A few weeks ago we wrote about Art Deco swimming pools, built in the 30s and 40s, now we write about modern and postmodern pools that took the good feeling of going swimming to the garden of single-family houses. Photograph of a swimming pool in Beverly Hills taken by Joe Scherschel for LIFE magazine in 1960. In 1960, LIFE magazine sent Joe Scherschel to photograph … [Read more...]
Nuevos Ministerios Art Center for the collection of ENAIRE Foundation
The arcade of Nuevos Ministerios —la Arquería— was conceived by Secundino Zuazo as a mediating filter between the urban space and the garden of a new ministerial complex. Recently an architectural competition has been called to create an Art Center in the Archery, in which the proposal by AGi architects has received a second prize. Nuevos Ministerios sketch of … [Read more...]
Seven Art Deco swimming pools
Nightswimming, remembering that night September's coming soon I'm pining for the moon The lyrics of the 1992 song Nightswimming, by the American music band REM, say that swimming is better on a quiet night. They evoke an unforgettable bath once the sun has set. They make us imagine the sensation of going into the water, the image of the clothes forgotten close to the pool, … [Read more...]
Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center by AGi architects in Kuwait
The new Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Center in Kuwait draws from the understanding of the sanitary space as a place that oscillates between the public and the private, between the open and the intimate, having to address both aspects at the same time. Buildings dedicated to sanitary programs require going beyond the purely functional requirements, incorporating the … [Read more...]
Translating between garden and paradise, an architectural atlas
Garden or paradise? Few architectures are so utopian, and at the same time so real, as the garden is. Perhaps the etymology of the word can help us to know the reason why. Garden comes from Old French jart, whose meaning was 'orchard', which came from Old Low Franconian garda, 'enclosure', space that is delimited by a fence. It turns out that, if we trace the origin of the … [Read more...]
Water Architectures
Between Kuwait and Spain. The influence of modernity. “¡Várgame San Rafael, / tener el agua tan cerca / y no poderla beber!” [Help me San Rafael, being so close to water / and not being able to drink it!] These lines are now being sung by Rosalía, a young Spanish flamenco singer. But they were written 70 years ago, for a film, "La blanca paloma", and for … [Read more...]
We share our expertise at Façade Design and Engineering Middle East Summit
AGi architects recently took part in the 8th Annual Façade Design and Engineering Middle East Summit, held in Doha, Qatar. Aisha Alsager, Managing Director at AGi architects Kuwait office, showed the experience of our design firm on "Façades and roofs" through several of the region’s most iconic façade designs including Ali Mohammed T. Al-Ghanim Clinic and General Department … [Read more...]
AGi architects, key note speaker at WAF Dubai
AGi architects participated as a speaker at the first edition of WAF Dubai, a 2 day event featuring talks, presentations, awards and a chance to see the full exhibition of more than 300 designs shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival 2015 (held last year in Singapore in November). Nasser Abulhasan, Principal & Co-founder or our design firm, introduced the AGi … [Read more...]
Brand image and representativeness through corporate architecture
Everything that a company or organization does or does not affects the way in it is perceived by its customers; of course, within this variety of realities, corporate architecture is included and how it may come to represent a brand, being able to strengthen its overall image. One of the roles of architecture itself has always been to transmit messages of diverse nature … [Read more...]
Nasser Abulhasan and Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, among the best architects in the Middle East
AGi architects’ Principals & Founders, Nasser Abulhasan and Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea, have been recognized among the best architects in the Middle East, as states the ranking published by the prestigious monthly magazine Middle East Architect. Specifically, Nasser was placed 3rd out of 40 talented people across the region while Joaquín was selected at No. 15. AGi … [Read more...]