SelgasCano . FRPO . renders: © Drawfield
A consortium comprising Spanish architectural studios SelgasCano and FRPO has won a competition for the preliminary design of a new tower in the north western city of Shkoder. Continue reading SelgasCano . FRPO
This visionary building in Beijing is conceived as an architectural marvel, comprising two distinctive yet seamlessly integrated parts that redefine the cityscape. At ground level, a grand public exhibition space with transparent facades invites the community to engage with cultural displays, fostering a symbiotic relationship between the building and the urban environment. Above, a rooftop plaza serves as an artificial landscape, blending lush greenery and urban elements to create a communal oasis suspended above the city. Continue reading Selgascano
From July to October 2024, an immersive installation by the Spanish architecture duo SelgasCano could be experienced at aut, in which the premises of the former brewery are transformed into ‘Unstable Zones’ using minimal means. Continue reading selgascano
SelgasCano . photos: © Arch-Exist
Gatehouse Cafe in Rizhao. Continue reading SelgasCano
Selgascano . Diego Cano . photos: © Iwan Baan
This house is located in Mount Washington, a suburb in the hills of north-east Los Angeles. The property is on a steep hill with sweeping 180° views towards the Elysian Valley. From here, one can see downtown LA, the Echo Park hills, Silver Lake, Griffith Park and Hollywood; and overlook the Los Angeles River, three freeways (5, 2 and 110), and the railway line running through Los Angeles State Park. Elysian Valley is the true city center of LA, both geographical and symbolic; geographical since it is equidistant to the ocean and the mountains (the two physical borders of Los Angeles) and symbolic since the city was founded by the river in 1781 by Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve as “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula” (Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Porciuncula River) over the settlement of the Tongva people, who called the place Iyáangẚ, meaning “the valley of smoke”, maybe as a reference to the smog that naturally occurs due to the atmospheric inversion layer. Continue reading Selgascano . Cano
