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  • Sacred museum and plaza espana rehabilitation – DesignBoom

    In: designboom.com   Tenerife-based practice menis arquitectos has completed the ‘sacred museum and plaza de espana’ renovation abutting a cliff in adeje, spain. the new project not only widens the existing plaza de españa by 2.5 times, but also creates spaces below it used for community activities and the sacred museum of adeje. sitting as…

  • Plaza of Spain in Dezeen!

    In: dezeen.com   World Architecture Festival 2012: this slideshow of images features the Plaza Espana, a public square above an underground museum in Tenerife by Menis Arquitectos, which won the award in the new and old category at the World Architecture Festival this week. The space created by the demolition of an old building in…

  • Director’s award goes to square in Tenerife

    In: worldarchitecturefestival.com Date posted: 05/10/12 Festival director Paul Finch gave a special director’s award to Plaza España in Adeje, Tenerife, designed by Menis Arquitectos. The project, which was the winner of the Old and New category, was, Finch said, ‘a love letter from an architect to his own home community.It involved the demolition of an…

  • Fernando Menis wins New & Old WAF´s award.

    In: metalocus.es Museo Sagrado and Plaza de España in Adeje. Photography © Simona Rota. The Spanish architect Fernando Menis wins WAF´s award in Singapore with his work for the Plaza de Adeje in Tenerife. The jury highlighted the transformative nature of the project and its significance as a new way to appreciate the city’s identity.…

  • Fernando Menis gana la quinta edición de los premios de arquitectura WAF

    La obra de la Plaza de España de Adeje, realizada por el arquitecto tinerfeño Fernando Menis, ha resultado ganadora de la quinta edición de los premios de Arquitectura del World Architecture Festival (WAF), en la categoría New and Old, en la que competía con proyectos de otros diez países tales como China, Estados Unidos, Australia,…

  • Arquitetura desde a razão e a emoção

    In: vitruvius.com.br Into the wall, de Fernando Menis   Desde quando estudava arquitetura em Barcelona, Espanha, aprendi que não se podia projetar um edifício sem conhecer previamente o seu meio ambiente. A paisagem onde irá surgir uma nova obra é, para o nosso estúdio, o primeiro passo do projeto. Quando fui convidado a participar na…

  • Tele Report about the workshop – Is possible to regenerate the coast with agrotourism? – minute 26′

  • La Yokohama National University y la nueva Universidad Europea de Canarias buscan soluciones a la erosión de la costa de Tacoronte

    In: lavozdetenerife.com   La conocida escuela japonesa de arquitectura Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA) celebra junto con las Universidades Europeas de Madrid (UEM) y Canarias (UEC), y bajo la dirección del profesor y arquitecto Fernando Menis, un workshop sobre costa y agroturismo   Tras unas primeras jornadas de trabajo llevadas a cabo en Japón,…

  • Magma on E-Architect!

    In: e-architect.co.uk   MAGMA Art and Congress, Tenerife Fernando Menis at The Venice Biennale 2012 MAGMA Arts and Congress appears as a reference point amongst anonymous buildings. photo ® Simona ROTA The semi-desert landscape around it and the proximity of the sea, an imposing presence that frames the building establishing a strong relationship between both,…

  • WE HAVE JUST WON THE WAF AWARDS IN THE NEW AND OLD CATEGORY WITH THE PLAZA OF SPAIN IN ADEJE!!!!!

    Plaza España in Adeje, Spain, wins new and old category Date posted: 03/10/12 In: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com   It was, said the judges, ‘a transformative project that uses the removal of buildings to open up an enlarged public plaza to an incredible landscape. ‘The addition of a small, underground museum adds to the surprise and unique understanding…