Month: February 2018

In 1872 the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli was appointed by Maximiliano Errázuriz to build one of the best houses in Santiago de Chile. Today that house is known as Palacio Errázuriz, located in the Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins (also called Alameda). In 1941 the Brazilian Government acquired the Palacio to be the Ambassador’s residence. Then, Brazil decided to add a new building to locate there the Embassy. This new building suggests a dialogue with the Italian classicism of the Palacio, adopting its orders and rhythms. Later, the Brazilian diplomacy, in demand for more space, built another volume in 1971.

British architect Amanda Levete has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Jane Drew Prize, recognizing “an architectural designer who, through their work and commitment to design excellence, has raised the profile of women in architecture.”

The Weber House is located in a condominium of lots and marina Velas da Marina, in Lagoa dos Quadros on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul. Its use is exclusive to summer holidays and weekend breaks for the owners and their young daughter. To release the garage facade on the narrow terrain, the 1s floor has a side passage for cars, and the strategy for gaining frontage was with horizontal lines of slender marquees and a brick wall that would make the garden background.

The Architectural League of New York has announced the recipients of its 2018 Emerging Voices awards, spotlighting individuals and firms “with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism.”

the design is characterized by the figure of an archer – a curved cantilever beam that incorporates the forces of elasticity through cables stretched between steel plates.
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