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The idea of situating and relating a series of objects in the landscape of Almadén, in Ciudad Real (Spain): Dwelling, Chapel, Hunting pavilion and Guard´s residence, gave the project a dual significance: in addition to the close relationship between landscape, objects and itinerary -between space and objects-, each item had to provide a different response with different emphasis, from the most symbolic to the most silent or private. The unifying thread was to be the concept of the fold: the fold as a hidden generator of different spaces.

Chapel1 e1405350656184 - Chapel in Ciudad Real by Sancho-Madridejos
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The final countdown has begun for the Vicente Calderón soccer stadium. In 2022, the home of Atlético de Madrid, the city’s other major soccer club, will be replaced by two skyscrapers and an enormous riverside park.

vicente calderón 300x198 - Two Skyscrapers and a Park to Replace Atlético de Madrid StadiumAccording to the project plans the current site of the Calderón will be filled by two 36-storey towers and eight smaller buildings, which will have a mixed residential and commercial use.

But before that part of the project is complete, in 2016, the club will move to La Peineta stadium in the San Blas district.

Getting the development approved required a change to regional legislation that had prevented any building in the area from being more than three storeys high, with the option of adding an attic. This prohibition, which dated from 2007, was upheld by the Madrid Superior Court of Justice in 2012, when it struck down an earlier zoning plan designed by the city for this same area.
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5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, Area Lot 5,000m2, Built area 635m2, Area useful 455m2, Area terrace 188m2, Swimming-pool, Seaside Resort, Second Hand, Luxury property, In Urban Area, On golf course, Marbella (Malaga)

173 - Fabulous Villa for sale in Marbella (Málaga)
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A multi-purpose auditorium has taken form from the banks of the Ridaura River in Santa Cristina d’Aro (Girona), Spain. The town centre for concerts and conferences meets the cultural needs of locals and tourists while retaining the land’s natural features.

espai ridaura - Auditorium Espai Ridaura in Girona, Catalonia
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To find solutions for properties built on land not zoned for construction but which has been subject to subdivision and can therefore not be included in Decree 2/2012 which relates to making properties legal, and those properties for which the works licences have been annulled. These are two of the objectives of the embalse de la viñuela malaga 300x230 - Seeking a solution to the problem of illegal homes in La AxarquiaSave Our Homes Axarquía association – Salvemos Nuestras Casas en la Axarquía (SOHA) in Spanish - which is formed by about 400 foreign residents who own illegal properties, in a series of meetings it has begun with the Junta de Andalucía’s general planning directorate to look for solutions to the problems of illegal houses.

The president of SOHA, Philip Smalley, who is also a Partido Andalucista councillor in La Viñuela, and the association’s secretary and town planning councillor in Alcaucín, Mario Blancke, had a meeting on 19th June with the general director of the planning directorate, Rafael Márquez, to discuss the problem of houses which have been built on land not zoned for construction which had been illegally subdivided. According to article 185.2 of the Law of Urban Planning of Andalucía (LOUA), there is no time limit after which the authorities can no longer demand that the land be returned to its legal state and this means that the owners cannot hope to make their properties legal.
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