The Center for Contemporary Creation in Cordoba will open its doors 2013, since the works are already well advanced and is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. The center is located in the Miraflores Park, near the mosque and the river Guadalquivir in Córdoba, proposed as a candidate city European Capital of Culture 2016. The architectural proposal Nieto Sobejano, winners Aga Khan Award for Architecture distinguishes conservation projects and urban regeneration in areas of cultural significance, was the winner of an international competition which also included architects Dominique Perrault, Zaha Hadid, Coop Himmelblau and Cruz / Ortiz.

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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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