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Covered in my competitions service on 4th. August 2010, the competition for the new Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées exhibition park has been won by O.M.A. (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) of Rotterdam. The project is for redevelopment to create new 40 000 m2 exhibition park on 70 ha site at[...]]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:34:00 +0200 0ec06b2a0b776ec2dac25893a8c28272 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-a-kool-win-102323093-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-urban-exclusion-back-to-the-1930-s-101872672.html
(Django Reinhardt: Minor Swing) It is - like it or not - pan-European. The Unwelcome, the Outsider, the Intruder, “Them”, the “Other”, “Those People”, the Untermenschen. No, this is not about the increasing anti-Muslim rants, nor even the ‘New’ Antisemitism - nor is it about a Conservative MP[...]]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:59:00 +0100 21e383a65bb39cd790bc8c1de93c2822 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-urban-exclusion-back-to-the-1930-s-101872672-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-destination-architecture-lourdes-101838595.html
It was in 1858 that a 14 year-old girl Bernardette Soubirous had visions of the Virgin Mary in the Pyreneen market town of Lourdes. Six years later a sculpture of the vision was created by the sculptor Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (1812-1886). In 1872 the Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate[...]]]> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:47:00 +0100 8d3c0169a78e0e772b32d96911a091e1 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-destination-architecture-lourdes-101838595-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-debt-crisis-the-cardinal-s-view-101290532.html
Interviewed* after the Lent Conferences in Paris this year, Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan, said that he views the fall of the Berlin Wall, together with the current economic and financial crisis, as a symbolic landmark. It forces us to confront who we are and what it means to live[...]]]> Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:58:00 +0100 db9b0dea5acc23747bb43397b9f32d5c http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-debt-crisis-the-cardinal-s-view-101290532-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-a-new-bridge-for-co-donegal-101054723.html
The competition for a new road bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, Co. Donegal has been won by Dublin engineers Roughan & O'Donovan. The bridge is to span 25 metres of river on a skew angle of around 40 degrees. (illustration: the Boyne River bridge, designed by Roughan & O'Donovan)]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:02:00 +0100 b33fa9b4500d45790cccb50c9ead4522 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-a-new-bridge-for-co-donegal-101054723-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-britain-and-the-vatican-100783186.html
The Vatican and the British Government signed an accord in February for peace, religious freedom and respect for the individual. The two Governments published the agreement during a visit by a British Government delegation for the 30th. anniversary of the start of official diplomatic relations.[...]]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:59:00 +0100 a3c80e6d1d708ff951ee47535e13c067 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-britain-and-the-vatican-100783186-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-when-petrol-costs-3-200-a-litre-100346869.html
President Obama described it as “an ecological 9/11”. (image 17th. May 2010 from NASA's "Terra" satellite) It was the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. 11 killed, 17 injured, 4.9 million barrels of crude oil released. Extensive damage was caused to[...]]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0100 b17bff8019a5084d2a157b1ffc6464af http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-when-petrol-costs-3-200-a-litre-100346869-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-un-jour-une-image-100314020.html
Carnival in Nice]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:20:00 +0100 9f857cfd187a011c8185b04c0f80ebc6 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-un-jour-une-image-100314020-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-welcome-to-the-volcano-88564248.html
The competition in February was for a new entrance building for the Vulcania European Park of Vulcanism at Saint-Ours-les-Roches. Main architect for the Park was Hans Hollein (picture of the “cone”). The project is for a 1,250 m2 reception building for the 340,000 visitors per year, including[...]]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:17:00 +0100 0ec4e26f281790748938d358ace1be75 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-welcome-to-the-volcano-88564248-comments.html#anchorComment http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-primo-levi-and-the-asbestos-mine-88399143.html
“There was asbestos everywhere, like ash-grey snow: if a book was left on a table for a few hours and then removed, it left its negative: the roofs were often covered in a layer of powder that in the rain became sodden like a sponge, and violently slid to earth.” - Primo Levi * The asbestos[...]]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:17:00 +0100 b3039b287ad55dd149211fae8343faf5 http://archiblog.over-blog.com/article-primo-levi-and-the-asbestos-mine-88399143-comments.html#anchorComment