An Italian magazine/newspaper Uruk, from Palermo, with which we had established contact and cooperation, has published several articles of interest. We are particularly pleased with the presence of some works, projects and images that have been really important for us for many reasons. Whether because of the long collaboration with architects, the special relationship with some works or the load of personal content in some images, it has been very  gratifying to receive URUK in our studio, enjoy the reading and the Italian taste that is so close to us.

Among the articles published in this issue we highlight VS-UNIFORM UNIVERSAL JOINT, by Mark Scarpinato; GRANADA. Qal `at al-Hanro dedicated to Alvaro Siza and Juan Domingo Santos for the new access to Alhambra in Granada; CORDOBA. MADINAT AL ZAHARA dedicated to the museum built by the architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano, recently recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

This relationship has been established in a very special and satisfying way. I all started with the personal project “From the Monument to the City, From the City to the Ocean” that never stops surprising us.

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Europaconsorci on its home page highlights the work of Fernando Alda, the Architectural. Fernando has worked closely with the Italian magazine for several years and today the site has 38 architecture of their reports.

Europaconcorsi highlights the work of Fernando Alda, architecture photographer, on its homepage. Fernando has been cooperating with the italian magazine for several years now and the website offers 38 of his reports on architecture.

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The latest edition of OFFICES presents a report of Cultural Center and the new town hall in Archidona the Ramón Fernández Alonso.

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The latest edition of OFFICINAS presents a report on the Gdent Dental Clinic in Vitoria by Francis Rifé.

“Basic colors and fine materials are blended in perfect symbiosis in the dental clinic in Vitoria Gdent. The interior designer, Francesc Rife, has created an environment in which the mirrors, the sobriety of marble on the glass and resins´ neutral white and gray, define a well-organized maze of spaces that combines the comfort of patients with ergonomics for professionals. ”

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Soon the works on the Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo (MIHL) will come to their end and we will get the opportunity to enjoy a garden-museum, the new work of architects Nieto Fuensanta and Enrique Sobejano. The project is a result of an international competition organized by the city of Lugo in 2007, won by a unique project which according to the city Mayor, will attract public to Lugo.

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Bauwelt, a well-established German magazine on architecture and construction, dedicates its issue On. 18/2011 almost exclusively to Metropol Parasol. Three in-depth articles together with extensive graphic material (drawings, models, plans and photos) present the object analysing both its assets and contradictory urban, architectural and construction solutions.

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This year, 2011, we celebrate the first centennial marking the begining of the archeological recovery of Madinat Al-Zahra in Córdoba, Spain. The celebration schedule included a conference on April 29 related to the Aga Kan Award for Architecture 2010 granted to the architects Nieto and Enrique Sobejano Fuensanta for the new museum building.

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Among the 256 works selected for the XI Spanish Biennale of Architecture and Urban Design we found the projects listed below, definitelly worth recommnding. We express our warmest congratulations and wish them successes in the future.

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Metropol Parasol: aerial view of the old town ©Fernando Alda

The construction process of Metropol Parasol, which is soon coming to a close, was documented by the photographer Fernando Alda from the very start. The removal of auxiliary installations have revealed the building in its entirety though not all levels are accessible yet. Metropol Parasol is a wooden structure with a concrete core situated in Encarnación Square in Seville (Spain). It is approximately 150m long, 70m wide and 26m high. It is the implementation of the winning project of an international competition organized by the city of Seville in 2004, won by the German architect Jürgen Mayer.

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