Three award-winning Portuguese projects
International Prize Archdaily Building of the Year 2015Three Portuguese projects are among the winners of the International Prize Building of the Year 2015, by Archdaily that annually awards projects that stand out for innovation: spatial, social, material and technical.
Among the 9 Portuguese projects nominated from the 70 finalists chosen from a universe of 3,500 projects around the world, three of them were victorious.
Eduardo Souto de Moura
2013 Wolf PrizeThe Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura was awarded the Wolf Prize for Architecture last Sunday, May the 5th, at the Israeli Parliament in a ceremony attended by President Shimon Peres.
Following Álvaro Siza Vieira, who won the same prize in 2001, Eduardo Souto de Moura is the second Portuguese to receive this award which also honored personalities related to Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Agriculture.
A place to look at the sky
"Sky Spotting Stop" at Istanbul Modern"Sky Spotting Stop" is the first project from the Istanbul Modern YAP: Young Architects Program, in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and MoMA PS1 and co-sponsored by Garanti Bank, Polimeks and Vitra.
It is a temporary site-specific installation designed and built by SO? Architecture and Ideas, that welcomes visitors of all ages free of charge in Istanbul Modern’s courtyard until 20 October 2013. This area is also used as a venue for events programmed by Istanbul Modern especially for younger audiences.
Strip-Tease Design
Strip the design, wear the 500Meritalia and Lapo Elkann are launching an impressive exposition in the Espaço Mínimo store in Lisbon, the Casa Comigo store in Oporto and the Relicário store in Aveiro.
It's a tribute to the Fiat 500 model and it's design applied to couches, tables and other furniture, all across Portugal.
2014 FIFA WORLD CUP - Symbolic Structure
International competition[AC-CA] website is launching an international competition for an iconic structure that will represent the 2014 FIFA World Cup to take place in 2014 in Rio de Janeiro.
The piece would be placed in Lapa neighborhood during the cup, which will take place from 12th of June to the 13th of July 2014.