One of the most notable contributors to the development of contemporary British architecture,…
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Michael and Patty Hopkins, co-founders of Hopkins Architects. Photograph courtesy of Hopkins Architects Limited

High-Tech pioneer Michael Hopkins passes away aged 88

The Gremi de Ralojers de la Comunitat Valenciana and Hispalyt develop an outreach campaign that analyzes the qualities and advantages of bricks and ceramic blocks compared to other materials in the new era of construction, characterized by…
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Pedrezuela house by Slow Studio. Photograph by Salva López

Brick walls and ceramic blocks for full compliance with the CTE

How to build world-class, award-winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, liveable and beautiful spaces that foster a sense of place and well being

Be it sci-fi megastructures in the Middle East or historicist towns in the UK, new…
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The image, showing part of the cover of Architect, verb: The New Language of Building, is courtesy of Verso Books

Architect, verb: The New Language of Building by Reinier de Graaf

One new year to come, Thank you all!   Leaving the darkness behind, we want to launch an optimistic voice!!

All the best from the entire METALOCUS team to our readers !! , full_html
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METALOCUS 2023

THE BEST FOR 2023!!

Interview with Martino Tattara, architect of DOGMA, on the occasion of his presence as a speaker at BAQ XXIII, in which…
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Martino Tattara / Dogma. Reformulations about the generic and the collective

Martino Tattara / Dogma. Reformulations about the generic and the collective

Tomorrow, the Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennale 2022 begins. In this article, we review some of the…
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BAQ XXIII

BAQ XXIII. A reconciliation between project, theory, and academia

Text by Alberto Campo Baeza.
I met Andrés Perea as a brilliant professor and assistant to…
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The beauty of the in-between states. Photograph by Ana Amado

The beauty of the in-between states

What is METALOCUS Building of the Year?
METALOCUS Building of the Year Proclamation is our annual building recognition program. It identifies the best architecture of the moment, as well as its authors and teams that are involved,…
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METALOCUS Building of the Year

METALOCUS Building of the Year

Coinciding with World Architecture Day, which was celebrated last Monday, October 3, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona has awarded the III Lilly Reich Scholarship for Equality in Architecture to M.ª Elia Gutiérrez Mozo, José Parra Martínez…
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Anna Bofill Levi. Image courtesy of Fundació Mies van der Rohe

Awarded the 3rd Lilly Reich Grant for research on Anna Bofill Levi

The city of Paris has undergone a series of transformations throughout its history, from its founding on the banks of the Seine, through its medieval past, until it reached a monumental layout with the renewal of the Haussmann plan. *(See also…
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The Pont d’Iéna Bridge regreened as a planted promenade. Gustafson Porter + Bowman, Winners of the Site Tour Eiffel Competition. Image courtesy of ©MIR.

Paris, Best Architecture Guide. 20 unmissable buildings to see in the city of Paris