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In the last years Chile has turned into a leading society in the field of industrial wine production but above all, in the development of the best wine cellars in the world, having successfully merged occidental science and technology with traditional grape growing. Chilean wines assume that it must serve to contemporary taste, while still be an object of design that not only enters through the eyes but through its body that has a sensibility and a unique mixture of flavours. Consistently, Chile has contributed to improve wine style beyond its frontiers, from the simplest flavour design to the most sophisticated, turning into an example of avant-garde harvesting in the world. [More info after the break]

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ARQUITECTUM, a company which organizes architecture competitions, is pleased to invite you to to the International Architecture Competition “ROME 2010”, to be held between the months of June to October 2010. ARQUITECTUM and the Istituto Nazionale di Architettura want to bring a new element to the city’s debate and enigma: a hundred meter high tower, next to the Coliseum, which would present itself as an “important” element, but not necessarily monumental, which would expose Rome’s complexity by being a “vertical” Rome, which would assemble the facts and the enigmas lived and surviving in the Eternal City.

The challenge of this competition is, of course, to discover this “belonging” to Rome, the hidden beauty and exposed all over the city as a mendicant spirit, wandering lost, waiting for the architect willing and able to capture it. Therefore the suggested tower will serve as an element demonstrative of this spirit, projecting it in the present time and the uncertain future of a city which has survived every kind of buildings and can always take in a new one: refreshing, renewing and exposing of the constant rebirth of its vital structure. [More info after the break] Leer el resto de esta entrada »

Arquitectum organized the competition “PARIS 2009, Dance School for Moulin Rouge” which proposed a reinterpretation of “The New Moulin Rouge”, the most famous cabaret in the world and a symbol of what is an important aspect of Parisian Life. They asked the design of a space which incorporates the latest tendencies for the dance school and all its installations. This was a fantastic oportunity to propose a new vision which, in the future, will remain as an importan symbol, as well as ensuring the continued quality of the shows and the performace of the dancers. The competition recived 290 projects from all around the world. Winners and honorable mentions after the break.

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