Public Library in Ceuta: Construction site © Fernando Alda

Construction site photography is of great importance to our studio and we constantly try to overcome, by applying strong economic incentives, the reasons for not turning it into a widespread practice. The knowledge that it gives us both about the project, its space and basic ideas, puts us in an optimal position for the completion of final report. That record allows us to completely cover our concept of documentary architectural photography, providing valuable information for the various participants of the architectural process (administrations, invertors, architects, construction companies, specialists …), something that cannot always be done from the finish.

We are currently conducting follow-up documentation and photographic work in the new public library in Ceuta. The project by Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos won the architectural competition in 2007 and has been published by some media.

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This month for the second time our report makes the cover of Bauwelt, a celebrated German magazine on architecture and construction. The selected work is the Extension San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian by the architects Nieto and Sobejano.

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The awards ceremony of the XI Biennial of Spanish Architecture and Urbanism will be held in the Cantabrian town of Comillas in July with the opening of the exhibition of BEAU XI in September will be open in the room's Archery Nuevos Ministerios. Between 40 finalists are projects of Water Museum – renovation of an ancient water mill Juan Domingo Santos (Recognition Award in category Architecture), Chana School for Children in Elisa Valero (Prize for runner-) Temporary Market and Barceló Nieto and Sobejano (Prize for runner-).

The celebración of granting awards of XI Spanish Biennale of Architecture and Urban Design will take place in Comillas, Cantabria (Spain) during the month of June, together with the inauguration of the post competition exhibition, That Will Be available for visiting in La Nuevos Ministerios Archery. Among the 40 selected projects there were: Museum of water in Lanjaron by Juan Domingo Santos (Honorable Mention), Kindergarden in la Chana by Elisa Valero (Pre-finalist award) and Temporary Market Barceló by Nieto Sobejano (Pre-finalist award).

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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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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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