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Sam architecture

Hermann School Complex . Arpajon and Ollainville

Sam architecture . photos: © Salem Mostefaoui

The school complex appears in the landscape with a controlled formal and material duality:
The classrooms appear in the form of monolithic pavilions that rhythmically shape the landscape with a sequential façade, both dynamic and systematic, offering a different appearance from every viewpoint, sometimes massive, sometimes transparent. The facades, made of in-situ tinted concrete that gives off a warm and welcoming appearance, are then sandblasted after pouring to expose aggregates, in certain places, thus controlling the final quality. The pavilion classrooms emerge from the ground like rocks–raw, noble and timeless. Continue reading Sam architecture

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Steimle Architekten

Sports . Wangen im Allgäu

Steimle Architekten . photos: © Brigida González . + baunetz

The guiding idea of the design is the urban reorganization of the area with radically few interventions: Only the orientation of the building is to structure the area. The new gymnasium will be positioned on the site of the obsolete hall. In this way, all existing trees can be preserved. With its public spaces – foyer and cafeteria – the sports hall opens up on three sides to the west, north and east and thus to all neighboring uses. It forms a face to the commercial school, the town hall, the high school, the tree hall, the vocational school center and even to the historic old town of Wangen. In the eastern apron, a new festival square is thus created. Continue reading Steimle Architekten

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MANUEL VALLS

EXPOSICIÓN TEMPORAL JOCS A L’OMBRA

COAC Barcelona – Twobo + Mireia Valls

Jocs a l’ombra (Juegos en la sombra) pretende sintetizar en un juego de palabras tres de las características más significativas de la vida de Manuel Valls Vergés: Su talante juguetón, tan solitario como lleno de humor, su arquitectura – siempre matizada por porches, cortinas y persianas- y el hecho de haber vivido una vida profesional a la sombra de José Antonio Coderch, a pesar de haber sido socios de despacho durante más de veinte años. Continue reading MANUEL VALLS

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The Laughing Chimes

Whispers in the Speech Machine . 2025

The Laughing Chimes

The eight assured songs of “Whispers in the Speech Machine” prove The Laughing Chimes deserve the attention and accolades, while their approaches to songwriting and sonic aesthetics continue to evolve. “Southeast Ohio is the foothills of Appalachia, so it has this indescribable mood and atmosphere to it,” guitarist/vocalist Evan Seurkamp told The Big Takeover. “Sometimes there’s a haunting weight of decay you want to escape, but at the same time there is some sort of strange romanticism surrounding ghost towns. We’ve tried to channel those moods to add more regional flavor into our sound.” Continue reading The Laughing Chimes