Articles by David Cohn

The completion of Zaha Hadid's Central Library for the University of Seville is threatened by a court decision that declares the urban plan permitting its construction illegal. The competition-winning design of 2006 has been under construction since last October. Image courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects The library is being constructed in the Prado de San Sebastián Park, in Seville, Spain. A lawsuit threatens to halt the project. The $30 million building is sited in the 12-acre Prado de San Sebastián Park, created in 1994 on a portion of the grounds of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. In 2006, the city modified its

Project Specs Ofita, Madrid Madrid, Spain King & Miranda Design << Return to article the People Architect King & Miranda Design Via Savona 97 Milan 20144 Italy Phone: +39 02 48953851 Fax: +39 02 47711872 www.kingmiranda.com Caroline King, project architect Registered architect both in the United Kingdom (ARB) and in Italy (Ordine degli Architetti di Milano) Interior designer: King & Miranda Design Consultant(s) Lighting: King & Miranda Design Acoustical: King & Miranda Design General contractor: Ofita Special realizations (i.e. gold ceiling in meeting rooms) by: Iniciativas y Exposiciones, S.A Coloreros 2, 1° - 1 28013 Madrid, Spain Photographer Rafael Vargas

Construction Grinds to a Halt Burdened by a meltdown in its overheated real estate market, Spain has been severely affected by the world financial crisis, and its architects are feeling the pinch. The boom in housing construction, fueled over the past decade by low European Union interest rates, was dealt a fatal blow by the crisis this past fall. According to the Madrid College of Architects, a professional association, permits for new construction virtually came to a halt in 2008. Paloma Sabrini, head of the organization, estimates that at a national level, the market will require three years to absorb

Steven Holl Photo courtesy Steven Holl Architects The first edition of the BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Prize in the Arts, sponsored by the Spanish bank BBVA, has been awarded to American architect Steven Holl. The 400,000 euro prize (roughly US $500,000), whose announcement surprised even Holl, is a another sign of the apparent good health of the Spanish banking system, following the BBVA's recent announcement of a new headquarters building by Herzog and De Meuron. The jury cited for distinction “the humanistic values that Steven Holl has preserved in his work, promoting social and cultural fundamentals without sacrificing his

Project Specs POPS Arcadia, Oklahoma Elliott + Associates Architects << Return to article the People Owner:  POPS, L. P. Architect: Elliott + Associates Architects 35 Harrison Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73104 405.232.9554 – telephone 405.232.9997 - fax Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Rand Elliott, FAIA – Principal-in-charge David Poerio, Assoc. AIA – Project Manager Sam Moore, NCARB Interior designer: Elliott + Associates Architects Engineer(s):  Grossman & Keith Engineering (Civil & Waste Water Aerobic System) Eudaley Engineering (Structural) PSA Engineers (MEP) Design Engineers (Non-municipal, public well) Terracon (soils) Coon Engineering (Flood Revision Map) Consultant(s): Landscape:       Elliott

Project Specs Petter Dass Museum Alstahaug, Norway Snøhetta << Return to article the People Architect Snøhetta www.snohetta.com Project Team: Project Architects: Tarald Lundevall, Maria Svaland Principal Architects: Craig Dykers, Kjetil Thorsen Architects: Jim Dodson, Ellen Heier, Tom Holtmann, Bartec Milewski, Andreas Nygaard, Astrid Van Veen   Interior Architect: Snøhetta Interior Architect: Heidi Pettersvold   Landscape Architect: Snøhetta Landscape Architects: Lars Jørstad Nordbye, Jenny Osuldsen   Engineer(s): Structural Engineering: Norconsult AS v/ Frank Jacobsen Engineering Geology: Norconsult v/ Arild Neby Engineering Lighting: Ingeniør Per Rasmussen AS v/ Per Einar Skog MEP Engineering: VVSplan AS v/ Lars Beck FEDRA: Norconsult AS v/

Project Specs Museum of the Roman Theater of Cartagena Cartagena, Spain José Rafael Moneo << Return to article the People Architect José Rafael Moneo Project architect: Juan Manuel Nicás Collaborators: Carla Bovio Angel Huertas Suanzes Engineer(s) Structural engineer: NB 35 Jesús Jiménez Cañas Mechanical Engineer: Úrculo Ingenieros Model  makers: Estudio Rafael Moneo   the Products

Project Specs BIP Computer Building Santiago, Chile Mozó & Pontavice Studio << Return to article the People Architect: Mozó & Pontavice Studio Design team: Alberto Mozó, Francisca Cifuentes, Mauricio Leal Engineers: Juan Lopez Ingenieros (structural); Gastón Villaroel (electrical) General contractor: Arauco + Constructora Photographer: © Cristobal Palma   the Products Structural System: The principal materials is Pine wood (laminated) the Company name is Arauco S.A The glass company is  www.glasstech.cl , and we used a double glass panel. Inside or beetween both galsses ( windows) we put a kind of polyester wool, we called napa and we use it in