As the academic year draws to a close, we take the opportunity to look back. In these exceptional months at a global level, we have won competitions in different parts of the world, as well as completed works in Kuwait and Spain. We also continue with the construction process of other projects, highlighting our participation in the Dubai World Expo 2020, where we are completing … [Read more...]
Cities of Justice in Saudi Arabia
A City for Justice is the winning proposal of the international competition for the design of a city of justice in Saudi Arabia. The project had to propose a scheme that could be developed in three different locations, Riyadh, Mecca and Jeddah. AGi architects' proposal was the winner, and was praised for being able to generate a systematization concept valid for all three … [Read more...]
Museum, heritage and territorial identity I. Kuwait National Museum
Between Spain and Kuwait. The influence of Modernity Kuwait's independence from Great Britain in 1961 meant imagining a new idea of State, one of a modern country. This was reflected in Kuwait's new architecture and urbanism, as well as in the construction of an official memory of its land and society. An important element conceived for this purpose was the Kuwait National … [Read more...]
Power and the city. 1970s architecture in Kuwait and Madrid
The 70s were a decade of political and economic reconfiguration both in Kuwait and in Spain. Architecture gave shape to these processes, through buildings that reflected the aspirations of public and private institutions. In 1961, President Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem signed the agreement that ended the British protectorate over the region of Kuwait. The Sheikh became the father … [Read more...]
Healthcare and governmental projects shortlisted for WAF Awards 2015
Ali Mohammed T. Al-Ghanim Clinic will compete in the Completed Buildings Health category while Qatar Courthouse will compete in the Future Project Competition category. The design firm was the WAF Award 2014 winner in the Completed Buildings Religion category with “La Ascensión del Señor” Church, in Seville, Spain . Two projects developed by AGi architects, the … [Read more...]
Our government building GDIS at “Major Architecture Projects” event in Madrid
Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea, Principal and co-founder of our architecture firm, took part in the professional conference “Major Architecture Projects”, organized by Grupo Vía and held in November the 20th in Madrid. The workshop met a selection of design firms to show some of their main projects in which they will be working during next years both in Spain and abroad. … [Read more...]
Government buildings for GDIS by AGi architects, exhibited in Morocco
Our project for the Government buildings for the General Department of Information System (GDIS), in Kuwait, developed in collaboration with Bonyan Design, is part of the exhibition "On Tour. Spanish Architecture in the Arab World ", organized by Casa Arabe and the Spanish Higher Council of Orders of Architects (CSCAE)in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes. This … [Read more...]
Government Architecture: Our GDIS project is exhibited in Lebanon
Our Government Architecture project for the General Department of Information Systems (GDIS), en Kuwait, aims for the clear transmission of a conceptual duality it derives from: there's innovation and transparency versus strength, stability and security, which are inherent to the Ministry of Interior Affairs that will be occupying the building. This governemnt architecture … [Read more...]
Public Building project for GDIS on Asian Perspective magazine
The public building designed for the General Department of Information System (GDIS), in Kuwait, is one of the shortlisted projects for a WAF award 2013 in the Future Projects Office category. Perspective, a Hong Kong based magazine that covers the architecture, interiors and design in Asia and beyond for more than a decade, published an article on GDIS. See Project … [Read more...]
We take part in the exhibition “On Tour. Spanish Architecture in the Arab World”
The General Department of the Information System (GDIS) winning proposal, developed by AGi architects in collaboration with Bonyan Design, is part of the exhibition "On Tour. Spanish Architecture in the Arab World", organized by Casa Arabe and the Spanish Higher Council of Architects (CSCAE). This year our GDIS project won the first prize in the international architecture … [Read more...]