http://plusmood.com/2009/09/rafael-del-pino-auditorium-building-rafael-de-la-hoz-architects/ An online design resource dedicated to everything relating to contemporary architecture, interior design, landscape design, products and all other aspects of design topics. It serves as an emissary for the design profession Sun, 19 May 2013 14:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://plusmood.com/2009/09/rafael-del-pino-auditorium-building-rafael-de-la-hoz-architects/#comment-4992 Metal And Glass Honor Historic Spanish Garden Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:02:40 +0000 http://plusmood.com/?p=7723#comment-4992 [...] Built in a small garden next to Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana, the Rafael del Pino Auditorium Building covets its greet roots rather than covering them. Rafael de la Hoz-Architects designed a space that invites people to live and work with the historic garden, built around 1907 when the original palace construction was completed. A structured metal façade supports large glass windows that are transparent to the street on the ground level. The 250-person auditorium rests at the street-level of the five-story complex, which has an attic space and two subterranean levels. Computer controlled laser-cutting systems allowed architects to compose curved and complicated inclines for the north building façade and builders made sure to spread weight through supports that didn’t require view-blocking pillars or support columns. [via plusmood] [...] [...] Built in a small garden next to Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana, the Rafael del Pino Auditorium Building covets its greet roots rather than covering them. Rafael de la Hoz-Architects designed a space that invites people to live and work with the historic garden, built around 1907 when the original palace construction was completed. A structured metal façade supports large glass windows that are transparent to the street on the ground level. The 250-person auditorium rests at the street-level of the five-story complex, which has an attic space and two subterranean levels. Computer controlled laser-cutting systems allowed architects to compose curved and complicated inclines for the north building façade and builders made sure to spread weight through supports that didn’t require view-blocking pillars or support columns. [via plusmood] [...]

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