Spanish Juan Antonio Samaranch was the president of the International Olympic Committee 1980-2001. During his presidency he supported the candidacy of China as a city that would host the Olympic Games in 2008.
Fabio sheds / Gym La Fonte
On the outskirts of Sesto Fiorentino, near Florence, the Italian architect Fabio sheds designed la gym "La Fonte", gym geometry simple and coated with a second skin copper thin.
Foster and Partners / Residence Chesa Futura in St. Moritz, Switzerland
The apartment building Chesa Futura in St. Moritz, Foster and Partners, was designed by combining cutting-edge technologies and ancient tradition. In the design phase, advanced three-dimensional cad drawing programs were used to obtain a very innovative shape. On the construction level, a laminated wood and steel structure was used on the one hand, and traditional construction techniques on the other as regards the wood cladding, a material that complies with environmental sustainability criteria. Its use, if done in a sensitive way, can contribute to forest regeneration, establishing to cut down the oldest trees and replace them with young essences.
Polifactory / Hous.E +
Hous.E + combines specifications old and new in order to create not only a building passive in terms of efficiency Energy and Sustainability, but also equipped for actively respond to the needs futures systems smart grid in which is distributed a surplus of energy , Thus being able to create agriculture in the city, through different solutions that have never been developed until now.
Ville Savoye / Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret
Ville Savoye, in Poissy, France, is a weekend house, built by one of the leading masters of the Modern Movement, Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, for Pier Savoye and Eugenie, between the 1929 and 1931.