The future expansion of the most important space dedicated to performing arts in La Rioja (Spain) was a closer reality with the publication, a few months ago, of the competition for the design of the Nuevo Bretón Theater in the center of Logroño. The Bretón Theater was inaugurated in 1880. One hundred and forty years later, we wanted to update it to today's needs. The … [Read more...]
Recent competitions at AGi architects
Ten competitions per year, in locations as different as Saudi Arabia, Norway, or rural areas of Galicia, but with a special focus on public, cultural and educational programs. New buildings and also interventions in historical contexts, but with emphasis on the rehabilitation of existing buildings. At AGi architects we have opted for the development of competitions as a … [Read more...]
The poetics of water
The meanings of water in the Nasrid architecture of the Generalife and the romantic painting The Journey of Life Water has been widely depicted in the history of art. It has also been the protagonist of many architectural designs, since it is an essential element for living. We have already discussed water in architecture from an infrastructural point of view in this article … [Read more...]
We read Gordon Matta-Clark. Entrevistas e Hyperspaces. Two books in between art and architecture
This article introduces two readings, a book of interviews to Gordon Matta-Clark published by Puente Editores, and the catalogue of the exhibition Hyperspaces, at Bombas Gens art centre. In his interviews, Gordon Matta-Clark insisted on his interest in exploring boundaries. In occupying the architectural limits. But Matta-Clark also placed himself on other frontiers: the one … [Read more...]
Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich at the International Exhibition in Barcelona: Beyond the German Pavilion
The international exhibition of Barcelona 1929 left for later times one of the most important works of modern architecture, the famous German pavilion signed by Mies van der Rohe and made in collaboration with the designer Lilly Reich. However, this was not the only work carried out by the German architect and the designer at the exhibition held in the city. In addition to the … [Read more...]
Nostalgia, cinema and architecture in the shopping mall
The shopping mall stand as a 20th century icon. Because of this, film and tv have portrayed them multiple times. In Stranger Things' third season, shopping in an ordinary town known as Hawkins has been radically transformed by the novel shopping centre. One of the scenes in the show involves one of the protagonists' mother talking to the sheriff at the local TV and radio … [Read more...]
Life as architectural performance
The Eames: choreographing domestic life The designer couple Ray y Charles Eames lived in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, in a small, sunny home made of steel and glass and surrounded by trees. The iconic example of Modern domestic architecture, today considered a landmark of Los Angeles, began in the early 1940s. At that time, the couple of designers had just begun working on … [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...]