Last year, a major hurricane hit a small touristic state Baja California Sur in Mexico. Odile, a category 4 hurricane, left a major devastation in Los Cabos and the entire state. The history books and elderly say that such a … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Mariano Arias-Diez
THE CITY AND IT’S PUBLIC SPACE
The city belongs to its citizens, and they must feel part of and identified by it. By its configuration and characteristics public space is the place where social relationships develop, the collective life. In other words, public space is where we can gather, get to know each other, communicate, manifest, converse, learn, stroll, interact; that’s why squares, parks, plazas and streets are spaces that give character and identity and unity to a city. This relationship between this elements and between the notions of identity and belonging must be understood as the first step to improve our urban quality of life. Continue reading
THE MUSEUM OF AGRICULTURE, CULIACÃN, MEXICO
Architectural proposal for the Museum of Agriculture by architectural studio a10studio. Smart combination of landscaping, ecology and contemporary architecture. Continue reading
a10studio at restaurant & bar design awards
Today we’re very proud to share the joy with our friends at a10studio, as they are the only Mexican Architecture/Design/Interior firm to be nominated in this year’s Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. Totally independent, the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, now in it’s … Continue reading
a10studio
Very few times we post about our work, in this occasion we will show a bit of the whole image that we had developed for our buddies at a10studio, we are developing our own full website for LA76 and soon … Continue reading
(the quest for) ORNAMENT
Chokkura plaza by Kengo Kuma and Associates Although the debate about ORNAMENT in contemporary architecture and design is a bit more complex than what we will mention here, i wanted to share this combination of works by different offices plus … Continue reading
CONTEMPORARY URBAN-COASTAL SPACES
In the first half of the XX century, cities were thought as a clear organizational scheme, with a simple and predictable order, capable to be designed and planned in such way that the life quality of its residents could be … Continue reading