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LAN architecture: hotel residence in atacama

paris-based practice LAN architecture (benoit jallon, umberto napolitano) has designed 'hotel residence in atacama', a multi-level lodging facility in the atacama desert in northern chile. faced with the task of introducing a level of urbanity to a desolate site with extreme conditions, the project seeks to create a micro city by combining programs of habitat, commerce, education, politics, and culture together.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat...n-atacama.html

FDE – Escuela en Várzea Paulista / FGMF Arquitectos
Arquitectos: FGMF – Forte, Gimenes e Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos
Ubicación: Várzea Paulista, Brasil

http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl...f-arquitectos/

One Lansdowne Road, Croydon, United Kingdom
Green light for CZWG Croydon scheme

Plans for a £350m high-rise scheme - comprising a 55-storey tower rising above a 13-storey podium - at One Lansdowne Road in Croydon have been approved (subject to S106 being signed) by London Borough of Croydon, following a council vote.

The 200m tall project, designed by CZWG, is the latest in a series of proposals that are set to transform Croydon town centre as part of one of the UK’s most dynamic regeneration programmes, which will see £3.5bn of investment injected into the area.

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com...pload_id=18796