Concert halls and conference centres are a challenge for architects, especially when they are set on prominent sites. They are effectively huge sheds in which the design of the internal space takes priority, whether it be the circulation areas for many thousand visitors, the auditorium and other spaces themselves or the back-of-stage facilities. The exterior […]
The transformation of the riverside of Bilbao from an industrial dock area to a modern international and cultural centre continues. In 1918 the Bilbao Bond Warehouse was constructed along the river. With the increasing size of ships the facility was relocated and the building became empty and derelict. Today the site and part of the […]
You are a major health organisation commissioning a new headquarters building. What image would you want it to project about your organisation and its values? Healthy must be a first priority. What else? Efficiency, caring, organised, and perhaps innovative thinking? Bilbao is a city which has commissioned world-class architecture in Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, Norman Foster’s “Fosteritos” […]
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