The TAT Towers The TAT Towers are probably the most intriguing case of all abandoned buildings in Istanbul. This office complex composed by two high rise towers is located in one of the most valuable locations in Istanbul, the area of Zencirlikuyu, right across the first Bosporus bridge, on the European side of the city.ContinueContinue reading “Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – The TAT Towers”
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Not Only Coronavirus Killed the Cinema Halls.
Small Town Blues Since the second half of the XX century the interior regions of Portugal have been suffering a continuous loss of population in detriment of the coastal areas. Today, more than 60% of the country’s 10.5 million habitants live between Lisbon and Porto. The provincial cities (Capitais de Distrito) of the interior stillContinueContinue reading “Not Only Coronavirus Killed the Cinema Halls.”
The Factory – A Short Footage of Mass Production
A Pragmatic Space The Industrial Revolution meant a drastic turn in the production and transformation of iron and steel. In architetural terms, it also represented an enormous evolution in the spatial characteristics of buildings, more specifically, in factories. This technologic breakthrough enabled the production of larger, stronger structural elements, like beams and columns, to buildContinueContinue reading “The Factory – A Short Footage of Mass Production”
Critica de la Arquitectura Pura
Una reflexión visual. Después de unas extrañas vacaciones en las que no nos hemos podido desprender de las mascarillas, volvemos a lo nuestro… una pincelada audiovisual y dos recomendaciones. ( Lecturas recomendadas: “Un habitar más fuerte que la metrópoli ” del Consejo nocturno y “Sobre héroes y tumbas” de Ernesto Sabato.) Cuando la metrópoli dondeContinueContinue reading “Critica de la Arquitectura Pura”
Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – Diamond of Istanbul
The Diamond of Istanbul The Diamond of Istanbul as it is today. Photo by Joao Cruz Neves. According to the Wikipedia, the Diamond of Istanbul is the tallest building under construction in Istanbul. The article states that the building will rise 63 floors above ground and reach 311 meters. It also specifies that the functionalContinueContinue reading “Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – Diamond of Istanbul”
Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – The Bostanci AVM
The Unfinished Bostanci Shopping Center The Bostanci AVM (Shopping Center) South Building. Photo by Uğur Yavuz. The first ideas to build a Shopping Center in the Upper Bostanci area started in 1995, 25 years ago. A few years later the construction process started but, after the main rough works were done, it came to aContinueContinue reading “Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – The Bostanci AVM”
Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – The GPIH
THE GRAND PRESTIGE ISTANBUL HOTEL The GPIH seen from the Taraby Bayıarı Avenue. Photo by Joao Cruz Neves. During the 90’s, Uran Holding started the construction of the Grand Prestige Istanbul Hotel (GPIH) in the area of Hacıosman, on the top of the hills of the Tarabya neighborhood, over the European Bosphorus side. If itContinueContinue reading “Abandoned Buildings of Istanbul – Data Gathering – The GPIH”
Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain album (with Gil Evans conduction) is a superb blend of symphonic and jazz arrangements mainly inspired by Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. A true work of fusion between modernity and classicism, expressing how the European folk tradition and jazz can marry in a sublime way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSS5p9BdNGU SEGOVIA, Alcazar de Segovia,ContinueContinue reading “Sketches of Spain”
Travelling Sketches (II) – A Praise to Cities
From small details to broader perspectives, drawing the city can easily become an addiction for architects. Understanding how men’s ultimate habitat developed and took over the natural territory is something almost irresistible. How the oldest cities seem to grow organically, in permanent adaptation to physical conditions and with an exponential empirical method of expansion. OrContinueContinue reading “Travelling Sketches (II) – A Praise to Cities”
Covid Airports – A Canvas for Otherness
Disruption Until the Covid-19 crisis, airports were a point of convergence. Symbols and manifestations of globalization. They were places where thousands of people would gather in utter ignorance of each other’s presence. With the ‘’new normality’’, there is a timid approximation to that same state of things. The reality is that coming back to anContinueContinue reading “Covid Airports – A Canvas for Otherness”
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