Monthly Archives: April 2018


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Apr 2018

Golden Lion for Kenneth Frampton, the critical voice of architecture

Kenneth Frampton, known by many as the author of "Critical History of Modern Architecture" will be awarded for his professional career with the Golden Lion on May 26 at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale.   Keneth Frampton, English architect, historian, critic and academic has been announced the winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2018. The recognition is not surprising, since it...

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27

Apr 2018

Extraordinary houses around the world: an unusual trip

From a house built on the structure of a Boeing 747 to a practically invisible refuge in the Swiss Alps, this television series invites us to travel the world and discover unusual homes.   To visit unconventional houses in challenging places, is the challenge assumed by the conductor and renowned English architect Piers Taylor who, next to the actress Caroline Quentin, is given the task...

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23

Apr 2018

Gesler Survey, towards a collective work culture in Latin America

Survey on work spaces analyzes the Latin American case and promotes the creation of local strategies to improve labor welfare.   How and where do people work? How much are supported by your workspaces? What are the differences between Latin American workers and others around the world? This and other questions were the reason for the research of this consultancy whose objective is to generate...

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20

Apr 2018

Materializing ideas for a better planet

In recent days there has been much talk about the development of new materials for construction; the novelty, they are recycled and their creators are young university students.   The new generations know that they are living in a state of environmental emergency. The crisis of natural resources, states of environmental contingency and other related phenomena, are part of their daily life. There are so...

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16

Apr 2018

The Postal Palace, modernity in the style of other times

Declared an Artistic Monument in 1987, this exceptional building celebrates its 111th anniversary.   In 1834, an English traveler named Charles Latrobe toured the streets of Mexico City and had the same impression that Bernal Díaz del Castillo had experienced three centuries before: he felt he was going through a dream. That English traveler was the one who imposed to the capital the title that...

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13

Apr 2018

The crowdfunding of real estate in Mexico

Also known as Crowfunding, it represents an option to invest in real estate without the need for large assets.   The consolidation of the Internet as a means of community participation in issues related to obtaining funds has opened the possibility to new investment alternatives such as crowdfunding, or crowdfunding, which consists in the creation of a collective financing network through economic donations. or of...

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09

Apr 2018

The breaker and water in Mexico City

In the face of the imminent water crisis in Mexico City, viable alternatives emerge.  In the immense district of Iztapalapa — where nearly two million people live, many of whom do not have running water — an oasis of hope is being built: the water park La Quebrada.   Alfonso Reyes in Anahuac's vision said that the desiccation of the Valley of Mexico covered from...

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06

Apr 2018

Calatrava and the spectacle of architecture

The image impacts, it is one of the central structures for the upcoming Expo Dubai 2020: The United Arab Emirates Pavilion, designed by Santiago Calatrava. But not all that shines is gold, although in Dubai this claim could be true.   An impressive media deployment, the cult of power and money, frame the series of images with which this work is presented pharaonic. The most...

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02

Apr 2018

The roads of the future are solar

Solar roads are already being built and used in various countries and represent a significant transition to the daily use of renewable energies.   The participation of photovoltaic energy in everyday life is already a fact.  Be it in the form of solar panels, or as in this case, being part of roads that not only generate energy for its lighting, signs, etc. But they...

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