La Nube Children’s Museum – El Paso, Texas
Building: La Nube – El Paso Children’s Museum
Location: El Paso, Texas, USA
Timeline: 2017 – Present (Expected 2023)
Project Area: 70,000 sq ft
Cost: $50 million
Design Architect: Snøhetta
Architect of Record: Exigo Architecture
Structural/Mechanical/IT Engineer: Arup
Project Manager: Broaddus & Associates
Construction Manager at Risk: Jordan Foster Construction
Exhibit Design Firm: Gyroscope
Landscape Architect of Record: Greenway Studio
Art Canopy Design: Futureforms
AE Interests: Barrel-vaulted roof, mechanical exhaust system, two-scope project, site-conscious design, multi-level climbing structure, 60 ft atrium, accessibility features
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Usera Public Library – Madrid, Spain
Name: Usera Public Library
Location: Madrid, Spain
Address: Av. de Rafaela Ybarra, 43, 28026 Madrid, Spain
Architects: Juan Herreros, Iñaki Ábalos (formerly of the firm Abalos & Herreros)
Project Architect: Ángel Jaramillo
Collaborating Artist: Peter Halley
Structural: José Manuel Sierra, Juan Gómez
Services: José Cruz, Pedro Blanco
Construction: Dragados, S.A.
Client: Comunidad de Madrid
Completed: 2003
Area: 3500 sq m
AE Interests: Organization of space for user function, integration with surroundings, simplified construction, and creation of an atmosphere of delicate airiness. A structure concreted in the core and perimeter, with open, column-free middle, contributes to this airiness.
The original article for this building was posted on January 25, 2010 by Zaid Arzate.
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