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 [...]
The cohesive core of Casablanca, Morocco, is unmatched by few city centres and shows how modernism can be used to its full potential on a large scale, says recent visitor Aaron Betsky. At the corner, the white box fractures. A bay window at the base, framed with stone, in the floors above turns into [...]
The is the new headquarters for CityVerve - Innovate UK’s Internet of Things city demonstrator. The Bright Building is the first building in our masterplan for Manchester Science Park and is home to various tech and start up businesses providing offices, meeting areas, laboratories, restaurant facilities and a gym. Communal spaces occupy the majority [...]
Carlo Ratti Associati has won an international competition for Reinventing Cities, with the design of a new research center placed under a 200-meter-long (650-foot-long) vineyard. Situated close to Milan’s Fondazione Prada, the VITAE project will connect the street level to the roof via a seamless footpath, and will contain a new office building and [...]
With its hundreds of churches, Rome has developed a rich history of domes. Inspired by this heritage, Jakob Straub has photographed the most remarkable domes of this city from the ancient Pantheon to the modern sports stadium of Pier Luigi Nervi. Its neutral perspective, taken looking up from the center of the dome, opens [...]
