Artchitectours is an agency committed to the environment and the compensation of the CO2 Footprint. We are concerned that our activity may have an impact on the planet, that’s why we collaborate with the United Nations in the Biomass Generation Project in Jilin, China, with a donation to offset the carbon emissions of our [...]
Zeitz MOCAA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cape Town, designed by Heatherwick Studio, is one of the most unusual museums on the African continent. The project uses a 1920s ensemble: a package of 42 silo towers, a grain distribution unit and a tower. For the atrium of the new museum, the architects cut [...]
The Munch Museum in Oslo, by Estudio Herreros, selected as a finalist for the Mies Van der Rohe Award 2024. The 40 shortlisted works for the Mies Van der Rohe Award 2024, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, have been published. Among the finalists is the Munch Museum by Estudio Herreros. The Spanish [...]
Cairo, Rabat and Casablanca, among other African cities, are competing to build the tallest tower in Africa. In the 20th century, only a handful of major financial and commercial centres had tall skyscrapers, including Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. Since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been built in many other African cities, including Cairo, Rabat, [...]
In preparation for the architectural trip we have organized for an association of architects from Lion, next October and the next one we will program on July 2024 (open for registrations), in Artchitectours we made a prospective trip to see some of the buildings to be visited in the Pacific Northeast of USA and [...]
We are now a continuing education provider for the AIA (The American Institute of Architects), the American Institute of Architects. This means that from now on Artchitectours' architectural trips and tours, will be endorsed by the AIA's Continuing Education Programs, and therefore, architects who take our architectural trips and tours will be able to [...]
Since January 2023, Copenhagen is the UNESCO World Capital of Architecture. The DANISH ARCHITECTURE CENTRE opens its doors to a large and beautiful exhibition, the central theme of which is our community in urban space. Many people think that architecture can be a bit dry and boring and that it is only for a small [...]
The project is based on the idea of a city surrounded by mirrors, completely efficient and intelligent, without cars or streets in the middle of nowhere. This vast Middle Eastern country has launched one of its most ambitious plans: The Line, a huge linear metropolis 200 meters wide and 170 kilometers long, above sea [...]
JYVÄSKYLÄ'S NEW MUSEUM CENTER WILL BE CALLED AALTO2 The name Aalto2 has been chosen for the new museum center being built in the Ruusupuisto district of Jyväskylä, Finland. The name describes two adjacent buildings designed by architect Alvar Aalto: The Alvar Aalto Museum (1971-1973, left) and the Museum of Central Finland (1956-1961, 1991, right). [...]
Lima has historical theaters of great importance, however, lacked a theater with contemporary dimensions and equipment to receive montages of operas, dance and symphony orchestras with international excellence level. In order to carry out the Gran Teatro Nacional del Perú, the respective studies and the architectural program were made, having as a requirement a [...]
