If you love design and consider yourself a maker, the following ideas are for you. Cement and concrete (aggregates + cement) are versatile materials which can be used for construction and for many other things such as dominoes, clocks and earrings- creativity finds no limits within cement. Are you feeling creative? Try some of these. My … Continue reading
Winter 1970, Madrid If you love concrete you’ll love this piece, built between 1960-1990. The Spanish cultural heritage building, “Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural” is the most unusual concrete building in Madrid. Building: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España Architects: Fernando Higueras (1930-2008), Rafael Moneo (1937- ), Antonio Miró (1931-2011) Year built: 1960-1990 Location: Calle del … Continue reading
“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.” ― Mark Twain We have always imagined good libraries as very quiet places but the truth is that there is much more behind this kind of space … Continue reading
Terminal 4 at Barajas Airport is one of the places I frequent a lot. Madrid is where I used to live, where my family is and every time I travel I stop in this city to say hi at least (even if it is just for one day). Gate U69 feels like home already (the … Continue reading
Located in La Jolla, California, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1959-1965) is probably the most important and poetic building of Louis Kahn in the United States. I had the chance to visit it in person and have to say that was deeply impressed by its meaningful monumentality. Walls and voids, that is how I … Continue reading
Virginia Duran 