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Piano is music to Rome’s ears [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10078_Parco 1.jpg] Renzo Piano’s Music Auditorium for Rome is an instant hit The Parco della Musica is a state of the art venue penned by Piano for the diverse musical needs of the Italian capital. The auditorium opened in 2002 in the north part of Rome known as Flaminio, near the Olympic village.
continue reading….. Greening the waters edge [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10084_2_15-Playgrounda tEntrance.jpg] The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation announced this week a four-year phasing plan for the construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre activated greenway continue reading….. Hadid to maxximise Italian art [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10075_Maxxi %201.jpg] Early Hadid design soon to open up a new world of artMAXXI, acronym of Museum of the Arts of the 21thcentury, is a newly established institution of the Italian Ministry of Culture: it will become the joint home of the MAXXI Arts and MAXXI Architecture and Italy’s first national museum solely dedicated to contemporary arts.
continue reading….. Abd conquer Rome [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10071_Tibur tina1.jpg] Tiburtina Station to become the most important rail station in the Italian capital With the completion of the Italian high speed train system, Tiburtina station will become the main stop on long distance trains increasing its visitors from 22 to 50 million annually. The more centrally located Termini station, Rome’s current main rail point, will then switch to serve the increasing commuter traffic.
continue reading….. From Michelangelo to Cucinella [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10073_Campi doglio1.jpg] Rome Council planning historical move from Michelangelo’ s Campidoglio At the beginning of June, the Jury Committee of Rome City Council announced the winner of the competition for the new Civic Offices: “Campidoglio 2″. Mario Cucinella Architects have designed the winning project with Studio Altieri. continue reading….. Susana Solano exhibition by Cadaval & Solà -Morales [susana-solano_014sq.jpg] Spanish/Mexican architects Cadaval & Solà -Morales designed an exhibition of works by artist Susana Solano at Fundación ICO in Madrid, made almost entirely of recycled materials continue reading….. Old meets new in the new sumptuous MACRO in Rome [http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10072_Macro 1.jpg] Paris-based architect and urbanist Odile Decq was commissioned with the redevelopment and expansion of the Roman Museum of Contemporary Art in 2001 by Rome City Council. continue reading….. new arts building in West Bromwich, England [thepublic-005249sq2.jpg] Here are a few snaps of The Public, a new arts building in West Bromwich, England, designed by architect Will Alsop. continue reading….. New addition to five-star Parisian hotel Le Royal Monceau [mg_1356.jpg] Belgian designer and artist Arne Quinze created a temporary installation at five-star Parisian hotel Le Royal Monceau last month, before the hotel’s closure for a year-long reburbishment
continue reading….. ArchiCAD 12 to feature multicore support [figure] Graphisoft has announced the forthcoming release of
ArchiCAD 12, a new version of their Computer Aided Design (CAD) architectural software for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s coming in July. continue reading….. Using Standard Details in a Project (ArchiCAD Insights Tutorial) This article explains one method to embed one or more external detail drawings into an ArchiCAD project. In this example [figure] continue reading….. A Few of My Favorite Things (ArchiCAD Insights Tutorial) [figure] After a number of years practicing, most architectural firms have a standard set of elements that they use repeatedly and in multiple projects. These elements may be standard details, continue reading….. How to Display Elevation Values Relative to Sea Level You may want to show elevations relative to sea level in certain projects. For example, you might want to show heights relative to sea level in the terrain surrounding a building, [figure] continue reading….. Using Find and Select Tools (ArchiCAD Insights Tutorial) [figure] Picture yourself looking at all of the structural steel columns in your virtual building model or building information model. The building load has changed, continue reading….. Construct Walls -Alibre Options Tutorial In architectural practice it’s common to have composite wall structures. In some cases, the various skins of a composite wall don’t extend to the same height but instead start and end at various heights. This “ArchiCAD Insights” ….. [figure] continue reading….. Chalú house by Adamo-Faiden [casa-chal-07.jpg] Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed the renovation of a house in Buenos Aires that features an exterior clad in crushed glass bottles. continue reading….. Rendering Examples from Revit Architecture 2009 Just a little model I started playing with in Revit Architecture 2008 and imported into Revit Architecture 2009. continue reading….. AutoCAD Architecture: A Kick Start We continue our look at AutoCAD Architecture features related to walls. Before we proceed with others, though, let’s take a break and see how we can place doors and windows on walls. We will see other wall features a little later. continue reading…..
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continue reading….. AutoCAD® Architecture 2009 [http://www.archidigm.com/lounge/product%20reviews/aca-2009_review_1.gif ] The 2009 Series of Autodesk products is upon us and if you read some of the commentary on the AutoCAD discussion board, you may think the sky is falling. Many people sure hate it when their working environment is changed and AutoCAD got a whooper of a GUI overhaul this time around continue reading…..
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