul Goldenberg

click : KPF official site

Picture by author taken on Oct 06 from Ground zero site. 7 WTC is the first building to the right

clcik : SOM official site

click : web info

Cesar Pelli. Four World Financial Center

map : 250 Vesey St, New York, NY 10281, USA

The view on the World Financial Center from the Hudson River, with the World Trade Center gone. From left to right: 3WFC(piramid roof), 4 WFC (stepped piramid roof), 2 WFC(dome), 1 WFC (cut piramid)

Picture by author from Ground zero site. Oct 06. 4 WFC is seen at the back (stepped pyramid roof), beetween 2 WFC and 3 WFC (first buildings from the left)
click : Pelli official website
click : web info